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‘Alice’ Days

Friday, January 29th, 2010

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January sales over, winter blues setting in? There’s only one thing to do – daydream of sun drenched days, Cote d’Azur skies and flower filled meadows…As we muddle our way through the winter/spring wardrobe limbo-land there’s a ray of hope on the horizon, a yellow brick road if you will, in the form of ‘Alice,’ the much anticipated diffusion line from the gypset style setter, Alice Temperley herself.

Renowned for her uber-luxe materials, intricate decorative beading and delicate embroidery, the new range will be simpler, more wearable and a little kinder to the bank balance. The entire collection is every girl’s must-have summer holiday wardrobe, in fact the whole idea came to fruition from a collection of Alice’s girlfriends, who piled together their favourite things to take away, their desert-island essentials. And so the basic components of the Alice summer capsule – stripes, denim, broderie anglaise – came to the fore.

Each has been styled and shaped the Temperley way though, infusing them with her signatory ultra-feminine, quintessential Englishness so look out for cute stripey t-shirt dresses, loudly printed playsuits, beautifully cut leather jackets. Some pieces have been enticingly named after her super hip, fashionista friends – think ‘the Jax,’ (pictured) ‘the Laura’ etc …along as there’s not a ‘Cherie’ amongst it all, she’s definitely onto a winner. Bring on those long ‘Alice’ days.

See more at www.temperleylondon.com

We’re dreaming of a bright Christmas

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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Walking down a crowded high street looking for that perfect dress has never been easy. This season’s obsession with all manner of embellishment- be it studs, sequins or shoulder pads- has made it all the more difficult to decide what to wear for that all important Christmas party.

Roland Mouret- a favourite designer of Victoria Beckham- who previously sent shock waves through fashion circles everywhere with his iconic ‘Galaxy’ dress may just have created this season’s ultimate party number.

Modelled by supermodel Heidi Klum at the launch party earlier this month, the Rainbow Project looks set to be a massive hit. More risqué than his usual collections, these thigh-skimming, brightly coloured numbers are certainly a departure from Mouret’s typically demure designs and are sure to make an impact as well as appealing to a younger audience. Of his new pieces, which come in colours such as hot pink, turquoise and mango, the designer himself has stated that ‘this collection is for young girls. The colours are really fresh, it’s a fresh attitude’.

Whilst the new dresses don’t come cheap- they are priced from £850- on the plus side you won’t even have to battle with the Christmas crowds to secure one of these coveted items- the range is available exclusively online at www.netaporter.com.

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