Superbrands: Why They’ve Got You Hooked

I was recently watching a programme on BBC3 about super brands in fashion and why so many people were hooked on them. It was a really interesting programme to watch so I thought I would turn it into a post for those of you that missed it or don’t have access to BBC3. The series [...]

The Secret To… Dressing To Look Slimmer

You all seemed to enjoy my last post ‘My beef with body shapes‘ so much so it got nominated on beautifully invisible’s link love with a twist. It seemed that the majority of you were against the idea of being told you fit into a one of ‘x’ number of moulds. In fact some were [...]

Size & Self Esteem For Men

It wasn’t that long ago that I wrote the article ‘Dress Size & Self Esteem‘ which looked at the lack of universal sizing and how sizes jump so much from one place to the other. I received some great feedback on the article, thank you to everyone that commented. However, some of the comments suggested [...]

My Beef With Body Shapes

I was recently reading Mrs Bossa’s blog article about a dress she found that was made by Trinny & Susannah. For my readers in the US that don’t know who Trinny and Susannah are they’re basically style guru’s that made a series of TV shows in the UK that highlighted how to dress for your [...]

Stay Stylish Stay Exercising

I know what you’re thinking…exercise? Yeah that’s right exercise people! That’s the theme of this week’s post. I know a lot of you probably think that it has no relevance to being ‘stylish’ however that’s the purpose of this post to change your mind. I’ve been wanting to do a post about exercising for a [...]

Do You Take Fashion Advice From Men?

I was stood in H&M the other day waiting to try something on (I hate queuing for changing rooms but that’s another story..). While I was waiting I could see a girl holding up an item of clothing to her husband/boyfriend and asking him what he thought of it. Which again got me thinking about [...]

Is Men’s Fashion Boring?

I was sat deliberating what to write for my weekly post for the men’s side of the blog when I asked my girlfriend for some inspiration. The thing is I told her that I generally have no problems thinking up new articles for the ladies side of the blog but tend to struggle sometimes when [...]

Dress Sizes & Self Esteem

Ok so you’re browsing through the clothes rails looking for something new and exciting, you suddenly find the perfect dress in your size only to find that it won’t zip up. But hold on a minute you think to yourself you’ve not put on any weight and THIS is your size. Sound familiar? For a [...]