Fashionistas will know that come summer we’ll all be stepping out in clogs and mules… Chanel and Louis Vuitton’s spring/summer 2010 runways were choc full of them and Alexa Chung has already been seen posing in a heeled pair of Chanel clogs.
Chanel clogs from spring/summer 2010 collection
Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2010 clogs (how ugly are these?!)
Alexa Chung in Chanel clogs (lovely face pulling going on)
KG By Kurt Geiger Jarah Platform Snake Effect Mule, £160, at ASOS
ASOS.com is doing interiors? Well, not quite, but one of its founders, Quentin Griffiths, is launching a new site, ACHICA.com, on Monday 1st February. It’s a private members homeware e-store with new promotions every other day, selling big brands such as Riedel, Jamie Oliver, La Cafetiere and Yves Delorme bed linen (above) at up to 70% off. Each sale only lasts for 48-72 hours though, so make sure you sign up now if you want to be in it to win it.
They say: “Our buyers have spent months cherry-picking products across homewares which we think will be aspirational and inspirational.”
We say: “It’s like the first day of the sales, only without all that nasty pushing and shoving, and full of stuff you would actually want to buy.”
The forthcoming Alice In Wonderland film is spawning a glut of cute Alice in Wonderland-inspired makeup ranges. Paul & Joe’s is our fave, featuring Limited Edition tins with blotting paper (and mirror) for shine control, Blotting Paper refills and Lip Treatments to add a hint of colour, shine and moisture. Launching at ASOS on 25th February and at and Harrods on 6th March, the sets will retail for £25.
Heavyweight eyebrows are making a comeback and Benefit’s new Brows a-go-go Brow & Eye Shaping Kit is a fool-proof makeup must-have for achieving the look. For dramatic wow factor arches a la Nicola Roberts, Cheryl Cole and Ashley Olsen simply go a couple of shades darker than your hair using the palette’s liner, highlighters and powders. The cute kit even boasts a pair of mini tweezers to grab those stray hairs. £26.50 at ASOS.
Floral playsuits are everywhere right now. Comfortable, flattering, feminine and girly, they make a fun alternative to summery frocks. Dress your playsuit down with leggings and a cardi on cooler days, dress it up with glam gold jewellery on evenings out, and look forward to the autumn when it’ll look gorgeous with thick tights and boots.
Here’s our pick of the top five on the high street:
Dita Von Teese and Wonderbra sound like a match made in lingerie heaven to me and the clever duo must have thought so too since a capsule range of underwear designed by the Queen of Burlesque herself has just hit the shops. It’s available at various Debenhams, John Lewis, House of Fraser, Littlewoods and Brown Thomas stores across the UK and Ireland, as well as at selected online stockists like Figleaves and ASOS.
Katie Holmes looked hot-to-trot striding through New York this weekend in rolled-up boyfriend jeans and Lanvin ballet pumps. The pumps are £278 from Matches and try ASOS for the cute boyfriend jeans.