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All the BRIT Awards Red Carpet Looks You Need to See
After a dearth of red carpet events over the past year, the BRIT Awards 2021 is here to change that for us. While it’s still a socially-distanced event with plenty of COVID measures in place, this definitely feels like a return to real red carpet events. So, the big question is who is there? Hosted by Jack Whitehall for the fourth time running, the likes of Dua Lipa, Coldplay and the Weeknd are set to perform. But while the music is what we’ll be watching the show for, before that happens we want to know what everyone is wearing on the red carpet. Dua Lipa was one of the first to show up wearing custom-made Vivienne Westwood, followed closely by Olivia Rodriogo in Dior. British talent such as Maya Jama, Mabel, Celeste and Arlo Parks also turned up to the red carpet. You c...
Dua Lipa’s Vivienne Westwood Dress Is a Tribute to London and Being Together Again
Dua Lipa is certainly one of the most stylish stars on the 2021 BRIT Awards red carpet. The Future Nostalgia singer arrived looking like a winner wearing a golden-yellow Vivienne Westwood minidress with head-to-toe accessories by the iconic British punk fashion brand. “I wanted to make it British, quite London, have some fun with it,” Dua told hosts Yasmin Evans and AJ Odudu on the BRIT red carpet live stream. “It’s all about getting people together.” Dua’s outfit featured a golden-yellow Vivienne Westwood bardot minidress with a neon-purple mesh overlay and the brand’s signature three-row pearl bas relief choker necklace (£340), with earrings, bracelets, and rings by the brand, including a Union Jack ring, a pair of deep-plum platform lace-up heel...
BRITs 2021: The Best Dressed Stars Wore Sparkling Outfits and Neon-Green Gowns
The 2021 BRIT Awards are a much-needed fashion indulgence. Unlike film and television award red carpets, music award shows are dedicated to over-the-top celebrity outfits, and with stars like Dua Lipa, Little Mix, and Harry Styles leading the nominations, the looks promise to be sparkling, sensual, and totally unforgettable. Opening the red carpet was a lot of sparkle with hosts Clara Amfo and Maya Jama wearing coordinated outfits inspired by smart, black suits but featuring sexy, sparkling details. Maya wore an Area coordinated set with diamanté crystal embellishments, and Clara wore a Poster Girl silver chainmail minidress inspired by Paris Hilton‘s 21st-birthday outfit. BRITs 2021 Rising Star award winner Griff also tried the sparkling trend in a purple-rainbow-pastel, mermaid-ins...
Jessie Mei Li Is Netflix’s Latest Breakout Star—and She’s All Kinds of Cool
If you were about to star as the lead in a new show dubbed the next Game of Thrones, you’d probably freak out, right? But then again, if you’re Jessie Mei Li, you’ll probably just carry on as normal. The up-and-coming 25-year-old British actress stars in Netflix’s latest mega production, the adaptation of author Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone young-adult (YA) series. The show follows Li’s character, the protagonist, Alina Starkov, as she navigates discovering and ultimately revealing her hidden powers. It’s a classic underdog-to-superhero tale. I’m talking to Li over Zoom only a week after the release of the show—the peak of Shadow and Bone’s hype. Since landing on our screens, it’s stayed at number one on Netflix UK’s most-watched shows and is currently number two in the U.S. I can’t hel...
The 7 Versatile Staples I Always Buy From M&S
Marks & Spencer might be the place you usually head to for socks and sandwiches, but as any fashion expert will know, there are plenty of fab fashion pieces to be discovered there. Priding itself on its classic designs that transcend the generations, M&S has developed a knack for creating basics that will look just as good on everyone, whether you’re 18 or 80. With classic cuts and flattering fits, it really has become our go-to for certain staples that need to stand the test of time. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting...
I’ve Probably Tried Every Acne Product on the Market—These Ones Actually Work
Whether I’m writing about the products that I’ve actually loved this month or my favourite affordable skincare swaps, I always try to be as open and honest about my skin journey as possible. As someone who has experienced pretty severe acne since my teenage years, I’m not on board with miracle cures and wonder products that claim to eliminate spots and vanish breakouts in one use, and I’d hate to give the impression that there are products on the market that can do that. Skincare expert Tijion Esho, founder of the Esho Clinic, is a firm advocate of long-term routines when it comes to treating acne. “One-off treatments can give skin a temporary boost, but we know that with conditions like acne, it’s a journey; not an ove...
Bright-Pink Shirts Are Trending, and We Just Found 10 Amazing Ones
Virtual fashion weeks have meant that for the past year or so, we haven’t experienced those everyone’s-phone-goes-up moments when a truly spectacular look goes down the runway. It only happens a handful of times a season when there is a look so fresh and so brilliant that everyone unanimously falls for it at the exact same time. While in Zoom land, we can’t hear audible gasps or see the entire front row video the same outfit, there was one look in the S/S 21 collections that went well and truly viral. The item in question was a bright-pink oversize button-down shirt at Valentino. The silk shirt is so oversize that it can be worn with little else, and on the runway, it was styled with a pair of barely visible short shorts. The shade of pink is so bright tha...
I’m Convinced Everyone Is Going to Lose It Over This New Chloe Bag
Chloé has form when it comes to created covetable bags. There’s the Paddington, the Marcie, and the fairly recent C bag and now there’s a new one set to take the crown as the most popular Chloé bag—the Kiss. First spotted on the fashion house’s spring/summer 2021 runway, the Kiss is an elegant bag that comes in a variety of muted tones as well as a bold green (one of 2021’s hottest hues), black and yellow. Flashy isn’t a word I’d ever use to describe my wardrobe. Sure, I’ll wear sequins around Christmas and I have nothing against lurex or bright colours but on the whole, I keep things fairly simple. It’s why, then, that Chloé’s latest It bag has caught my eye. It comes in a few different styles; a small version, the hobo or t...
Margot Robbie’s Hairstylist Just Recommended This New Hair Product to Me
When it comes to hair, there’s no one size fits all approach to caring for it. Curly hair will require different products to fine strands and you might need more tools at your disposal to style a blunt bob than you would for a low-maintenance shag style. However, there are a couple of things that seem to be universal when it comes to haircare—we all want to keep it feeling healthy, looking full and generally sticking around for as long as possible. In fact, searches around hair loss and how to get thicker hair are at an all-time high right now with all of us keen to get our strands in tip-top condition as we head back into salon for those all-important post-lockdown haircuts. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So w...
I’m a Beauty Expert, But I Wish I’d Learned These 5 Skincare Lessons Sooner
Out of all of the skincare lessons I have learned, this remains perhaps the most controversial. You see, this is something I have sort of figured out for myself and I want you to hear me out. I grew up during a time when St. Ives Apricot Face Scrub was the skincare product to own. I used it once a week throughout my teens and loved the way it made my skin feel so smooth and soft. And then, the beauty world decided that all face scrubs were basically the devil, and we should be using acid exfoliants instead (like glycolic acid). In my early twenties, I binned all of my much-loved scrubs and started incorporating acids into my routine whenever I could (2–3 times a week, in the evenings). During those years, I battled redness, sensitivity, breakouts and even a bout of perioral ...
RIXO Debuts a Shoe Collection of Pretty, Vintage-Inspired Summer Sandals
Rixo is on a roll. Known for lovely floral midi dresses, the brand recently expanded into loungewear and bridal, and now founders Henrietta Rix and Orlagh McCloskey are gracing us with a charming shoe collection of vintage-inspired midheel summer sandals. Rixo’s nine-piece debut shoe collection includes easy-wearing sandals that combine fun-loving ’70s flower-power motifs with the minimal design of ’90s strappy sandals. Each sandal is made from 100-percent leather in a second-generation run factory in Alicante, Spain, that is Sedex (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange) registered and aims to produce premium products in small batches. Focusing on three signature styles in three colour ways each, Rixo’s shoe collection features a strappy Ciervo midheel sandal in black, gol...
20 Black Summer Dresses That Are Anything But Boring
If you’re the kind of person who jumps at the chance to throw on a fuchsia frock or rainbow-hued separates at the merest hint of sun, then it’s best to look away now. This is an ode to the black summer dress and is dedicated to anyone who has found the prevailing summer aesthetic at odds with their personal style. My relationship with summer clothing has been an ever-evolving one, and while I think I have finally found a happy equilibrium between my penchant for tailored simplicity and practical need for warm-weather pieces, I can still find dresses hard to navigate. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving ...
