Fashion Trends
Knit Princess Diana’s Iconic Black Sheep Jumper For Free With the Original Vintage Pattern
I always knew Princess Diana was cool, but seeing photos of her wearing that Warm & Wonderful black sheep jumper in 1979 made me realise just how much of a rebel she really was. Recently, the iconic knit was reissued for a collaboration between Warm & Wonderful and Rowling Blazers (£250). But even better, the original vintage knitting pattern is now available for free online as a charitable campaign to raise lifesaving funds for Doctors Without Borders – we think Diana would have loved that idea. Pennies Per Hour of Pleasure (p/hop) is a knitting fundraiser for nonprofit organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF). In an effort to raise lifesaving funds for medical care in over 60 countries, p/hop collaborated with Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne (the founders of Warm & Wond...
Opera Gloves Are the Vintage Accessory That Actually Makes Us Excited For Cold Weather
Winter has arrived, and this season, we’re forecasting a pretty unique fashion trend: opera gloves. This vintage accessory has become a favourite with celebrities, adding an element of sophistication and drama to their red carpet looks. With the approval of none other than style icon Beyoncé, and Vogue including them in their Autumn 2020’s Most Important Accessory Trends, it’s clear that opera gloves have become a must have (and most surprising!) accessory this season. As they make their return in 2020, fans include Zoë Kravitz, who wowed us in an elegant Oscar de la Renta gown completed with a pair of white elbow-length gloves. Similarly, Rihanna put her spin on the look when attending the 2019 British Fashion Awards in a pair of transparent, light green Fenty gloves. Bu...
The Queen’s Gambit: How to Dress Like Grandmaster and ’60s Babe Beth Harmon
You don’t have to like chess to fall in love with Beth Harmon’s captivating genius, which often shows itself in her slick personal style. The chess prodigy and ’60s babe, played by Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen’s Gambit, has a mind that’s only matched by her fashion sense. Beth’s timeless wardrobe, designed by French costumer Gabriele Binder, was inspired by Audrey Hepburn and Edie Sedgwick — and we’re showing you how to dress like the grandmaster herself in 2020. Beth Harmon’s wardrobe has a very distinct colour palette. She wears black, white, jewel tones, pastels, and check prints, with a pop of a primary colour like yellow or red every so often. You’ll find Beth wearing A-line silhouettes — tops with Peter Pan collars, boatnecks, and...
This Genius Fashion Instagram Transforms Upcycled Items Into Collectable Designer Fashion and Accessories
Every so often we are lucky enough to find a fashion Instagram account that shows us something completely new and inspiring. When scrolling through the Explore page a few weeks ago, two photos by Japanese designer Daisuke Takamatsu (@dimda_) were so out-of-the-box creative that we had to instantly like and follow. Daisuke takes ordinary household items like cotton face masks and net foam for fruits and turns them into customised luxury accessories like Prada and Dior handbags, while also upcycling vintage designer pieces. Daisuke is a surrealist fashion designer, like Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1920s, who uses the cut-up technique created by Dapper Dan in the 1980s. What Daisuke’s work adds to Dapper Dan’s approach to knockoff culture is a focus on sustainability. The designer...
Rowan Blanchard’s Sexy, Sheer Mint-Green Dress Is £89 and Designed by Two Friends in London
Rowan Blanchard was the most sultry person on our Instagram feed today, thanks to her sexy, sheer mint-green cutout dress designed by London-based fashion brand Poster Girl. The actor, model, and Disney alum is no stranger to being an Instagram baddie. For her latest thirst trap, Blanchard showed off her mint-green Poster Girl Charlotte Dress from the brand’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection. The dress comes in four colours — bone, lilac, fuchsia, tangerine — which suggests that Blanchard’s mint dress is custom made. Available in sizes XS to L, the Charlotte dress (£89) is shapewear inspired and features a “psychedelic swirl” pattern lace, cutout crystal heart embellished details, and asymmetric lettuce hemline. Charlotte is semisheer on the stomach, hips, and shoulder...
Cosy, Effortless Jumper Dresses Are Officially Our Favourite Part of Autumn
A jumper dress might just be your new favourite autumn-winter outfit for staying snug indoors, and making a quick trip outside when necessary. I’m a huge fan of knitted dresses, and I’ve been singing their praises for years — so I’m more than pleased that this trend is finally catching on, and the selection available online is divine. But before you search the web looking for the perfect jumper dress, I’ve found a few pieces that you need to see first. Personally, I’m a huge fan of wearing a knit midi dress with mid-heel, calf-high boots. I love that this outfit combination makes me feel put together with minimal effort and it transitions between events so well. In the years BC (before coronavirus), I would wear fitted jumper dresses to work on days that I had...
Clueless Costume Designer Mona May Reflects on the 25th Anniversary of the Classic ’90s Fashion Film
Clueless was way ahead of its time. The quintessential ’90s fashion film based on Emma by Jane Austen — which is now available to stream in the UK via NOW TV — is a cinema classic thanks to writer and director Amy Heckerling and costume designer Mona May. Unlike generic films about fashion or high school, Clueless doesn’t glorify mean girl behaviour, which is a reason it continues to be fun, fresh, and relevant since its 1995 debut. The film gives a rare look into the fictional friendship of two of the most popular girls in high school, who are expectedly rich, stylish, and desirable. And despite Cher and Dionne’s familiarity with being the envy of others, their solid friendship and genuine love for fashion makes Clueless an enduring teen hit. On the film’s 25th ann...
Clueless Costume Designer Mona May Says Cher and Dionne Would Be Wearing Dior in 2020
Clueless was way ahead of its time. The quintessential ’90s fashion film based on Emma by Jane Austen — which is now available to stream in the UK via NOW TV — is a cinema classic thanks to writer and director Amy Heckerling and costume designer Mona May. Unlike generic films about fashion or high school, Clueless doesn’t glorify mean girl behaviour, which is a reason it continues to be fun, fresh, and relevant since its 1995 debut. The film gives a rare look into the fictional friendship of two of the most popular girls in high school, who are expectedly rich, stylish, and desirable. And despite Cher and Dionne’s familiarity with being the envy of others, their solid friendship and genuine love for fashion makes Clueless an enduring teen hit. On the film’s 25th ann...
Miley Cyrus’s Blooming Flower Dress Is by Our Favourite New London Designer Miss Sohee
Miley Cyrus performed her latest power ballad “Midnight Sky” for The Graham Norton Show on Saturday, 10 Oct. The single is the lead track for her upcoming seventh album She Is Miley Cyrus, and although we love the message of finding yourself in the freedom of owning your mistakes, we were absolutely fixated on the iridescent dress worn by her cardboard cutout and designed by one of 2020’s most inspiring young creatives — Miss Sohee. Cryus’s cardboard cutout wore the beautiful Peony gown from Miss Sohee‘s graduate collection for Central Saint Martins, titled “The Girl in Full Bloom”. The pink-and-lime-gold Peony dress is described by the designer as a “digitally printed, partly hand-dyed dress made in quarantine” and features a strapless...
Miley Cyrus’s Blooming Flower Dress Is by Our Favourite New Designer Miss Sohee
Miley Cyrus performed her latest power ballad “Midnight Sky” for The Graham Norton Show on Saturday, 10 Oct. The single is the lead track for her upcoming seventh album She Is Miley Cyrus, and although we love the message of finding yourself in the freedom of owning your mistakes, we were absolutely fixated on the iridescent dress worn by her cardboard cutout and designed by one of 2020’s most inspiring young creatives — Miss Sohee. Cryus’s cardboard cutout wore the beautiful Peony gown from Miss Sohee‘s graduate collection for Central Saint Martins, titled “The Girl in Full Bloom”. The pink-and-lime-gold Peony dress is described by the designer as a “digitally printed, partly hand-dyed dress made in quarantine” and features a strapless...
Miley Cyrus Wore the Most Incredible Holographic Blooming Flower Dress by New Designer Miss Sohee
Miley Cyrus performed her latest power ballad “Midnight Sky” for The Graham Norton Show on Saturday, 10 Oct. The single is the lead track for her upcoming seventh album She Is Miley Cyrus, and although we love the message of finding yourself in the freedom of owning your mistakes, we were absolutely fixated on the iridescent dress worn by her cardboard cutout and designed by one of 2020’s most inspiring young creatives — Miss Sohee. Cryus’s cardboard cutout wore the beautiful Peony gown from Miss Sohee‘s graduate collection for Central Saint Martins, titled “The Girl in Full Bloom”. The pink-and-lime-gold Peony dress is described by the designer as a “digitally printed, partly hand-dyed dress made in quarantine” and features a strapless...
25 Fresh Ways to Style Your Puff-Sleeve Dresses, Tops, Jackets, and Coats
Whether you call them puff sleeves, balloon sleeves, bishop sleeves, or leg of mutton sleeves — yeah, that’s actually a thing — a voluminous statement sleeve is the most enduring fashion trend of 2020. Girlish and gentle puff sleeves make us feel safe, sweet, and playful, which is probably why we reach for them all year round. But where did they come from, and how do you style them? More on that ahead. Puff sleeves are a general name for the many variations of voluminous sleeve shapes that have become a fashion favourite since 2018. First coming into style in the Renaissance era, puff sleeves have seen peaks in popularity in the Edwardian age, again in the 1930s, and now in the 2020s. Many of us associate puff sleeves with a childlike gentility and bygone femininity, and oftentimes t...
