Is it Summer or Wintour?

Surfing around the net I found this photo of Anna Wintour (editrex of Vogue US if we didn’t already know) and wondered what on earth was she thinking when she got dressed? That fur coat looks pretty warm, yet those strappy sandals look appropriate for a hot summer day, is it just a little chilly [...]

How to Wear Wide Leg Pants

How to Wear Wide Leg Pants by imogenl featuring a vest jacket Wide leg trousers are one of the season’s big items, so how do you wear them and what do wear with them. There are different ways to wear them, and it depends a lot on your height how best to pull them off. [...]

Tricky Trend – The Midi-Skirt

Straight shape, nude wedge Following on from my post on Where to End Your Skirts (universally flattering length) I thought I’d do a post about the current tricky trend – the midi-skirt. Full skirt either with low vamp peep toe or ankle length leggings I’ve been wearing this for sometime, but you need to tread [...]

Tricky Trend – Harem Pants

When harem pants first hit the shops again I thought to myself – I’ll never be caught dead in a pair of those nappy pants (diaper pants to my US readers).  And even though whenever  my ex-husband sees me in them he feels he needs to comment on my MC Hammer Pants – I tell [...]

How to Add Trend Colours (that don’t suit you) into Your Wardrobe

. Karen asked me for advice on adding some lime into her wardrobe.  It’s not a colour that suits her colouring (in fact would make her look really ill if she wore a garment in it close to her face), but still, it’s a current trend colour that she wants to play with. The best [...]

Tricky Trend – Over the Knee and Thigh High Boots

..Yesterday I posted on trends for 2010, one of these is the new over the knee boot, and thigh high boot. Pic: Thigh high boot by Christian Louboutin from Bluefly As you can see the boot that goes up mid-thigh is going to need a much shorter skirt, or pair of shorts to wear with them, [...]