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Friday February 22nd, 2013

Trendspotting: Oxblood
Trendspotting

Trendspotting: Oxblood

Burberry debuted their new nail polish line in a sultry dark, classic red. More specifically, in oxblood. And it wouldn’t be a Burberry show without a trench coat or two to match. It wasn’t long before we noticed the color showing up elsewhere in London.

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Thursday May 24th, 2012

Monday September 19th, 2011

Jasper Conran Spring 2012: Black and White and Red All Over
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Jasper Conran Spring 2012: Black and White and Red All Over

I hadn’t planned on attending the Jasper Conran show, but somehow I found myself wedged into the front row, so I went with it. I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t know much about his work before the show, but I’m certainly going to start paying better attention from now on.

As a certified freak for fuchsia, Conran won my heart immediately with his beauty look, which featured sleek (but not wet) hair held back with a simple hair band. All the girls had fuchsia lips, neutral fingers, and fuchsia toes. This totally worked for me on every level.

Conran’s Spring colletion was minimalist, and the person next to me who said, “It’s a bit Jil Sander back in the day, isn’t it?” could be forgiven. It was, but there are worse standards by which to be judged.

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Thursday April 28th, 2011

Bruce Oldfield Says He’s Not Designing Kate Middleton’s Dress; So Who’s Left? A Last Look at the Designers Still In the Running
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Bruce Oldfield Says He’s Not Designing Kate Middleton’s Dress; So Who’s Left? A Last Look at the Designers Still In the Running

There has been so much speculation about the identity of the lucky designer(s) who has been commissioned to design Kate Middleton‘s wedding dress that it has been difficult to keep track! Every other day it seems a new name is floated while a new denial simultaneously grabs column inches. Today brings word that Bruce Oldfield, Read more →

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