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1. Alexander McQueen £650
2. Herve Leger £710
3. Alexander Wang £620
4. Emilio Pucci £1,575
5. Balmain £895

Happy 40th Birthday Browns!

Celebrating the big 4-0 this year, Browns are marking the big occasion on 14th April with a special en masse designer collaboration and an exhibition on the history of the iconic shop. The ‘Future Collectables’ project is uber-amazing with 40 designers, who have been influential in the history of Browns, recreating an archive piece or creating a new exclusive item to be sold in store and online. Check out Christopher Kane’s red 'Eva’ dress from his MA show in 2007 and a gorgeous dress by Erdem above. If your lucky enough to get your hands on a piece, it will come with a "Browns 40th anniversary" label with a numbered edition. The collection will also be sold in a temporary pop up shop which will travel throughout 2010 in cities such as Berlin, Dubai and Zurich.

I am actually in love with the above Nicholas Kirkwood shoes - so fabulous and OTT (“How fashion dahling!”).

Browns is undoubtedly renowned for discovering new promising fashion talent such as Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and of course Mr Galliano and in celebration the forthcoming exhibition will be a retrospective display through the years of Browns’s movers and shakers ranging from Calvin Klein in the 70’s to the current designs of the incredible David Koma. Running for three weeks in London’s Blake Penthouses, it will feature 40 iconic Paolo Roversi photographs of Browns’ ambassadors, 3D film footage of iconic catwalk shows and talks on dressing over the last four decades.

If you love fashion then this is not one to miss!

Denim on Denim

NEWS FLASH... on 28th April Net-A-Porter, the hub of online fashion, are launching their exciting brand new denim boutique. Hot denim labels such as Superfine, J Brand, Ksubi and DRKSHDW by Rick Owens (Red Lippy loves loves loves the ‘wraped robot jacket’) will be sold on the site alongside the Net-A-Porter fashion team’s tips on the latest styles, trends and designers of all things denim. The campaign image above is from the promotion of the site and you can bet that from the way Net-A-Porter do things the site will be incredibly chic.

If there is one season to do a denim boutique then this season is it as love it or hate it the double denim trend is back with a vengeance. Although it is this season’s trickiest trend to pull off, it is a sure fire way to put you straight to the top of the style stakes (or completely off the radar if you get it horribly wrong).

I must admit that my initial reaction to seeing it paraded down the Spring / Summer ‘10 catwalks was “Oh hell no!” but I knew deep down that give it a little while and I would be donning my denim shirt and jeans together. My first experience was a weird one - I wasn’t initially convinced when I put the look together. I felt a tad silly and somewhat old-fashioned looking but I wanted to test the water (outside my bedroom) to see people’s reactions. Work (bare in mind I work in fashion) thought I was the bees knees and soon were all giving the trend a go (even my boss) however people on the street weren’t entirely convinced and the up-and-down stares were a plenty. However it has to be one of the comfiest fashion trends of late (well if you compare it to leather leggings and sky-high platforms) but I suppose it is like marmite and not everyone is going to love it.

Certain rules have to be abided to however to prevent you looking dowdy and totally wrong:
- Denim colours MUST be contrasted (i.e darker jeans and lighter denim shirt).
- The look must be teamed with something feminine like high heels or a colourful cross-body bag so the look has a hint of sex appeal (men tend not to be huge fans of this look as you can imagine).
- Jewellery is a must - slap on some bangles and a cocktail ring to prevent the American old-man ranch look (it’s not a good one trust me!)
- Add different elements like patchwork or frayed denim to mix up the look.
- Lastly, wear with attitude... If you have no confidence in your outfit then no-one else will!

Enjoy the above S/S '10 catwalk images for inspiration...
1. Iselin Steiro for Chloe
2. Laura Blokhina for House of Holland
3. Abbey Lee Kershaw for D&G
4. Mathilde Frachon for Mulberry

It's All About The Name

Well here I am in the world of blogging... EEK how exciting! I have been meaning to do this for so long now but just haven’t got round to doing it. Slightly scared that I won’t be able to keep up with it as you have to be totally dedicated to it but I have promised myself to give it a go.

First challenge was finding a name for the blog. What a palava I had... so in the end I looked about my bedroom and took inspiration from my favourite poster (see above) from the Richard Nicoll A/W 2010 show. The nipple tassles were added by myself to give it extra oomph. (I do love a nipple tassle but that’s a whole other story!)

Still not convinced that I am 100% happy with the name but we’ll see...

Would love to know people’s thoughts on whether its a thumbs up or down. Go on - be brutal if you must!

Kisses xx