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6 Things I Love and Loathe About London Fashion Week
As New York Fashion Week finished and London Fashion Week (LFW) just started this week, I wanted to share some of my insights and honest opinion of positive and not so positive experiences of attending LFW few years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I was incredible fortunate to attend several designer shows and rub shoulders with fellow London fashionistas, which I documented here, here and here. But despite their allure, fashion weeks also reveal a less glamorous side of the fashion world… THINGS I LOVED 1.Creative buzz – twice a year London transforms into a beehive of buzzing fashion editors, photographers, celebrities, bloggers, PR girls and models roaming from venue to venue. Central London, especially around…
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TSV Tips: DIY Designer T-Shirt
Gosh, I love a good DIY project and today I am going to show you how to make a designer t-shirt for almost nothing! I love Comme des Garçons t-shirts with their quirky heart logo but I can hardly afford one at £100 a piece. So, being frugal with my money and loving a good occasional DIY project, I found a way to make my own Comme des Garçons inspired t-shirt for less than £12! Let me show you how to achieve designer fashion at high street prices in 5 simple steps. For my project, I got an H&M t-shirt that is so cool but only costs £8.99 and embroidered…
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London Gems: ‘Diana: Her Fashion Story’ Exhibition
There are hundreds of new exhibits opening in London every year. But there is always one that creates a lot of buzz and everyone is looking forward to. This year Londoners have been waiting for the opening of ‘Diana: Her Fashion Story’ at the Kensington Palace with much anticipation. The exhibit is part of the series of events commemorating Diana’s life and paying tribute to the 20th anniversary of her tragic death. It takes visitors through her 25 pieces of her much praised wardrobe and explores Princess Diana’s style evolution from a shy young woman to a international fashion icon. On a sunny April day I set off for the Kensington Palace…
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Stylist Live 2016: A Festival of Inspiration and Creativity
If you live in the UK, you probably have come across a free women’s lifestyle magazine Stylist. From fashion and beauty to career and travel, Stylist covers all the important questions a girl may have. Every week I get a free copy at my underground station and it makes such a good companion on a busy journey to work. I heard about annual Stylist Live festival before but this year I decided to check it out myself. Plus, a four-day program of 150+ talks and workshops on everything from how to mix tea and apply a perfect make-up to how to create a perfect winter wardrobe or launch your own business looked…
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Estée Lauder Gift Bags: Review
Like every other woman, I am a sucker for the freebies and gift bags. So when I saw Estée Lauder offering free gift with a purchase, I wanted to check it out. Interestingly, it has been running gift campaigns at John Lewis first, then House of Fraser and now Debenhams. I missed the first one, but got the last two. The condition is to purchase two products with one being skincare or foundation. So, below is my quick run through the products I purchased and products I got as part of the free gifts. Estée Lauder gift bag – House of Fraser Products purchased: Estée Lauder Genuine Glow priming moisture eye…
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YSL Monogram Blogger Bag: Review and Styling Tips
A couple weeks ago I celebrated my birthday and I was lucky to get YSL Monogram Blogger Bag, my first YSL bag, as a birthday present from my hubby. Yay!!! To be honest, I have been looking for a small red cross-body bag for a while. The choice was between Gucci Soho Mini, Mulberry Mini Lily and YSL Monogram Blogger Bag. Being a blogger, it was very appropriate to get a ‘blogger bag’, plus I loved its practicality and value for money. After all this blog is about staying stylish without breaking the bank, right? Apparently, YSL’s creative director Hedi Slimane dedicated this Blogger Bag to the fashion bloggers, thus making it more affordable than…
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Designer Profile: Dilbar
In a small nation in the heart of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, there is a fashion power house called DILBAR. In my interview with Diblar Ashimbaeva I find out what drives and inspires Kyrgyzstan’s leading designer. Read my article I wrote for AGI Magazine (September 2012 issue) below.
