Lily Allen reveals her many talents as the singer and her sister Sarah Owen are expanding into ready-to-wear with a new vintage-inspired collection under their fashion venture Lucy In Disguise. The collection consists of 18 pre-fall pieces. Dresses of the range include a black beaded tulle dress, a 40s-inspired crepe tea dress and a high-waisted maxi dress, flattering all types of silhouettes,…
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For those of you who wonder why there have not been updates on the blog since the 6th March, and even for those who don’t, I have to announce that PaulaTrendsets is going under a spectacular re-launch and that has kept us quite busy during the past few weeks. The new website will soon be available under the same domain name www.PaulaTrendsets.com.…
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I can’t be 100% sure that a professional field as competitive as the world of fashion is able to nurture pure, altruistic friendships, but I am romantic enough to tend to believe that we had a couple of nice examples of friendship in fashion in the past few days. Of course the case of Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti can be conceived as a win-win situation, as the BFA…
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Roman empress or Han princess? I’d say no earthling. Cate Blanchett in Givenchy Haute Couture looked absolutely fairy for the first time after the “Lord of the Rings”. This statuesque pale violet pleated long dress, highlighted by a little yellow on the square shoulders, goes so well with Cate’s fair complexion and classy attitude. I wish I can slip into such a Givenchy…
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Fashion has always been particularly sensitive towards taboo diseases such as AIDS, be it the famous nude celebrities calendars or special shopping events (read also A night with Mawi of London). But how can a poncho fight HIV? Well obviously not any poncho can do that. It has to be Kenneth Cole. The American brand has launched this hooded double-faced, unisex poncho…
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