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Fabric trends for Summer 2011

  Let the lovely summer breeze in with your fabric choices this summer. Choose sheer, lace and holey crochet fabrics, and don’t forget sun-drenched denim. Click on the title links to find items in theses fabrics on bidorbuy. Denim This summer, denim is not just for jeans. This hardy fabric is made feminine in light colours […]

Colour for Autumn: wearing camel

This Autumn’s numero uno colour is: Camel. This beautiful neutral can be matched with: denim other neutrals such as grey, black and especially chocolate brown golds and bronzes brights like red, purple and blue …And my favourite, navy. Have a look at the navy-camel lookpage with items all from bidorbuy for some inspiration on the […]

Fashion on the weekend: going picnicking

If this weekend calls for a lazy picnic in the park, the most important thing is to be comfortable; there’s no point going out to play in the sun if you’re not going to be comfortable. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to look good. As you can see, I’ve gone for a feminine […]

Breaking the rules

Fashion rules are not hard and fast. That’s because fashion is not hard and fast; it’s constantly breaking it’s own boundaries by turning in on itself and doing the opposite of what it did before. Look at denim. In the eighteenth century it was worn by slaves because it is such a hardy material. In […]

Matchmaker: floral & denim

I love the prettiness of combining denim and floral patterns in an outfit, and the look is huge this summer. The reason denim and floral look so perfect together is because, while they both feel summery and outdoors-y, they do so in a very different way. Denim is earthy, rough and androgynous; it’s cowboy fabric. […]