Rules of winter dressing

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In winter, clothes should have sleeves Sometimes you have to state the absolutely bleeding obvious for quite a long time before you get heard. Women's suffrage in Switzerland, for instance. And now, nice clothes with sleeves. Not, perhaps, a cause célèbre of quite the same soul-stirring magnitude but progress nonetheless. Most dresses and tops on sale ...

Sex, Pleats and Skin

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PARIS — If the latest outing from Felipe Oliveira Baptista is any indication of what Lacoste clothing will look like now that the designer has been appointed its creative director, that iconic crocodile is going to get a sexy new silhouette come next winter. His sporty spring 2011 collection, filled with leggings, thigh-high tunic dresses and ...

Young is the New Old: Fashion Things

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Old is the new young Things move fast in fashion. Only two weeks ago FS was declaring that young is the new old, but now we can officially inform you that youth is SO last fortnight. Fifty-three-year-old Ines de la Fressange took to the catwalk for Chanel, ending a decades-long fued with Karl Lagerfeld. According ...

Eco chic: new life into rejected clothes

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Following its success at asos.com, award-winning sustainable label Goodone has designed a capsule autumn/winter collection that has been bought in its entirety by Topshop. The UK fashion industry produces 2m tonnes of clothing waste per year, with just 16% recovered and the rest destined for landfill. Goodone creative director Nin ...

New York fashion week: colour with the volume turned up

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Four days is a long time in fashion. When I got to New York at the weekend, fashion was having a moment, and not in a good way. It was having a why-are-we-all-here, what's-the-point-of-it-all moment. New York fashion week has just moved from a few marquees in Bryant Park, close to the Seventh Avenue garment ...

Bikinis for Different Body Shapes

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Here are some picks for cute bikinis that will flatter your figure and won’t cost a fortune. * Hourglass Body Shape Ladies with hourglass body shapes can luckily pull off nearly any bikini look. Hourglass figures need to be careful of “mix and match”, though! When you have a well-proportioned body, a mismatched bikini can make you ...

Gothic Lingerie: Chastity Belts & Corsets

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For several years now women have been seeing corsets becoming more and more popular. Why? For two reasons: 1. Its now considered to be sexual fun-ware. 2. It is the standard garb for goths, and the increasing popularity of goth culture is therefore increasing the popularity of corsets. But what about this other antiquated piece of "fashion"? If ...