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Category: Fashion

  • Gin, mushroom sandwiches and a little bit of denim

    The lovely Robert from lineageofinfluence invited me to my-wardrobe.com’s denim bar launch party last night so with him being my good friend and all, it was a little bit rude not too really. Especially when it involved free booze, loud music and the requisite drunken conversations between good friends as we undoubtedly put the world…

  • Learning The Basics

    I’ve always shied away from buying plain T-shirts and neutral vests as I saw them as well, boring.  However, each summer I find myself ransacking drawer upon drawer in search of a simple top that’s both cool and stylish yet I always end up empty handed. So in light of this forever-fruitless task and because…

  • ‘And Mary’ Launch Beautiful Boutique Jewellery Site

    A few months ago, my lovely friend Alison left the big smoke and headed back to the fair land of Scotland. Bidding adieu to her job as a Buyer for fashion chain Joy, she took up a role as an agent for a bounty of cool and original brands. Since then, not only has she cranked…

  • Love At First Sight Exists & It’s Rad

    Yesterday whilst checking out some new affiliates at work, I stumbled upon possibly the most exciting brand I’ve seen for a long time.  Rad, the new diffusion line from self taught American designer Rad Hourani launches this November – and it’s pretty special. If nothing else, (and from a purely selfish angle), he has encapsulated…

  • Coming Soon: This Is Me By Tinker Tailor & One More Sailor

    My good friend (and rather talented photographer) Laura Perkins and I have been working on our second project under the pseudonym Tinker Tailor And One More Sailor.  Some of you may be familiar with our first venture shooting Street Style and What’s On Your iPod for Kalimocho Girl, but This Is Me widens One More Sailor’s…

  • The Fashion Office Recommends…Film Soundtracks

    After an early morning movie discussion, it quickly became apparent that Sartoriology missed so many amazing films as a child.  So, after a flurry of email recommendations immediately sent her way, we decided to dedicate this week’s The Fashion Office Recommends to film soundtracks. To name only a mere few, imagine having missed out on…

  • The Fashion Office Recommends…week three

    So, Friday has snuck up on us once again!  We’re now on week three of The Fashion Office Recommends – a selection of tracks sent my way from my fashionable desk sharers and created to expand all of our musical libraries.  Last week, the feature was fittingly dedicated to the sad passing of the King Of Pop,…

  • Breaking News: Eco Bag To Save Global Economy

    Look what arrived in the post today.  A re-usable bag with slightly more than an ecological message… A friend recently loaded a picture of this lovely little bag on Facebook.  Turns out it’s by none other than Brighton based cartoonists and bloggers Modern Toss.   When i saw the picture, as offensive as it may…

  • Plaid Please! – The essential check shirt

    Checking out what was in the shops yesterday, i got caught up in a sea of lumberjack shirts.  Clashing Pink and yellow, classic red and blue, cheesecloth or roll up sleeves – which to choose?  Anyone would have thought it was festival season…  So before i filled up my ever bulging wardrobe,  i paused to…

  • Top of the crops

    Drop and give me 20 – the crop top is back.   I’d read it in the magazines and seen it creeping into a few in shops.  The latest thing to be littering the high street is indeed the return of the 80s crop top. T-shirt, vest, 50s rockabilly tie-hem shirt, striped or ditsy; make…

  • The underestimation of the humble T-shirt & mini

    Ransacking my wardrobe for something new and a combo never worn, I went retro on Friday and pulled out an old black mini skirt which I thought had seen better days. Little did i know when pairing it with my much loved (and probably a bit over worn) super-size wolf T-shirt, that a new uniform…

  • The BIG Blazer Boom

    If there’s one thing you simply must buy this season – it’s a longline 80s blazer with roll back sleeves.  Wear it with dresses, leggings, trousers and fade wash jeans and buy one size up.  Just don’t dare even think of leaving home without it. Oversized blazers have been seen on every runway from Stella…

  • First look: Matthew Williamson at H & M

    A while ago, I wrote a post about the upcoming Matthew Williamson collection launching at H & M this month.  Best sharpen your elbows and get ready for those long queues, there’s only ten days until launch.   Expect to be greeted by a high summer palette of knock-out cerise, acid lemon, cool cobalt blue and a…

  • Balmain and the Soldier boy (jacket) blues

    There’s no doubt about it, from fashion pack to Paris shows – Balmain is this season’s hot ticket. With a collection to literally die for, the french design house has got every one in the fashion industry in fidgets.  His Micheal Jackson, thriller inspired, soldier boy jacket being the main culprit.    Shoulders?  Check.  Faded…

  • Nastygal opens first US store

    Across the pond, there’s good news.   Much loved vintage brand NastyGal are opening their very first store in Berkeley, California. Mentioned before on Tinker Tailor, NastyGal are a haven for all things vintage and fabulous.  Their offerings include everything from dresses, jackets and shoes to accessories and even some rare vintage designer pieces at not too…

  • Reiss to launch sub brand for 25 plus

    As a huge fan of Reiss (and not so much of their over inflated prices), It can only come as a good thing that they are to launch a younger, sub brand aimed at fashion conscious men and women in their mid twenties. Yet to be named and with Reiss designers, including former Stella McCartney…

  • Lace, Love and Louis de Gama

    A long time ago, I heard about someone who was making dresses out of old lace curtains.  Yesterday, I found Louis de Gama’s shop on Cheshire Street in London.  Jackpot. There’s four simple words I’d use to describe these dresses: I.  Want. Them. All. Made from soft flowing silk in nude shades, black satins, leather…

  • To brogue or not to brogue?

    Amongst the platform, shoe-boot and plimsoll, the brogue is making a come back. I’ve always been a fan of the classic men’s Bugsy Malone brogue (as pictured to your left) and in fact, do own a pair of dolly shoes in a similar guise.  Note to self…do rake them out of the seven billion other…

  • Giles Deacon note cards at Smythson – now available

    Just a really quick note to follow up on my post about Giles Deacon’s note cards for Smythson.  They’re now available to pre-order via Smythson’s website and with only 300 available (and a snip at £37), if you’re a Deacon fan, best get in there quick!

  • Dead trendy. Fashion victims bid farewell to wet look leggings

    Peel them off as er, quickly as you can and say goodbye to wet look leggings.  After little more than four months, the explosive trend of PVC, shiny, glossy, or wet look leggings bites the dust.  Thank god for that.  Ok, so only the black ones.   But hey, it’s a start. Truly the sign…