Babies are raising money for great charity

Gap has produced (PRODUCT) RED™ baby bodysuits. Half of the profits from these RED styles will go directly towards fighting AIDS.
To promote this their Advertising campaign has been as equally social conscious in their choices of celebrities. Anne Hathaway and Wyclef Jean were chosen along with the African Children's Choir.
The Campaign shot by Annie Leibovitz is sure to be another hit for GAP.

This little pig went to market and this one went to Prada!

I've come across the most fab book. 'This little piggy went to Prada' is the perfect xmas gift for fashionable mummies. It will give them a chuckle whilst their youngster's run riot and the turkey slowly roasts. Full of childhood ryhmes and poems that the Author Amy Allen has given a fashion comedy twist to.

Vintage is so now!

My Vintage Baby has launched a boyswear collection. If you've never heard of them, darling, where have you been?!!
Their clothing has a unique look and brings a vintage feel up to dateby combining different fabrics and prints.
Check them out online

Design it yourself

Do you fancy an outfit which you can design yourself? Try www.styleshake.com where you select from different choices to create the dress of your choice.
I have had a go at designing a dress on their site and it has it's limitations. There are a limited amount of choices for design and fabric and the method they have used to construct means that if you change certain things half way through you have to start again.
You can however, have fun designing your own dress and the limited choices and easy to read page make it simple for any novice.
I am yet to see a finished made dress in real life. It would be great to hear from anyone who has made the plunge and ordered one.
Happy designing!

Lion Hats are a Roaring success!!

To keep the chill off their kiddies ears Stars are turning to Zooni Hats. Brooke Sheilds and Katie Holmes are to name but a few of the many celebrity mum's choosing to dress their kiddies in these adorable hats. With animal faces and shaggy style they are popular by the kids as well.

My personal favourite is Leo the Lion

(see picture!)

Are you a chosen one?

Tiny Revelotionary's have a great idea on their t-shirt designs for kiddies. They have created t-shirts that celebrate being an adpoted child. With slogans like 'Chosen' they emphasise the special feeling of being a 'chosen' child.
Stars such as Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow have been snapping them up for their 'chosen' ones. Click on the title for a link to their site.

UGG goes small

We have all loved the Ugg boot but have you seen the mini Ugg boot for kiddies?!! Ugg Erin and Ugg Boo come in baby colours such as pastel pink and natural tan.
If you have small people in your life these are a must have for xmas, they are just too cute! They will have warm and snuggly feet all xmas. Visit shefinds.com for a preview.

Choose Love, Choose Life, Choose a t-Shirt!

As you probably know Tesco is basically taking over the world! They sell everything, do everything, help everyone, save everything!
Their are now helping our ethical conscience buy hooking up with the fashion slogan queen herself, Katherine E Hamnett. Together they have come up with an organic and fair trade clothing collection for Men Women and children.
'Choose Love' was inspired by "tackling today's global issues". It's an affordable range made from soft, organic and fair trade cotton.
The women's range includes T-shirts and hoodies and starts from £10 -£15. The men's range starts from £6-£10 and also includes T-shirts.
The kid's range starts from £5 and is called 'Save The Future For Me' playing on the idea that we are ruining the world for the future generations.
The ranges are small but they have big ideas. Tesco can afford to buy the cotton at a fair price and keep the prices for the customers down. Lets just hope that they are playing fair and that this doesn't just turn out to be a headline grabbing trick.

Designer SALE Alert

Everyone loves a bargin. You'll find some of these names:
Juicy Couture, Gonsalves & Hall, Balenciaga, Rock and Republic, Karen Walker and Oki Ni,
at the Truman Brewery on the 13th of April.
The sample sale is from friday the 13th to sunday the 15th starting at 7pm.
I will see you there!

Warning: Next season could go badly wrong!

This autumn we will be hell for leather, Sci-fi in shiny and wetlook, brightly accented in pinks and purples and quilted to the hilt in gold metallics.
From the sounds of things it could all go terribly wrong next season with hoards of the public in leather trousers and giant volumous quilted pink puffa jackets.
Please remember that this is NOT the way to go.
NOONE gets away with leather trousers unless you're going to walk down a catwalk, fight off evil vampires or space robots!
Quilted doesn't mean housing estate and volume doesn't mean huge unflattering dresses that are more blobby than beauty.
Less is more, one trend at a time and if you wore it origionally it's probably best to leave to others!

Designer Sale Alert

Designer Warehouse Sale Starts Friday 23rd March 10-8 and continues sat 10-6 and sun 11-5. Entrance dee is just £2 which gives you access to discounted Donna Karen, Armani and many more designer goodies.
I'll see you there!
designerwarehousesales.com or call 020 7837 3322

The Oyster just got a lot more appealing!

Wow even the regular oyster card is getting an overhaul now!
Oxfam’s “I’m In” Campaign has gathered a group of British design talent such as Frost French, Maharishi, Katherine Hamnett and Gharani Strok to design an Oyster wallet. This will be limited edition and perfect for the girl around town!
Go on line at Oxfam.co.uk/wallets and purchase yours for £4.99.

A Fashionable Portrait

From the 15th Feb – 28th May The National Gallery is showing an exhibition called Face of Fashion.
It shows the work of 5 photographers who have made a large impact on the imagery within the fashion industry.
The photographers are:

Mario Sorrenti
Paolo Roversi
Steven Klein
Corinne Day
Mert Alas and Marcu Piggott

The show portrays the diversity of the fashion imagery that is now available.

You can find the exhibition within the Wolfson Gallery which opens from 10-6 every day.
On thursdays and fridays they have late opening till 9pm.
It costs £8 to get in and £6 if you're a concession.

There are some events in conjunction with the exhibition that sound interesting. My favourite is the two documentaries on the fashion industry on sun 22nd April £15.00.
Film: yves St Laurent and Runway.

Elle Does It Well

Elle Collections is in their second edition and I love it.
It's great for all those fashion students out there who want to buy those catwalk magazines but can't afford it (when they're fifty quid a pop!). For only a fiver you get loads of great pictures and that's what we want.
I love the different ways they divide the images. You get colour ways for the season, a catwalk city catagory and diffrerent looks and styles catagories as well.
Adverts are kept to a minimum which means you can concentrate on the fashion .

Happy flicking.

NEW MAGAZINE OUT SOON

I come back after my little break only to find a new weekly highstreet fashion magazine is coming out, entitled 'LOOK'.
Jam packed with fashion goodness their preview issue was refreshing.
When I look at a fashion mag I want fashion, not adverts dispersed with fashion. Luckily 'LOOK' seems to have hit the nail on the everyday fashion head.
I would appreciate a little less reliance on what the stars are wearing for fashion direction, as there are other places to look e.g. on the high end catwalks. I am a little sick of looking at the celebrities and finding out what they wear at breakfast and where they walk their dog.

I thought that they could have left out the informative and intellectual stories. Not that I'm not interested in the news but I would read a different magazine or paper for that kind of story. What I want from a weekly fashion magazine is pure fashion.

'Looks' feature on skinny and straight leg jeans could have been better. They showed pictures of some nice jeans but they didn't specify if a particular make was better for a certain body shape or if they were stretch. 'How to wear them' should have also included who should wear which designs.

Overall this magazine will be great for keeping your finger on the fast moving highstreet fashion pace. If they continue to pack their magazine each week with just as many high street, trends bargains and new looks, then I'm sure it will be a big hit with anyone with an interest in fashion.