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This once or twice weekly fashion journal is all about what celebrities should, and shouldn't, be wearing...good taste is everything !! So do come and join in the lively discussions about the awful things some stars choose to wear, the best and worst dresses, and my red carpet predictions from all the runway shows.
There will be various other intermittent posts:- "Freak of the Week", "Shoe Shocks", "Awful Wedding Dresses" and various other random goodies, as and when I discover them in my foraging down the back of the Internet !! So welcome one and all - come on in and join the discussion... |
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COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA BALL 2012 FUN AT THE MET !!There was the usual fantastic array of high fashion styles on show at this amazing annual bash, which is rightly considered the highpoint of the New York social calendar !! The theme this year was " Schiaparelli & Prada : Impossible Conversations", but I have to admit, there was a disappointing lack of true surrealism shown in peoples' choices, even though many actresses and models attending this were the personal guests of some of the biggest names in fashion on the planet. There were however loads of truly amazing beautiful dresses, of which I have chosen twenty-four for my own personal Best Dressed list - and then, extra to that, I have a further Top 10 list of the Best Directional Dresses, which I consider to be a very exciting bunch indeed...indeed, a whole lot of truly directional designs being worn by some very experimental women, who should be applauded for being so fashion forward !! ( Read more... ) | |
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SELFRIDGES FUN !!  'BRITANNICA 1951-1953' EXHIBITIONYesterday, I happened to be in Oxford Street, doing a bit of research for work, when I happened to spot this in Selfridges, so I went in and had a look - luckily I had a camera with me !! What a gem... ( Read more... ) | |
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PARIS FASHION WEEK - 2
AUTUMN 2012 GIVENCHY - VIVIENNE WESTWOODMy last look at the Autumn 2012 RTW Collections from Paris Fashion Week contains goodies from Givenchy, Haider Ackerman, Jean-Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Nina Ricci, Stella McCartney, Valentino, and Dame Viv, of course...many red carpet possibles, and quite a few designs that won't be seen anywhere, probably - every season, there are loads of dresses that you look at and think -" Will anyone ever wear that ? - Really ?!!" - but then someone like Lady Gaga or Katy Perry pops up in the very same design a week later, just to surprise you and everyone else too, for that matter !! Anyway - come on in and take a look... ( Read more... ) | |
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AINTREE LADIES DAY... COME AND JOIN THE FUN !!Friday 13th was Ladies Day at Aintree - the day when Liverpool's girls get dolled up in all their finery, equip themselves with a bottle of bubbly or three, and go out for a Day at the Races !! Saturday was Grand National Day of course, but traditionally, the Friday before that is ' Ladies Day' - this is when every horse in every race is a filly - fact !! It's also the day when every girl in Merseyside gets together with all her mates, gets dressed up to the nines, and sallies forth to paint the racecourse red !! This is the North of England's answer to Royal Ascot, and fashion-wise they have all had a really hard time in the last few years, shaking off the general Internet perception of Aintree as a sort of Northern Chav-Central...the sport of Chav-watching that has taken over in recent years has reached unprecedented levels when Aintree time rolls around, but I have to admit, the general level of tarty dressing and drunken misbehaviour really doesn't do them any favours whatsoever !!. They really do have an unfortunate image - fake tans, fake boobs, orange make-up, stupidly high shoes, and dresses right up to there !! So did they come up trumps and manage to shake off this reputation this year ? Or did they let themselves down ? Well, judge for yourself... ( The main trends on show at the Races - What not to wear...and how not to wear it !! ) | |
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PARIS FASHION WEEK - 1
AUTUMN 2012 ALEXANDER McQUEEN -
GIAMBATTISTA VALLIHere we are in Paris at last - Paris Fashion was held back in early March of course, so we're only a month late !! Fabulous designs of course, and some rather mad stuff too - well it wouldn't be Paris otherwise, would it ?!! ( Read more... ) | |
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BREAKING NEWS !!... DIOR APPOINTS RAF SIMONS...The esteemed House of Christian Dior has just announced that they will be appointing Belgian designer Raf Simons to the post of Creative Director for Womenswear, as from when he departs from his post at Jil Sander... ( Read more... ) | |
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MILAN FASHION WEEK - 2
AUTUMN 2012 JIL SANDER - VERSUSAfter all that extra excitement, let's go back to Milan Fashion Week and carry on where we left off... ( Read more... ) | |
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ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS 2012 BEST AND WORST DRESSED !!Last weekend was a busy weekend what with the Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday evening, and then, on Sunday evening, it was the turn of the 47th Academy of Country Music Awards 2012, which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The usual country music stars all turned out in their finery - some more successfully than others, as you will see.... ( Read more... ) | |
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PETER JONES ON FACEBOOK... COME & VISIT...For anyone with a facebook profile, who has ever visited our lovely store in Chelsea, and even if you haven't, do us a favour and click on the like button - we get to keep our own personal store fb page if we get 100,000 likes within one month !! Come and like our Peter Jones Facebook page here:- http://www.facebook.com/PeterJonesSloaneSquare | |
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KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS 2012 BEST & WORST DRESSED !!That annual slime-fest, the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards were held last Saturday evening at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, and there were many, many really great outfits on show - from both girls and guys, and so I'm doing a lightning post this morning, to look at who came off best and who came off worst in the sartorial stakes...and bear in mind that this is ma very young show of course, and therefore a full-on Oscars type gown would be drastically inappropriate !! What we need here are short sassy cocktail dresses, some choice weird outfits, and a few romantically floaty maxi-dresses in interesting casual prints, and above all, lots of bright colours !! Well, we got all that here, with three predominant colours being worn at this event - so much so that I have decided to divide up the Best Dressed accordingly - blue, white and orange, with pink coming in as a strong fourth, both mixed with other colours and on its own. The guys also wore some interesting outfits... ( So let's go and have a look ) | |
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MILAN FASHION WEEK - 1
AUTUMN 2012 ALBERTA FERRETTI - GUCCIMilan Fashion Week took place from the 22nd to the 28th February, before the Fashion Press train rushed off to Paris for the final week in a very hectic schedule... Here is part 1 of my look at the best of the Milan evening and cocktail-wear - my own predictions for what the stars may wear on the red carpets for the coming year. I have to say, there are particular Italian fashion designers who are immensely popular with many stars, and who are pretty much permanent fixtures in these posts:- Alberta Ferretti, Giorgio Armani (although stars generally prefer his Privé couture label really), Emilio Pucci, Gucci, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, and Versace, of course !! However, there are others who aren't worn quite so often, but really should be - Bottega Veneta, Moschino, Luisa Beccaria and Blumarine / Blugirl...I do wish we'd see these labels a bit more often, but fashion labels go through phases of popularity and so, maybe they will get their turn eventually !! Anyway, here are my choices from Alberta Ferretti to Gucci... ( Read more... ) | |
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LONDON FASHION WEEK - 2
AUTUMN 2012 MATTHEW WILLIAMSON - VIVIENNE WESTWOODMy second look at London Fashion Week features not one but two brand new, and very exciting, runway shows for my home city...McQ, the six year-old, and slightly ailing, diffusion label from Alexander McQueen has been given a new look and a new runway venue in LFW, and Moschino's Cheap & Chic label has decamped here because it was felt that London's quirky reputation and feel was better suited to the label's image, and also because creative director Rossella Jardini wanted a more international point of view.
London welcomed both of these label with open arms - they are both perfect for the city's richly creative and very youthful style, and the exuberant energy coming out of the East End now that Central St. Martin's has moved into its brand new location near King's Cross...( Read more... ) | |
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LONDON FASHION WEEK - 1
AUTUMN 2012 ANTONIO BERARDI - MARY KATRANTZOULondon Fashion Week got us all excited this season - there was definitely something in the air this Spring over here in London... There seemed to be a renewed sense of excitement about London as an important fashion capitol, and all it stands for in the fashion world:- exciting new designers, ground-breaking technical innovation, wild experimentation and the fact that London seems to be the breeding ground for a whole new batch of extraordinary talent every single year...This season, I have seventeen designers to chat about, and so for the first time, this LFW post will be split into two posts for convenience...length is sometimes an issue but not always for LFW, I have to say. This year, it was an exceptionally good crop of designs that hit the runways, so there's a lot to get through !! ( Read more... ) | |
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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK - 3
AUTUMN 2012 RALPH LAUREN - ZAC POSENPart 3 of my look at the recent New York RTW Collection for next Autumn will cover Ralph Lauren, the brand new 'Red Valentino' diffusion line, Reem Acra, Rodarte, Tadashi Shoji, Vera Wang, Victoria Beckham (2 collections) and Zac Posen...quite a lot to cover, but still only just under 100 photos, which is my psychological self-imposed limit for any post, as I believe that any longer than that and the poor reader starts to lose the will to live...one's attention span is only so long, even if you do take a massive amount of interest !! ( Read more... ) | |
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