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Spring/Summer 2013 collaboration not to be missed! Last year, clothing company Uniqlo collaborated with English Heritage brand Laura Ashley to produce a sell-out Limited Edition range of t-shirts for summer. Today I want to highlight another collaboration between Uniqlo, this time with Copenhagen brand Green Gate, as the resulting products are essential literally – for this [...]

January Bites | Glitter is your ally You’re dressed head to foot in black. It’s January. The grey sky hangs barely above the grey pavement and you’re in no mood to hang about. This is exactly the time for some glitter. Doesn’t matter that black has become your go-to wardrobe comfort during this bleak month. You [...]

Ballet News Sequin Edit In the mood to sparkle ? This antique nude dress by All Saints is perfect. It’s easy to wear, dress up or dress down, and it’s a great flattering colour that will work with tons of things already in your wardrobe. It doesn’t require a lot of thought and it’s a dress that [...]

The Nutcracker Ballet | Cue Glitter Everyone needs a pair of glittery shoes. They can lift your mood and have you skipping over the cobbles in a trice. I’ve found a wonderful pair that both you and your kids can wear… What’s more, these ballet shoe creations by French Sole are for a good cause [...]

How to do ballet style in winter It’s snowing, freezing and slushy. And you’re not a reindeer. You’d like to make it to the ballet without turning up looking like a shivering snowball.  Fear not; word reaches me that there is a solution, if you are fast! One of the (very) few things that dear [...]

It’s a sequin time of year… At this time of year, whatever you’re wearing, day or night, it needs to be glittering and dazzling. It’s just that time of year. You need sequins. As it’s such a fab time of year I’m unashamedly blowing the budget with this Temperley Long Sleeved Amoret Dress at £2900 – [...]

Strictly, Sequins As we a gripped by another Autumn of Strictly Come Dancing, one way to celebrate the season is to sparkle!  Boden has really upped its game this year and produced some truly covetable pieces.  Here’s my sequined edit. Is there anything better than a sequinned shoe ?  Wedges are comfortable and these gunmetal [...]

Olympian Gold for You Who wouldn’t love to have a Gold medal around their neck this summer ? Well, as that may not be entirely possible for the majority of us, Miu Miu has come up with a truly fab alternative. You CAN have Gold, Silver or Bronze about your person this summer – and [...]

Ballet News Selects | summer yellow At the height of summer it seems only right to celebrate with yellow and all things golden – the Olympics are underway and who isn’t hoping for gold? This Ethereal Pleat Maxi Dress from Oasis ticks all the right boxes.  It’s suitably yellow, in fact it’s positively radiant and [...]

Ballet News Selects….. Spots! A bit of fun today.  When it comes to ballet shoes, what could lift your spirits more than a dash of pink with over-sized white spots ? What I love about these shoes, besides the fun pattern, is that it extends around the base of the shoe – so often plimsolls [...]

Ballet News Selects … heading to a festival this summer ? I love the delicate fan print on this cream silk maxi dress by TopShop.  It’s so unusual to see a print that isn’t a butterfly, or huge flowers or something very abstract. This is clever and elegant and perfect relaxed summer wear, wherever you are [...]

Dressing for July Who knew ?  George at Asda and a luxury lace dress that is worth snapping up because it’s so versatile and, well, cheap ?  £25 to be precise. The dress is a lovely teal colour – which worked so perfectly on the Duchess of Cambridge when she wore that Jenny Packham dress [...]

Ballet News Selects… Okay.  It’s well known that I’m a shoe-a-holic (found in the bottom of my Aunt’s wardrobe at a very tender age, surrounded by her wonderful and intriguing shoes) and so my research in this area is pretty extensive as you can imagine. But today I have to report that I’ve come across some truly bonkers [...]

Ballet News suggests …. Jete through July With July just a skip away, I wanted to find one perfect dress that you could wear almost anywhere with the right accessories. With their floral lace flippy tunic, TopShop has hit the mark perfectly. It has a sense of structure but not too tailored or restrictive, and it’s also summery [...]

Can you resist ? It’s Prada If you buy one dress this month, make it one of these lovely frocks from Prada.  The middle one – the ‘postcard’ dress – is my favourite and is around £500. Perfect for a summer trip to the ballet! They are available in store only. As you can see [...]

Ballet News | Statement fashion.  Ohh, and a beauty gem too If there’s one jacket headed for headlines this summer, it’s this one. Get it while you can. M&S has come up trumps again with their Limited Collection Cotton Rich Floral Jacket. This versatile, cotton rich jacket is finished with a floral print, a key [...]

Ballet News Selects Today I want to share with you some of the gems I stumbled upon over the weekend.  I’ve selected a couple of new suppliers who have produced beautiful items in perfect colours for Spring.  This time, the fashion picks are casual. First up, Boden.  I know – it’s not the trendiest place [...]

Ballet News | Uniglo collaborates with Laura Ashley Recently launched into Uniglo stores, these vintage inspired, feather-soft t-shirts and vest tops are a must-have. How am I going to weave them into a ballet theme ? I don’t know, and you know what ? I’m not going to try.  They are that good. I think they [...]

Ballet Shoes | The Royal Ballet & Cocorose London  Often, the only shoe that really finishes off an outfit is a statement heel, and you know that that heel is pretty likely to make it’s mark on your feet as the day wears into evening. What to do ?  Well, if you’re savvy, you’ll have something [...]

Ballet News | if you buy one thing this month ….. …Make it this LIMITED EDITION Floral Mix Match Dress. Why ? Because it’s on-trend floral, but not so flowery that you’d blend in at the Chelsea Flower Show, it’s silk and cotton so perfect for summer, the colours are perfectly combined to be interesting [...]