Livi’s guide to vintage shopping

After a weekend jaunt spent in London’s wonderful Notting Hill and Portobello Road, I felt inspired to put together a brief guide to buying vintage items, as it can be a complicated, hazardous yet wonderful adventure. When you buy something from the high street you’re aware that it’s mass produced and that you’re bound sooner or later to spot someone else wearing the same item as you. Vintage items have a history, a wonder and individuality abou...

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As the sunshine finally shows its face, the prettiest of trends from the Spring Summer trends is an ever so pretty and feminine touch of lace. For warm summer evenings or picnics in the park, a lace dress or lace ensemble is the very definition of pretty so following the instructions of Louis Vuitton from his catwalk collections, let’s break out the lace.

True lace was developed in the 15^th and 16^th Century and involves a thread being twisted, looped or braided into other threads resulting...

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All about and how to wear the Striped Breton Top


One of fashion’s most classical of looks, steeped in French heritage and an item which remains the perfect top to match with a simple outfit for the chicest, simplest of looks.

The origins of the Breton top can be traced back to 1880s France where fisherman wore the tops to protect them from the harsh winds on the Brittany coast. First made fashionable by Coco Chanel, the look was then adopted by European and American visitors to the French R...

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The Spring Summer trends are looking distinctly feminine and romantic for 2012. Florals,
 pastels and lace are the perhaps nnot unpredictable but most definitely beautiful themes
 which will be adding a touch of lady like charm to our wardrobes this season.

Florals, for spring, 'ground breaking', is the blunt retort of Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears
 Prada but 2012 Spring Summer is definitely looking fresh and floral with more colour and print
 combinations then ever. Mixing prints such as at Dri...

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