Category: Fashion
How to shop the 1970s fashion revival, inspired by classic films
[nextpage title="Next"] The 70s are back! Again. Here are the key pieces you'll want this year, and how to wear them like the decade's greatest screen queens... The 90s what now? Nope, put away your tattoo choker – we've gone back another two decades. Fickle as ever, for 2015 fashion has decided to revisit the…
Could you live with a wardrobe of only 33 things? Project 333 says you should
Stressed, guilty and late for everything? A capsule wardrobe could be just the tonic... How long did it take you to get dressed this morning? Five minutes? 10? Half an hour of frantic rummaging, changing and screaming that ended with you sweaty, rumpled and back in the first outfit you started with? If you're the latter, then you might…
Microsoft’s working on a smart ring that matches your clothes
Owning a whole wardrobe of jewellery to match your various outfits might soon be a thing of the past. Microsoft's research arm, Microsoft Labs, is working on a range of jewellery that can sense the colour it's placed on, and turn the same shade. Called Blush, the range includes brooches and a ring. We gave the ring a…
8 beautiful things that cost less than the rose gold Apple Watch
We're sure we weren't alone in being absolutely entranced by the 18 karat rose gold Apple Watch at the launch event yesterday: Sadly, Apple being Apple, even the rubber-strapped edition of the rose gold Apple Watch is a wince-making £8,000, which puts it just a teensy-tiny bit outside most of our reach. But not to worry, because…
12 stylish backpacks to fit your laptop: Herschel, MiPac, Eastpak
[nextpage title="Next"] With laptops getting slimmer, lighter and more powerful, they have become many people's main computers for both work and play, which means we're constantly having to carry them from home to work. A laptop bag is fine, but carrying something on your shoulder, can be hell for your back, which is where backpacks…
Subscription boxes: the next generation
[nextpage title="Next"] First came veg boxes, then Graze and Glossybox – now a whole new wave of subscription services are vying to be the next through your letterbox... There was a time we thought exciting post was dead. Nobody wrote letters anymore, fewer sent postcards, the only surprise the postman would bring was whether or not…
Here’s everything you WON’T be rushing to buy after London Fashion Week
Fashion! Turn to the left! No seriously, there's an art student just over your shoulder wearing a stuffed skunk as a bonnet. As we near the end of our biannual jaunt around the world's four biggest fashion capitals, it's time to sit back, take stock, and think about all the items from London Fashion Week…
A few #AskHerMore questions we wish they’d asked on the Oscars red carpet
The #AskHerMore movement at the Oscars has got us thinking about what we'd really like to ask Hollywood stars. Could we really be seeing the shift of red carpet chat to fewer frocks and more real feelings? The #AskHerMore campaign has been gathering pace throughout 2015 awards season, a rallying cry for the press to branch out beyond…
Shopping on an empty stomach makes you spend more (!)
Next time you go shopping, you might want to line your stomach first. You’ve probably heard that we tend to spend more money when we go grocery shopping when we’re hungry. It only makes sense that we can’t resist creamy pasta sauces and tubs of Ben & Jerry’s when our stomachs are rumbling. But it…
Spring trends to buy now (even if you’re not sure you like them yet)
It's a cruel truth about fashion, that often it takes you almost as long to come round to the idea of a trend as it does for that trend to rise, flourish and die on a Primark sale rail. The classic cycle tends to go something like: you spot a trend. 'Purple breeches', let's say.…
