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With Mad Men, Downton Abbey, and The Great Gatsby guiding modern fashion trends, vintage-inspired fashion is on the rise. Now, you might think you can’t wear vintage to the office, that it’s only for after hours and weekends, but we think you might be wrong. Vintage wear is becoming more acceptable for the office, especially […]

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s remains one of the best-loved films of all time, even fifty-one years after its release. It could be said this is partly due to the screenplay based on Truman Capote’s book and the portrayal of Holly Golightly by Audrey Hepburn, but I would the gorgeous fashions created by Hubert de Givenchy to […]

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The inscrutable Katharine Hepburn is remembered by many for so many different things. She was an actress, pin-up model, a rebel, politically aware, progressive, a fashion icon, and more. One thing that can definitely be said of Katharine Hepburn is that she was ahead of her time. She was an independent woman before it was […]

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This August 5th, 1962 will mark the 58th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death. It is difficult to believe it’s been 50 years since this iconic star passed away. Her popularity has not waned and, in fact, it seems as if she has never left us—her presence is almost as ubiquitous as when she was alive. […]

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A wedding is supposed to be a day of joy, where two people join hands in marriage and both friends and family come together to celebrate the beautiful union… in theory, anyway. The reality is that the entire year is spent panicking over what type of flowers to buy for the tables, which canapés are […]

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Today’s women under the age of thirty may not know to realise that wearing trousers has not always been commonplace for women. Sure, it’s widely known that women in the early twentieth century only wore dresses and skirts, but many younger women might not realise how recently this shift took place and just how young […]

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Imagine walking into an after-party for a famed designer who has just finished presenting months of hard work.  In these modern times and especially at these types of fashion events would it be so shocking to see men wearing skirts and women in suits and ties? As men’s fashion becomes increasingly feminine, and women’s fashion […]

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A word of advice from fashion icon and costumier to the stars, from Edith Head. “You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” Edith Head, Audrey Hepburn, and Hepburn’s husband, Mel Ferrer. Photo Courtesy of Life Magazine, hosted by Google. Who Is Edith Head? Nowadays, many people outside of Hollywood […]

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Vintage fashion is a hot trend taking the world by storm, and it doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon. Vintage clothes are eco-friendly, chic and endlessly customizable. The problem is finding pieces to work into your wardrobe. Not all cities are a hot spot for vintage shopping, so you have to get creative. EtsyRetailers […]

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Summer is when most like protecting our head, face and skin from the sun is a must. Despite thinking that freckles are simply adorable (obviously, I don’t have them!) the exposure to ultraviolet rays can lead to permanent damage.  but who says preventative measures have to be boring? Baseball caps and cowboy hats even if […]

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The late and great Alexander McQueen was a world-famous designer from London, England. His art inspired many other fashion designers, but also individual fashion lovers and artists. His works were often inspired by takes on vintage retro themes from the 60s and 70s, but sometimes earlier periods as well. Exotic, organic and even erotic are […]

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Appropriately named the “shift dress”, this never aging look shifts itself through decades of fashion maintaining glamour, style and function. That’s my definition, which personally I like more than the two real ones: The dress easily moves, or “shifts”, when dancing. 2- The dress symbolizes the “shift” in culture during the 1960s, embodying the free […]

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