Browsing Category Fashion

I’ve always loved a standout accessory – that ‘investment’ piece we return to time and time again. And Charlotte Simone has it in bucket loads. You know, the kind of pieces you see on other people walking down the street and wish you owned – that piece that makes you look twice.

Emilie’s back at University for the third year of her fashion degree. But, before she disappeared, I got chance to grill her on what we should be looking out for this Autumn/Winter.

My biggest fear when sitting down to watch BBC2’s latest fly-on-the-wall documentary – Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue, was that it would resemble a Devil Wears Prada parody. A combination of crazed women elbowing people at sample sales one minute, a sea of ice-cold fashion editors the next. So what did we learn from the documentary?

Welcome to the first of our side-by-side spotlights! Here, my daughter Emilie and I take some of our favourite outfits and offer up tips and hints on how to style them two ways – final proof if it’s needed that #fashionisageless.