Hello! And welcome to my “Vintage Guru” blog especially composed for Cheltenham Fashion Week! I thought I might use this first blog entry as an introduction to who I am, what I do and where my passions lie! My name is Missy Malone and I am a vintage enthusiast first and foremost, but I certainly […]
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People like Charli Cohen restore my faith in the fashion industry. Graduating as Womenswear Student of the Year from Kingston University, being touted as one of Britain’s hottest young designers and receiving multiple awards nominations for her high-fashion fitnesswear might make some young women diva-esque to say the least. Not Charli. She is an absolute […]
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Let’s face it: a typical day in the life of a woman used to go something like this: 1. Put on corset 2. Do some sewing 3. Host suitor for afternoon tea 4. Adjust corset (to avoid passing out) 5. Darn father’s socks before supper. In 2013, it’s about as far removed from that as […]
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As another LFW comes to a close, what are we able to reflect on? That when Burberry jokingly commented they paid a lot of money to have the sun come out just as their show began, they probably weren’t joking? That Vivienne Westwood’s plea for us to all buy fewer clothes kind of defeats the […]
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So after studying at Bournside School & Sixth Form Centre for what seems to be an epic amount of time, I knew it was time to think about what I really wanted to do now I’m grown up (almost). I had studied every art subject possible and loved it but wasn’t sure what field within […]
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When it comes to fashion trends, you can always guarantee there will be repetition. Come spring we find florals and winter is always dark, black and sprinkled with sequins. At risk of sounding ancient, it all gets a little boring. With trends, we come to expect this. They come, they go and then they come […]
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Sabrina Shah Hakim – This was my experience I started working as an intern at Holly Fulton on the 5th of August 2013 for approximately 6 weeks before the show. Saturday the 14th of September 2013 is definetaly a day I will never forget. Being a textiles design student I was well aware of the […]
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Thursday marks the end of it all – the chairs are folded away, the sunglasses are popped back in their pouches and the millions of empty bottles of Vitamin Water are recycled. That cant be it for another year you cry?!! I have just learnt that Marchesa and tulle are my new best friends! Just learnt […]
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You can’t have failed to notice the fashion and celebrity world has been alight with Big Apple-flavoured flames for the last week. In amongst the slick catwalk shows and glamorous collections nestle a few key headlines. This year, one headline has to be Eden Miller’s collection: made for and modelled entirely by plus-size women. And […]
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What’s your regular Tuesday night like? Sweating it out in the gym in your dad’s old t-shirt (actually, gym? Who am I kidding?)? Heading home to attack the laundry and scale the mountain of ironing? If it’s near the beginning of the month, perhaps a surf of the internet and a shop-a-thon of shoes that […]
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