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Are you ready for yellow?

Get ready for some instant sunshine! Yellow is a sunny, feel-good colour but you need to get just the right shade for you and have the confidence to wear it.

Get your Lycra out; it’s the Women’s Tour of Britain!

The Women’s Tour of Britain cycle race is the first international level stage race for women in the UK (hooray!). It started on Tuesday and, true to British form, waterproof jackets have been a valuable item in their kit so far. However, for any keen cyclist, the most important item in your kit is your shorts. Bib shorts, to be exact.

A Denim Revival

Denim is durable, comfortable, sexy, stretchy, stylish and here to stay. Denim is part of every woman’s wardrobe, whatever her age. This season’s looks are not just about your favourite jeans, however, the skirt, jacket and various other denim pieces are yours for the taking.

Spring Wardrobe Audit

If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to do the seasonal wardrobe change and have a bit of a spring wardrobe audit.

Transitional key pieces for spring 2014

One of the most versatile fashion pieces this spring is the statement sweatshirt. It’s not as heavy as a knit and not as light as a T-shirt. It’s perfect to snazz up a pair of jeans with some heels or you can wear it with a skirt (pencil, A-line, full and mini). Mixing this sports-luxe look of the season with the ladylike trend creates a nice ‘relaxed-feminine’ look. It is the perfect top to see you through from an early spring chill to a summer cover up.

Identify your skin tone

There was much debate over the lack of ethnic models at London Fashion Week and whilst we are not attempting to get into a political debate here, from a simple fashion/style/beauty point of view, it doesn’t make sense not to represent the various ethnic looks and skin tones that make up the British demographic today.

Mr Selfridge shows us how it’s done

Watching Mr Selfridge has made me fall in love with retail all over again. One of the reasons for this is seeing the dedicated care and attention given by the staff to their customers.

Skirt shapes of the season

Dresses have been our friends for so long, we have almost forgotten about wearing separates. “What has happened to the skirt and top?” we hear you say. As it happens, we will be making the skirt our wardrobe staple this autumn and winter.

Autumn’s versatile garment: the shirt dress

In this green, pleasant and sometimes rather soggy land, we are always at the mercy of the weather. The seasons are getting harder to define and anything can happen; sometimes we get winter in summer and spring in autumn. It is no wonder that we find it difficult to create the perfect capsule wardrobe.