Style hack – make an old coat new without spending a penny

Hands down the easiest way to update your coat game?  Steal a belt from another coat and couple them up.  The coat in question is this one, last year’s Jigsaw number, and quite voluminous and the belt in question from this Topshop number, two years ago…  and the urge to create a ‘new’ coat arose after six solid days of…
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Winter weapon – leather legs for any budget

It is no secret that my winter weapon is encasing my legs in leather (prompting the husband to say ‘sausages’ every time he looks at my thighs – I think he means it in the sweetest possible way…  I mean, who doesn’t like sausages?  I love them).  So I thought I would share a few of my favourite places to…
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The definitive bikini

Somehow I always had this thought in my mind that cup-sized swimwear just really wasn’t that cool.  But as part of our partnership Panache sent me a couple of their new season styles to try out and they were a revelation, honestly. Imagine a strapless bikini that you don’t need to adjust all day (even after swimming that few metres of less…
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Shaggy

The most wintry of knits working perfectly well in the mid twenties.  If there’s one sale purchase you may want to make, make it this shag cardigan.  And if you happen to be a complete nerd like me and you’re just wondering where on earth did the word ‘shag/shaggy’ originate from…  well, Google of course has the answer – ‘The name derives…
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The date night dream dress

This is the dress.  I mean it’s not ‘The dress’, it’s not my wedding dress obviously…  but if I could marry the husband all over again I might very well do it in this.  For that matter, if I could only wear one designer for the rest of my life then Zimmermann would be a fine pairing (except that I might need to relocate…
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