Friday 10 December 2010

Christmas party fashion - some thoughts


Selecting an outfit for a Christmas party can be more problematic than you would imagine . We have seen some pretty horrific styles over the years (and no doubt worn a few ourselves), to know that there are certain rules that should be obeyed when it comes to dressing up this season. Anyway, here are some of our top tips that you may wish to bear in mind:

Dresses

Be frugal – Spending too much is never a good idea as Xmas party nights can get messy - no need to indulge your hard-earned on designer wear when you can achive a glamourous look direct from the high street. As we've mentioned previously, the Pearl Lowe dresses range at Peacocks is along the lines of what we would go for.



Be simple - a lesson we have learned to our cost in the past: avoid long, single-coloured cotton dresses - we have lost count of the number of dresses ruined by food and drink related incidents.

Be glam – this is the one time of year that you can truly let your hair down and shoe your colleagues your true personality – blow them away with a black sequin dress or mini skirt.

Other Xmas Party Considerations

Wear comfortable footwear – jumping around the dancefloor can become an agonising experience if your shoes are giving you blisters.

Coats are essential – chances are that you will be wandering the streets at a late hour trying to flag down a taxi home, dont get caught without a warm coat or you’ll have more than a hangover the next day.

ENJOY YOURSELF! :)

Ok thanks for reading, these are a few rules that we follow. What are you wearing to the Christmas do this year?

Friday 3 December 2010

Celebrity fashion UK

Celebrity fashion. No, not fashion worn by celebrities but fashion designed by celebrities. Kate Moss did a range a while back that was successful not only in terms of the way it looked, but by choosing to make it widely available on the High Street she managed to eschew the kind of exclusivity vibe that high fashion had latterly become synonymous with.

Then over the past few years Pearl Lowe has started a successful career in clothing design and has produced extremely successful collections for Peacocks clothes. Pearl is probably better known now for her clothes designs than for her Britpop-era music with band Powder. In a genius move, Pearl employs the talents of daughter Daisy Lowe to model the collections. And there's a name to watch: Daisy Lowe. At the start of what is bound to be a successful career.

Other celebrities doing fashion include Fearne Cotton and Liam Gallagher. The success of a clothing line depends not upon the celebrity status of the designer but on the quality of the designs.