Buying shirts -

Buying shirts is back in, it seems. In ye olde days of old the only time people would wear stylish mens shirts was to work, or something formal. That was back in the days when it was cool to appear to be "rebellious" or something. But the shirt is back with a vengeance - and long may it continue. While t-shirts are perfectly reasonable, nothing speaks of style quite like a shirt.

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We want style icons #2 Dappy

N-Dubz burst on to the UK music scene in about 2006 with their infectious blend of attitude and cool tunes. Band mamber Dappy (left) has a refreshingly eclectic fashion direction, and stands out from the hoardes of ordinary-dressed people in the urban music scene.

How to shop for evening dresses online

1. Make sure you have a computer and an internet connection.

2. Start browsing the sites you love. And go further afield too, seek out new places of worship (sorry, I meant retail...!). You can do this by entering the relevant words for your search into a search engine. Say you wanted green dungarees (which I know you don't it's just for example's sake) you type in those very words and abracadabra a list of sites that sell these will appear.

3. You can narrow down your search by including a place name as well, plus other words like 'cheap' or 'party', or whatever's appropriate to your enquiry.

4. Making your choice. You'd think that t'internet would be the place for impulse buys, wouldn't you? And that we'd all be broke by now, having spent all our spare cash on impulse purchases. Well, strangely, internet shopping generally doesn't work like that. Knowing that you don't have to buy on the spot like you would in a shop, and having the freedom to pop back anytime to the site means that in fact impulse buying is rare. It also minimises mispurchases. I have - not yet anyway - ever got something online and thought wait, it has to go back. Not once.

5. Once you've perused the available evening dresses online, and made your choice, it's a simple matter of filling in a few details, making the payment, and then waiting for the postie. Simple as anything.

We want style icons #1

First in an occasional series. We're going for as eclectic a bunch as possible here, in order to reflect the general british public.

And our first style icon at the blog is none other than John Lydon.

It's in the attitude, the colour, the anger and the clothes. As a daily jeans wearer, I can only marvel at John Lydon's determination to continue his decades-long jeans embargo.

Oh I do like to be beside the sales sign...!

The UK summer seems to be holding up. Bit of rain here and there, but temperatures still fairly warm. So that's some good news. It's that summer heading into late-summer point that we're now getting to. There may be a 'scorcher' or two down the line, but it's probably safe to say that the main part of the summer is more than halfway through.

And sad though that may seem, it harbpurs some sweet news in that now's the time for mid-season sales. The high street is up to its astragals in sales right now, as is the online world.

So go pick yourself up a bargain while the summer's still here, and think of the rich Autumn harvest only six weeks away!

You could either try an online clothes store or take a trip into town - either way, there's savings in them thar clothing outlets...

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Have you ever noticed how some people seem to look mega-smart, like *all* the time?

Well... one way they do it isn't by spending over the odds (although some undoubtedly will), it's by spending smart.

We all have expensive garments in our wardrobe, but these can be mixed with other garments to create that smart look. There are a lot of websites out there where you can assemble a full outfit for not a lot of money, which is good to hear in these crunched months.

So get smart and get on the web - it's where a lot of mid-season sale action is happening, and you don't have to leave your living room!

Me, I'm looking for bargains from now until the Autumn season stuff gets released. It's only going to get cheaper from here on in. Hopefully ;)