Some of our team are so stylish we just can’t keep it to ourselves, so we searched for some of our most fashionable staffers for the Seven Days of Style project. Case in point: Jasmine who works at one of our central London New Look stores. She can often be found sporting head to toe NL, and boy can she work it!
Jasmine rocks the pussybow blouse trend to perfection, and she definitely has a way with hareem trousers. She describes her style as ‘modern and trendy, but comfortable’ and her favourite fashion tip is layering a few necklaces to jazz up an outfit.
We love her look, but what do you think? Leave a comment and let us know!
The normally unassuming blouse is making waves as one of the must-have trend pieces for this season. It’s a staple piece for a slick, womanly outfit as part of the grown-up ladylike look which harks back to the newly liberated woman of the ’70s. Think swishing wide-leg trousers, chunky wedges and bouncy blow-dried hair, a facsimile of the Charlie perfume advert pictured above.
Wear yours now with an a-line denim skirt and clogs, and when the weather cools down tuck your blouse into a pair of camel wide-leg trousers for an achingly cool look. If you’re not a vintage girl you don’t have to go the whole retro hog, slip on one of these blouses over a pair of skinny jeans and you’ve got yourself an effortlessly on trend outfit. Just add wedges or flat biker boots according to your mood.
V Festival hit Hylands Park and Weston park last weekend, with a slew of celebs and popstars to bring a bit of glam to the UK’s festival circuit. Our festival spies hit the fields to check out what was going down in in the moshpit as well as in the VIP area!
We were fashionably late to Weston Park for our Weekend at V Festival, arriving on the Saturday. We decided to break the mould and journey all the way from London to Staffordshire to see how our northern counterparts were doing! Piled with way too many bags for a one night stay, we quickly rounded up some (kind of) willing helpers to assist us on our trip to the campsite.
Finally a festival that we can wear our wellies too! The weather was actually not too bad… but we so excited to put on our wellies…
As far as trends go V-festival we spotted the every popular flower garlands, high waisted denim shorts (and unfortunately too much cheek a lot of the time!) playsuits, trilby hats, knee high socks, band tees and head scarves.
We were ultra impressed by how friendly everyone was! Maybe we are too used to the London Fashion crowd…
V Festival has a perfect mix of music genres, we saw and LOVED Florence and the Machine, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah, Kasabian, Pixie Lott, Calvin Harris AND David Guetta. Quote of the weekend was from David Guetta: “You are at the best party in the world right now!” Yes. We. Were!
We’re all big Britain’s Next Top Model fans at New Look HQ so when they asked us if they could come to our Oxford Street store to film of course we said yes! We pitted the models against each other in a Style Challenge, with their pick of New Look product.
The models had to come up with three outfits, one for castings, one for a night out and a casual outfit and with Charlotte Carey, Senior Trend Designer at New Look, doing the judging they definitely had a task on their hands! Watch the vid to find out who won and pictures after the jump..
Trend Scout Susie has been scoping out fashion trends in Sweden: Last weekend we went style hunting at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg, which is one of Sweden’s largest music festivals. Taking place in a beautiful park in the centre of the city (which meant no tents, it was hotel beds and showers for us thankfully!) the 2 day event is a must for fashion and music fans, as it features a stellar line-up and is chock full of stylish Scandinavians. Our kind of place!
We managed to cram in seeing some of our favourite bands including Beach House, The XX, Mumford & Sons, The Drums, LCD Soundsystem (who were awesome!) and Lykke Li (girl crush alert!) around snapping some of the coolest looking beautiful people (everyone in Sweden is beautiful, it’s not a myth) we’ve ever seen.
The Swedish girls were loving the sheer look, layering up transparent shirts, dresses and tops. Also the midi skirt is definitely gaining pace. Animal prints were everywhere, in grey leopard mainly, while we were loving the 70s blue denim pieces, perfect for SS 11! And then, as if all that gorgeousness wasn’t enough to contend with, we spotted Kate Bosworth and Kirsten Dunst – double girl crush!
Assistant Trend Designer Hayley gives us the lowdown from Vintage at Goodwood:
Last weekend saw the first ever music and fashion combined festival called Vintage at Goodwood. It was massively popular and had all sorts of interesting people there. People came dressed to impress from all eras. It was done so well, the atmosphere was amazing and there were loads to do for the families.
Music and fashion come hand in hand so once you finished the vintage shops people moved on to the stages, which really came into its own in the evening. Here are some photos or my favourite looks from the weekend.
Hayley also let us in on some of the trends she picked up, pay attention as we’ll all be wearing them in a few months!
Throw on cover ups (longer line) are really bubbling under, think stylish silk dressing gowns and you’re there! 50’s style scenic printed skirts and dresses are also making a comeback, this ties in with the retro mood in the air at the moment.
The 70’s sleeved maxi is how we’ll be doing longer lengths this winter, as well as the new slimline midi length skirts and dresses, expect them to be blowing up inn a few months time! Baseball and varsity jackets are a more casual way to do retro, team with cute skirts and saddle shoes for an all-American look.
Idol’s latest collection has just hit the stores and it’s already earning a place in our hearts, and wardrobes! This collection comes with a heavy dose of bohemian luxe, think sumptuous velvets, shimmering sequins and delicate feather motifs. There’s still some tough stuff to satiate your inner rock chick, with grungy boots and gothic printed tees.
If you want to get a closer look at the collection, check out this behind-the-scenes video of the lookbook shoot, we love!
We love a good bit of fashion slang but if you’re confusing your jeggings with your treggings, and even your best friends are shoulder surfing you, read on to find out all you need to know from Tricia Harris, the queen of fashion lingo and author of Fashionese.com
Why did you set up your blog?
Fashionese has been a bit of an obsession of mine for a few years now. As a fashion journalist, I was living and breathing planet fashion so it never really occurred to me that a lot of fashion speak might be lost on “civilians”. A series of misunderstandings about seeing nudes on a catwalk (the colour palette rather than naked models) really opened my eyes to this and I thought that compiling a guide to Fashionese would be both interesting and fun.
How long have you been blogging?
I’ve been an avid follower of fashion blogs for years, but Let’s Speak Fashionese (www.speakfashionese.com) is my first venture into blogging myself – the site’s been up and running for about few months now.
What is your background?
I’ve been working as a fashion journalist for the last five years. I’ve been very fortunate to have written for a variety of different publications, from huge global fashion titles like Vogue to small, niche magazines in the UK, US, Australia, France and Italy.
What’s your favourite Fashionese word?
I love the idea of a Cinderella moment – when you put something on that makes you feel comfortable, confident and beautiful. I have a favourite pair of jeans that give me that Cinderella moment every time I put them on.
New Look Trend Scout Susie Draffan tips us off on the big trends coming our way….
Right now my friends and I are obsessed with two things. Getting ‘Hair of Dreams’ aka Olivia Palermo’s perfect New York waves and covering our hands with a multitude of rings, so we can barely move our fingers. After years of shunning jewellery trends suddenly I want to dig out all my old rings from my teenage years and wear them all at once.
At Chanel’s A/W show Karl Lagerfeld sent the models out with hands covered in giant crystal and natural stone rings, while jewellery designers like Pamela Love ( http://www.pamelalovenyc.com/) specialize in beautiful gothic tinged silverware. At the Field Day festival in London last weekend girls were rocking the trend, sporting crystal rings the size of gobstoppers and filigree silver rings on every finger. It’s easy enough to do, check out the high street for multiple ring packs or get yourself down to Camden market (or your local equivalent) for some authentic silver pieces. Alternatively raid your childhood jewellery box for rings you wore the first time round like me. Just remember, stack them high! In this case, more is definitely more.
Bethany from Best Coast is our new musical crush; with a cat called Mr Snacks, a penchant for ’60s girl groups and a laid-back sound that is just perfect for the end of the summer, we’re definitely in love! Best Coast were formed after Bethany left NYC to return to her native California, and the album definitely has the slacker surfer vibe of the area. It’s the kind of music that makes up want to spend all day at the beach, or run off on a road trip.
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