Graduate Fashion Week: Nottingham Trent University

Olivia Barclay Latasha Hammond Beth Needham Chloe Jackson Laura Tollervey Charlotte Rollings & Morta Rapalyte Kendall Baker  Beth Needham & Josephine Bulmer Charlotte Yates & Lianyi Chen This week, after a few amazing Finnish fashion filled days, I flew back to London, just in time to see some of UK’s freshest talent present their collection on Graduate Fashion week. I got to be a guest of Nottingham Trent University again and was blown away to say it lightly. What an amazing amount of talent this University breeds, that was also proven by three students that headed into the finals, of which Chloe Jackson and knitwear designer Kendall Baker was awarded for their refined hard work and imagination. I was personally mesmerised by Olivia...

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Outfit du Jour: Stripes & Fringe

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Fortnum & Mason magic: Afternoon Tea and Alice in Wonderland

Afternoon Tea in London is an institution. It is one of the few things in this city that both tourists and locals love, and with good reason. Nowhere in the world will you find a more beautiful setup for such an event. Nowadays, however, there is a very short list of special locations in London that are held on a pedestal when it comes to serving this late day delight. One such location is the cherished Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly. It shouldn't come as any surprise that afternoon tea at Fortnum's is a special treat. Downstairs they sell some of the finest tea available and in such varieties that people from all over the world come to Fortnum's specifically to fill their tea chests.  How I have managed to live in London for 14 years and not step into this tea salon is beyond me....

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LED Lunchtime Beauty with Sarah Chapman

Don't be frightened. I promise the pictures above and below are not pictures of some exotic torture. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Those bright pink rays you're seeing are all helping to heal my face and take away the daily London grime that likes to accumulate over the day. This is my new lunchtime love... This is the Sarah Chapman LED Light Therapy and the treatment can easily fit into your lunch hour, with 30 mins to spare. It's a fast treatment that involves a lovely cleanse with a facialist, followed by twenty minutes in front of a non invasive red LED panel. So, what, you ask, is a panel of light bulbs going to do to help your skin? I thought you'd never ask. The LED Light Therapy is all put into action to do the following: increase cell energy, up collagen production, and remove...

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Style Update: A Lavish Alice Off-The-Shoulder Moment

And the off-the-shoulder top obsession continues. Anyone else feeling as if this is all I have in my closet this summer? Hey, if you love something, don't let it go. Hmmmm, pretty sure the saying is "if you love something, let it go," but I'm making it up as I go along here, folks. My latest sartorial obsession comes courtesy of Lavish Alice, a brand that's new to my closet, but one I'm fastly falling for.  Shop the Look: // JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. Photos by Terence Webb. ...

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Video: 20 tips for packing the perfect carry-on!

For the past five years, I have more or less spent my life living out of a hundred different suitcases. In the beginning, I made big mistakes - never planning, throwing everything into the case but the kitchen sink and never seeming to have exactly what I needed when I needed it most. Oh, the drama. Nowadays, I have the process of packing down to a fine art. I've visited exotic destinations with some of the most well travelled individuals on the earth and I've always taken note of little tips their willing to hand out along the way. And I've been thinking, for some time, that it might be a good idea to share these little tips and tricks. So when CollectPlus asked me if I'd put together a tutorial of sorts for their followers, I was all too happy to oblige, especially as CollectPlus has become...

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