Beauty, Style & Fashion

London Fashion Weekend is here again and we here at WATC cannot wait.  Get your ticket to the fashion experience everyone is talking about – the Vodafone London Fashion Weekend Catwalk – and take your seat in one of the most desired events in town this season. It promises to be a fashion experience like [...]

When Marta told me today she is wearing two sizes smaller clothes than 10 years back, I just smiled and said, “It’s great you eventually started taking care of your body and exercising”. She ironically smiled back at me: “I still haven’t started. Actually, I’m like 15 pounds away from starting”. The idea that Marta’s [...]

One (£12) or Two (£18) Faux Fur Trapper Hats From a Choice of Styles from Fu-fu Fashion (Up to 70% Off) Hats, like snowboards, can be useful when you’re up a snowy mountain, are a nifty fashion accessory, and can often be eaten to express disbelief. Hang on to your hat with today’s from Fu-fu [...]

If you know the London literary hub that is historic bookshop Foyles then you’ll know that there is no better place to enquire about the various merits put to page this year. Senior Buyer Heather Baker tells us how to buy for whomever this Yuletide… BOOKS FOR HIM -Diamond Queen by Andrew Marr (Macmillan), £25 [...]

It is nearly Christmas and most companies have organised a Christmas party for their employees and workers. This event poses several pitfalls that the savvy business woman has to avoid. It is not unheard of managers having too much alcohol and dancing drunk on tables, peers letting their hair down and severely compromising their career [...]

Gifts with gravity This is how Christmas gifting works: you give one stellar present, two to five slightly smaller main presents, and a spread of smaller satellite gifts. It’s easy. Just think of it like the solar system – the sun is at the centre, a few planets surround it and a multiplicity of moons [...]

All he wants for Xmas Gary Kingsnorth, founder of thestyleking.com, shares his seasonal wishlist. This Christmas I am looking forward to spending some time in Cornwall, it is a great time to chill, walk the dogs on the beach and a great excuse for doing nothing. Next year is already shaping up to be very [...]

When Vivienne Westwood was four or five, she had an epiphany. “When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like – full of cruelty and hypocrisy.” At the time she was living in the Pennine village of Tintwistle, where her father [...]

What women want Whether she’s the woman in your life or just the one in your office, this time of year can be tricky when it comes to picking out presents that will make her happy. After all, few men have a hotline straight into just what it is that will make a woman coo. [...]

Whether you are a luxe-loving Glamazon, or he’s a demanding Details Man, they have some tailor-made gift suggestions for everyone on your list. From chic stocking fillers to wish-list wows, make yours and their Christmas fabulously merry.  There are some stunning pieces in their Party Boutique Shop too! From dresses and cocktail jewels to rich [...]

£16 for £40 Worth of Mens or Womens FashionOnline or In-Store at Kurt Muller (Up to 60% off) When blouses are sprayed with too much starch, they can become a little stiff, snap when provoked, and generally get a bit shirty. Enjoy some sartorial serenity with today’s Groupons from Kurt Muller. Choose from the following [...]

Take 60 seconds out and watch Cheryl Cole talk about her new shoe collection, her excitement over having them designed and her passion for fashion courtesy of Stylist Pick First look at the collection

How to match and wear the Heritage look this winter with fashion’s top women designers. This week we feature Polly Vernon, Grazia Fashion Magazine Editor, Gemma Soames, Sunday Times Style and Sarah Harris from Vogue. Video courtesy of My Wardrobe.com

The Fold designs, produces and retails fashion-forward clothes for professionally chic women to wear to work. Polly and Cheryl are the Creative Designers of The Fold and work with highly trained fashion designers to bring their vision to reality. The Fold is truly passionate that you should feel inspired and confident when you walk into [...]

Winter 11: The Style List Before the cold takes a hold, check the Winter’s top ten and make sure you have them in your locker 1) The Pea Coat. A staple of menswear, the pea coat never goes out of style, but this season has built up a real head of style steam. Weather beating [...]

After 8 years Key-2 Luxury has launched it’s sister – the premium ‘Champagne for Life membership‘ exclusively for women.  This exclusive club offers exactly what it says, free champagne for life.  Although you might think, ‘Great I can drink through a Nebuchadnezzar a night’ this we are afraid, is not the idea.   However they [...]

MS’s Per Una Speziale sculptured dress, yours for only £249. Not even leaving enough change from £250 to get a packet of Percy Pigs on your way out, this dress from Marks Spencer’s Per Una Speziale range, which goes on sale on Thursday in just seven of its stores, has to be one of the [...]

my-wardrobe supports Movember with The Telegraph Magazine Join our Movember team for your chance to win As if taking part in male cancer charity’s moustache growing campaign Movember was not reward enough in itself, if you join the team we have created in partnership with The Telegraph Magazine -called A Tache for Cash-, you will [...]

The Modern Dandy: subtle style touches to set menswear apart, from 3.1 Phillip Lim, Vivienne Westwood, Penfield and more Whatever you think of X-Factor, if your window to pop culture is left even a little ajar, then you will have noticed that new judge Gary Barlow has become pretty darn popular. And is looking good [...]

By Isabella Brusati – Guest Editor In a very competitive market where jobs are becoming scarce due to the economic conditions, it is mandatory to build a strong personal brand and keep your name and profile under the radar of those who can support you in building your career. It amazes me how many women [...]

ROUS ILAND is a private members’ fashion boutique for busy modern women. Clare Rous & Kara Iland source exclusive clothing labels from Copenhagen to São Paulo, London to Sydney. Every piece in the collection is carefully cherry-picked for their members to offer an alternative to the mainstream – true style for all occasions: work, weekend, [...]

With colder days just around the corner, work eye catching brights with more muted colours of autumn for an instant wardrobe remix.  Bring out the brights with raspberry, pink and magenta colours from DKNY, Sonia By Sonia Rykiel, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Preen, Milly, D&G and Vivienne Westwood Anglomania. SHOP ALL BRIGHTS: Top 5 Recommended [...]

Tweed ahoy! Tweed toting toffs will overtake the New York streetscape this Saturday as a horde of cyclists will layer up in the countryside textures of a more genteel age in the fifth outing of the gloriously named Tweed Run. After its founding in 2009, the cycle ride has had three outings in London and [...]

We all know the importance of protecting the skin during summer months, but even I find myself guilty of neglecting my skin from the harsh winter conditions.  We change our wardrobe, surely it makes sense to change our skincare regime! Central heating, icy winds and what feels like constant rain all effect our skin, but [...]

We’ll come right out and say it. We love Autumn. The leaves change, long walks are on the menu, and so is a comforting pub lunch. Most of all though, a certain clarity returns in terms of how to dress as all the best, and most gentrified, aspects of British menswear suddenly make sense. Cable [...]

It’s time to disambiguate. The words plaid and tartan get bandied about, even in the my-wardrobe offices, as synonyms. Strictly speaking though, they are not. A plaid is a tartan kilt; the tartan is the pattern on that kilt. The word itself comes from the French tiretain – from the verb tirer, to pull, which [...]

Autumn in America A Terence Malick retrospective is set to hit the UK, courtesy of the British Film Institute, and the American director’s aesthetic provides us with a perfect backdrop to scrutinise US style. Malick’s catalogue has always been set against a very American milieu, from Pocahontas’ tragic romance in The New World to the [...]

Lady Gaga at the Thierry Mugler AW11 show; Giovanna Battaglia at Cannes, 2011 Leather shift dress, By Malene Birger £490 Grazia’ s Polly Verno explains why we can’t resist going heavy on the naughty this autumn You can blame – or maybe, thank – Marc Jacobs for both his main line and for his work [...]

Princess Margaret, 1950; Helena Bonham Carter in The King’s Speech; Check Tapered Trousers, By Malene Birger (205471) £189 The Guardian’s Jess Cartner-Morley, on bringing a little grandeur to dressing for a British autumn. Thanks to a certain hold-the-front-page fashion moment (clue: a white lace dress, an Abbey) back in spring, Princess style – the real [...]

Love Story actress, Ali McGraw, 1971; Claudia Schiffer, London 2011; Long ‘Tillie’ wrap dress, Mulberry (253791) £1,500 The Seventies reign continues into autumn, InStyle’s Natalie Hartley tells us how to work it. Our love affair with the Seventies shows no sign of waning but for autumn, gone is the crazy disco vibe of the summer, [...]

Poncho fashion, 1970; Leather trimmed checked cape, By Malene Birger (128115) £389; Erin Wasson, New York 2009 Yee-ha! There’s a rebellious mood in fashion this season. Grazia’s Melanie Rickey says saddle up and embrace your inner cowgirl Warning: do not take this double-barrelled trend at face value. You cannot work the Cowboy an Indian trends [...]

03 June 2011 The line-up for Fashion East spring/summer 2012 has just been announced, seeing the return of James Long alongside newcomers Marques’Almeida and Maarten van der Horst, both fresh from Central Saint Martins’ womenswear MA. Fashion East, the first young designer support scheme of its kind, was launched in 2000 by The Old Truman [...]

07 June 2011 The British Fashion Council (BFC) has today announced that eight of London’s most exciting emerging menswear fashion design talents will receive sponsorship from its designer support initiative NEWGEN MEN sponsored by TOPMAN. All recipients will receive business support and the opportunity to use the official BFC venue to host either a catwalk [...]

07 June 2011 The British Fashion Council (BFC) today announced the names of 17 of London’s brightest emerging fashion design talents who have been selected to receive BFC NEWGEN sponsorship, supported by Topshop, to show at London Fashion Week in September 2011. NEWGEN, established in 1993, is one of the world’s most internationally recognised fashion [...]

10 June 2011 The British Fashion Council and The Telegraph hosted a party in celebration of Hilary Alexander’s career in fashion last night at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. The fashion industry were out in force for Hilary: brands, retailers, designers, friends, journalists, stylists, commentators, PRs, agents, models and musicians all gathered to toast her [...]

01 July 2011 The British Fashion Council (BFC) today announced the historic China / Britain Fashion Alliance; a combined initiative between the BFC, the Beijing International Brand Management Centre (BIBMC) and the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC). The China / Britain Fashion Alliance will promote British fashion in China, showcase British fashion designers in China, foster [...]

15 September 2011 The British Fashion Council (BFC) today announces Poppy Delevingne’s appointment to the recently created role of Young Ambassador for the BFC. She joins Laura Bailey who was announced Cultural Ambassador last month. The role of these ambassadors will be to support the British Fashion Council as it promotes British fashion design talent [...]

15 September 2011 LONDON FASHION WEEK BRITISH FASHION INDUSTRY FACTS FIGURES SEPTEMBER 2011 •    68 catwalk shows and 37 presentations to take place over 6 days •    205 UK and International emerging and established, ready to wear and accessories designers at The Exhibition at London Fashion Week (LFW) •    Canon is the principal sponsor for [...]

16 September 2011 Fashion 2012 is the official fashion industry activity for the Olympic year. Created by the British Fashion Council (BFC), it is a central platform under which the industry is able to showcase and celebrate British fashion. It will provide a core focus for the industry and a schedule for the major fashion [...]

15 September 2011 This season, LFW is working closely with Twitter to promote conversation around Fashion Week using the hashtag #LFW and by mentioning the official account @LondonFashionWk. QA sessions will be held over the 6 days of LFW from the @LondonFashionWk account. Tweeters can pose questions in real-time to the scheduled guests, using the [...]

21 September 2011 The British Fashion Council (BFC) today announces plans to expand its international showcasing initiative, LONDON show ROOMS. In October 2011, LONDON show ROOMS will take a selection of London’s design talent to Los Angeles and Hong Kong for the first time, building on the success of this initiative in Paris and New [...]

Can you really defeat the age monster… Wrinkles, droopy skin, heading south, we have all heard the metaphors for ageing and unfortunately as an older member of WATC, it saddens me to reveal that most of them are true. One true sign of the inevitable ageing process is deterioration in what you see when you [...]

Lynne, a professional image consultant from House of Colour provides WATC members with her views on flip flops in the office…… Summer is here and it is flip flop season. I see several different pairs flip flopping past, you would expect to hear the sound of lapping of waves and maybe the crunch of the [...]

Lynne Cantor,  a professional image consultant from House of Colour provides WATC members with her thoughts on scarves……Those of you that have been following the new looks for Autumn / Winter will have noticed several fashion houses using ‘HRH’ head scarves with their looks, D&G, Antoni & Alison, Paul Smith.  If that look is not for [...]

Lise Hérud is redefining the experience of shopping for the perfect work wardrobe for women, bringing her exclusive but unpretentious personal service to you, in the comfort of your own space and time. She offers beautifully cut, elegantly draped garments in the most luxurious fabrics, rich in detailing and personal choice, and of the highest [...]

The glorious Royal wedding is behind us, all that remains are memories of Kate’s elegant gown! It is now time for us to focus on ourselves and make sure we have a ready to wear wardrobe in the beautiful sunshine! As a stylist I see many wardrobes, and have noted we often select clothes that [...]

“You can’t imagine how much know-how and precision it takes to create a fragrance. The creative process is so consuming, so demanding, that I feel I am a Perfumer as much as a Couturier.”  Christian Dior Perfume-lovers rejoice Parfums Christian Dior has opened its first perfumery boutique – Maison de Parfums – at Selfridges London.  [...]

In 2008, after more than a decade of working in the City, Louisa Barnett, the founder of Butterfly, realised there was an opportunity for something she had sought for years: a place to go to be revived and transformed from everyday ordinariness to chic elegance. She knew it was something other working women were seeking [...]

Once again, City Guinea has been on the road for the greater good of City women.  As opposed to being sent off for Botox, Tummy Tucks, Teeth whitening (and every other mad treatment the team can drum up), this time they have actually sent me off to somewhere lovely and local! In my humble opinion, [...]

Shoes are one of the most purchased items for women.  Some women even go so far as collecting them.  Every woman knows that the perfect pair of shoes is the crowning jewel of any outfit. Right now there are some hot trends for summer footwear.  Some have been around for awhile while others are making [...]

As the summer draws to a close, holidays come to an end and we get back to city life, we start to notice ourselves feeling a little less vibrant and showing signs of some of summer’s negative effects on our body. Replenish, repair and revitalise your hair, skin and feet with Modus Dowal Walker’s comprehensive [...]

Want to know what to wear? Want to look and feel great in everything that you wear? Tired of shopping and still have nothing to wear? Need to get ahead of your competitors in business? If you answered yes to any of the above questions have you ever considered an Image Consultation? An Image Consultation [...]

Kate Starkey Couture is a unique service which offers women (working, lunching or simply dressing for the evening) the chance to have a perfectly fitting solution to their capsule wardrobe.  Kate’s service trail blazes a new phase in bespoke women’s tailoring.  Since its launch, KS Couture has built a solid client base of high-flying City [...]

The recession may be the worst thing to hit the City for 10 years, but there has to be an up side to everything, right ! Lack of money makes us more creative and above all interjects a little normality in to our otherwise frivolous spending. If you have recently found yourself unemployed or just [...]

Brendan Robertson, WATC’s Beauty & Hair editor provides you with his professional advice on how to revive your post holiday skin & hair. We all love the sun but unfortunately the sun doesn’t love us back. Even though there are many alternatives to a real tan a lot of women still insist on exposing themselves [...]

Celebrity Hair and Makeup Artist Brendan Robertson has over 13 years experience in the beauty industry. Starting out his career at prestigious Sydney hair salon “Synergy” he then moved into hair and makeup for magazines such as Elle, Grazia and Cosmopolitan. His clients have included Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone and girls Aloud among others. Brendan [...]

With age comes……  wrinkles! Celebrity Hair and Makeup Artist Brendan Robertson has over 13 years experience in the beauty industry. Starting out his career at prestigious Sydney hair salon “Synergy” he then moved into hair and makeup for magazines such as Elle, Grazia and Cosmopolitan. His clients have included Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone and girls [...]

Take action against dehydrated skin! Celebrity hair and makeup artist Brendan Robertson has over 13 years experience in the Beauty industry. Starting out his career at prestigious Sydney hair salon “Synergy” he then moved on to hair and makeup for magazines such as Elle, Grazia and Cosmopolitan. His clients have included Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone and [...]

Brendan Robertson, WATC’s Beauty & Hair editor provides you with his professional advice on how to revive your post holiday skin & hair. We all love the sun but unfortunately the sun doesn’t love us back. Even though there are many alternatives to a real tan a lot of women still insist on exposing themselves [...]