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January 18, 2022 at 06:30AM As a bit of a rule, us beauty editors don’t like being asked ‘What’s the best…’ questions. Not because we don’t know what the best products around are, but because tastes and preferences vary so vastly. While the best retinol for one person might be something gentle, for another that product might seem ineffective. Most of the time, when someone asks after the best anything, we’ll have to ask what your requirements are first.However, when it comes to skincare brands, I’m a little more inclined to make sweeping recommendations. The reason being that some popular skincare brands just get it right every single time. Out of the thousands of brands out there, there are only a few that manage it, I’ll admit, but I believe the ones that do to be the very best.They are the brands that just seem…

January 18, 2022 at 06:03AM The naked-dress trend is back, people, and it’s more naked than ever. While this look doesn’t ever seem to fade away, it’s definitely packing quite the punch for 2021. We’ve seen various iterations of the trend over the years, but right now, it seems to fit in one of two different camps: a skin-colour body-con dress or a barely-there dress that’s transparent or sheer or has a strategically placed piece of material (or even a combination of all three). Cher wearing a dress by designer Bob Mackie at the Met Gala in 1974. The naked dress has a long history, of course. Those who are big Cher fans (and who isn’t?) will recall the star’s dedication to creations by designer Bob Mackie, who regularly designed risqué items for the singer. Before that, however, there was Marilyn Monroe’s infamous sheer dress she…

January 18, 2022 at 06:05AM My quest to dress more French-like took a turn this weekend when I finally bought into the wide-leg trouser trend. I don’t buy trousers often—most of the time, I find them to be too tight across the bum and hips but too loose around the waist. However, after months of admiring the wide-leg trouser trend from afar, I finally found a pair that seemed to fit the bill. The trouble was, when they arrived, I had no idea how to style them.The knee boots I currently live in made no impact, disappearing under the trouser leg, making them obscure. Although I wasn’t ready to give up just yet, this stumbling block was enough to make me question my purchase. So, as I do in times of sat trial need, I turned to some of my favourite French women to gain insight…

January 18, 2022 at 06:00AM Welcome to the latest, highly exciting installment of Who What Wear UK’sBest Wardrobes in Britain. It’s where we do exactly what it says on the tin: delve into the most fantastical, awe-inspiring and downright influential wardrobes. We’re honing in on the women who cause the street style photographers to press their shutters as well as the characters you don’t yet know—the ones who fly under the radar with secretly incredible clothing collections.When it comes to women I’d like to be more like—and I do mean literally be rather than simply dress like—Alexis Foreman is at the top of the list. She is warm yet confident, chic but entirely relaxed, well-dressed but not painstakingly so, and above all, she’s a right bloody laugh if you’re lucky enough to be sat next to her at an event. The term “influencer” can conjure…

January 18, 2022 at 06:02AM My grandma is a practical woman—growing up on a rural farm in Canada will do that to you. She’s also incredibly knowledgeable, as all grandmas tend to be. This potent combination means that you will do well to listen when she gives advice. I’ve made many of my most significant life decisions based on her sage advice alone. (I regret none.) And one of the lessons she’s taught me and continues to stand by is that fine jewellery is a wise investment.Flashy is not a word I’d use to describe her, but a peek inside her jewellery box would tell you otherwise. A small edit it may be, but every piece inside it is of the highest quality, with some illustrious names thrown in. One name that’ll get you places in the world of fine jewellery is Cartier.Founded in Paris in…

January 18, 2022 at 06:00AM There’s always a lot of chat around winter coats during the months of November and December, but if experience has shown us anything, it’s that the mercury really starts to plummet in January and February. The last month has seen a thick frost cover the ground every morning, and it shows so sign of disappearing over the next few weeks. So naturally, now is the time to be fishing out your winning winter warmers. The puffer is always a safe bet for insulating powers. However, its casual appeal is not always to everyone’s taste. Enter the shearling jacket. Whether it’s retro-inspired aviators or more contemporary, clean-lined silhouettes, the shearling jacket has not only proved itself to be an icon in the outwear stakes, but it also happens to be experiencing a spike in popularity this season. Totême’s leather-trimmed shearling particularly caught the imagination of the fashion crowd and has been spotted on countless Insta trend…

January 18, 2022 at 06:00AM Being an international supermodel at 20 has a lot of perks, one being that luxury design houses create handbags especially for you. Kaia Gerber is often seen with a Celine handbag, and so in 2020 the creative director Hedi Slimane designed a shoulder bag especially for her.Kaia always stays loyal to her minimal aesthetic, wearing straight-leg jeans and leather coats you would expect the cast of Friends to have worn or her mother, Cindy Crawford, back in the ‘90s. The handbag, Ava, unsurprisingly looks like it’s straight from this decade, thanks to its crescent-shaped silhouette that tucks neatly under the shoulder. The bag was initially made just for Kaia, but then was a year later included in the Sprig Summer 2021 collection and now remains a core design for the house.Given this is a bag designed specifically to Kaia’s…

January 18, 2022 at 05:32AM Personal style can be mastered at any age—there is no magic number or milestone birthday that can claim to be the pivotal point. Some lucky fashion lovers manage to find their signature look early on and hold onto it throughout their lives, adjusting and updating it ever so slightly to suit the changing times and trends. For others, understanding the outfits and clothes you feel most comfortable in can be a more arduous and experimental process.Whichever camp you reside in, there’s no denying that as you get older, your tastes and wardrobe needs change. For example, aged 33, I now realise that all of the cheaper, trend-ticking items I bought on the high street in my 20s haven’t stood up, so I’m endeavouring to buy less and buy better. My mum, who is in her 70s, is still…

January 18, 2022 at 05:27AM Although it was launched way back in 1930, Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream remains a must-have beauty product amongst makeup artists, celebrities and stylish people alike. The packaging might have changed over the years, with limited-edition releases continuing to go down a storm with Arden devotees, but there’s no doubt that this apricot-coloured balm remains continually popular. In fact, a tube is sold every 30 seconds worldwide. So after more than 90 years in existence, what exactly has enabled this unassuming product to stand the test of time? Created by Elizabeth Arden herself, the balm is a blend of vitamin E and petrolatum that was specially created to soothe the skin of clients at her Red Door salon in New York. In line with Arden’s ethos on all things beauty, it was specially formulated to actually do good to the skin—healing…

January 18, 2022 at 05:18AM I know from my own experience that planning a wedding can take months. You spend endless hours deciding what your guests are going to eat, what booze they’re going to drink and even which napkins they’ll wipe their mouths on. While this is all important stuff, it doesn’t really compare to deciding on which outfit you’re going to wear.Of course, the last couple of years had different plans for those who had their weddings coming up, and plenty of nuptials had to be cancelled as a result of the pandemic. But there’s one silver lining I hope I can provide for you. If you’re planning on getting married at some point, then you have more time to decide what you’re going to wear. And if budgets are smaller than you had previously hoped for, then I have good news: High-street wedding dresses look as good as designer ones.With a…