Hot new tights

Bebaroque is a hot design partnership from Scotland. You have to love all of their funky tights. Susie Bubble is a big fan.

I keep visiting the site - trying to either work up the courage to place an order or convince myself that I shouldn't be spending more money. Eventually, I'll buy a pair.

I see the future ... and it's cuffed.

Katie Holmes was the first person to visibly revive this trend. In keeping with my why-is-this-fashion-from-my-childhood-coming-back theme, I remember wearing my first pair of high heels (1.5 inch heels, I was so proud) with pegged and cuffed acid washed jeans at the ripe age of 11. It was really annoying, my heels kept sinking into the grass during recess. I think the next time I wore them was Christmas.


Anyway, the dreaded pegged and cuffed trouser appears to be returning. I thought it would be restricted to trophy delusional actress wives, but St Andrews is infected as I witnessed earlier this evening.

Let's just hope that the skinny jean has prevent the second phase of this horrible trend - when the pegging goes all the way up the leg. Augh.

New Obsession: Post Earrings

After nearly a decade of long, dangling earrings, the posted earring is back on the rise. And I'm obsessed. I keep trawling charity shops for cool vintage ones. Two months ago I spent an hour searching the internet for the perfect starburst shaped, pave earrings. I found them and placed my order - paid more for shipping that I did for the earrings. They never arrived, my search continues.

Here are some favourites of mine right now:


Both from www.asos.co.uk

Complete Fashion Show Slideshow

Cabaret Performance

St Andrews students always do it with style. This year, they are putting on a Cabaret performance and fashion show to benefit the National Aids Trust.

Here is their promo video:


From their marketing:

Here Couture meets Cabaret.
Sexy, theatrical and avant-garde, we aim to take you back to the belle epoque where we will exploit the bohemian lifestyle of extravagance and excess.

Three course dinner at the Old Course Hotel, alongside a traditional cabaret, with all profits going to the National Aids Trust.

I'll be at the show this Saturday, will let you know how it goes ...

Spring Fashions

Fashion Era, a fantastic website with fashion history and modern trends, has posted the new trends for Spring which include funky shoes, volume (in various forms), safari and Americana.

Check out the entire list here.

St Andrews "Fashion Week" 2008

For the second year in a row, both major charity fashion shows in St Andrews have been within a week of each other



Like last year, DONT WALK was held at Kinkell farms with a catwalk in a single ramp. The clothes kept the same vibe - small, independent designers with a funky edge - but this time on models with retro makeup and hair. In a stroke of genius, clothes from the runway were on sale at a local club the Sunday after the show.

FS:08 was held at Younger Hall again but with a square-shaped catwalk (which made it interesting for those seated on tables inside the square.) The focus was decidedly on the music and included a live performance by Tiger Lily. FS this year switched gears slightly and included some more independent designers alongside mainstream designers.

Fashion shows seem to popular this year with other St Andrews groups staging fashion shows this year. Photo from DONT WALK.