So there I was, in the bosom of style greatness, surrounded by aesthetic alumni and fashion royalty. I was in the new spiritual home of the highly successful designer fashion retailer, Matches. No. 23 Welbeck Street, Marylebone, London, is the enviable address that is designed to host what Matches term...

Stating the obvious but half-term was a wash out. In previous entries I have moaned about how the persistent rain has messed with my spring/summer wardrobe and that was at the beginning of May. The glorious week of sun we were bequeathed a couple of weeks ago was cruelly taken...

During the lead up to her Diamond Jubilee, our 86 year old monarch's dress sense has been the topic of many a fashion article. She apparently knows what suits her, has a distinctive style and always dresses appropriately. It's doubtful we would ever see a headline trumpeting "Queen in Pastel...

Giselle Bundchen, supermodel and breastfeeding dictator, has come up with another way to limit women's choices. She has launched an app with C&A, absent from our shores since 2001, to prevent that most awkward of situations; turning up somewhere wearing the same as someone else. It's called "Look Block" and...

When Tulisa appeared on stage on Britain's Got Talent in the dress of questionable taste and shoes of doubtful suitability, many of us guffawed but there was also an element of recognition. I know I've got it very wrong before and it is likely to happen again. This is why...

The weather may be causing havoc to a few unfortunate flood plainers but spare a thought for my fellow fashion fretters. One of them, namely Kate Middleton, not usually a fretter, found herself at the mercy of the shoulder season.

To explain, it's the season which sits...