Sarah McGiven

I was shocked to hear how environmentally unfriendly jeans are, recently. With its tough, hardwearing nature giving you more wears per wash I'd assumed denim was one of the greener fabric choices but how wrong I was...

This weekend I'm looking at some innovative, water-conserving jeans from Levi's and...

With a slate of family visits across the UK looming and - fingers crossed - a weekend in Munich cheering on Chelsea in the Champions League Cup Final (how incredible was that semi?!), I've been taking a look at the latest in travel accessories.

I find trips away are...

Nelly.com is the Nordic equivalent of ASOS - an online retailer selling own brand and designer label fast fashion - and it's just launched here in the UK.

Founded in Sweden in 2003, Nelly.com now gets a hefty 10 million hits per month internationally, and...

Sorry to bring you news of something you can't buy just yet but I can't keep quiet about these mint green Monster Mash brothel creepers any longer. Having literally worn out my last triple sole creepers - one of the hottest shoe styles around - I'm in the market for...

Coachella officially kicks Music Festival season off in the US this weekend and, as the UK's Summer Festivals loom large, there's one thing you can guarantee - rain. Luckily, designers and retailers, ever quick to herald their Festival Fashion trends, have finally caught on to the fact that floral dresses,...

Last season I fell for Alexander McQueen's playful, younger line, McQ, all over again when Rihanna put a rockabilly spin on their sleeveless tartan puffball dress for her appearance on UK X Factor back in November. With a newly launched e-commerce site, a four storey flagship...

Whether you're treating friends, family or just yourself this Easter, there are plenty of Springtime shopping joys to behold from dessert flavoured chocolate bars to candles that look good enough to eat. If you're not indulging in the whole egg thing, there are some wonderful chocolatey beauty treats on hand...

Proving that bohemian doesn't have to mean floaty wafts of paisley print kaftans made from knitted yoghurt, laid back Californian brand FREECITY is bringing its alternative, utilitarian sweats to Europe.

Nina Garduno, a former buyer for Los Angeles' super boutiques Fred Segal and Ron Herman, came up with...

I have a particular fondness for menswear label Jack Spade, the New York brother brand to womenswear sibling Kate Spade, having been introduced to them a few years ago when I first met my other half. I was so taken with his army green twill messenger bag and...

My boyfriend and I have built a sneaker wall at home to house our respective trainer collections. The specially designed shelves spill with an array of quickstrike Air Force 1s, Jordan IVs, Air Max 1s (his side), Concords, Instinct hi's, JS Wings and Superstars (my side). It's a fairly strict...

After a series of total tech fails I've finally given in and gone all out for Apple. It's bye bye PC laptop - I will miss your easy backspace key - and HELLO sexy new MacBook Pro. A confirmed iPhone addict and iPad abuser (I swear my screen almost has...

You covet it from the moment it hits the catwalk, you track the days til it drops in store, then - too late! - "we're all sold out madam, but there is one available in our other shop... in Paris". However, thanks to FarFetch.com, this type of crushing...

I love switching it up with my beauty routine, trying new products based on claims, smell, curiosity or even just eye catching packaging. But I find that there's a hardcore of elite picks I always return to and here they are, on this weekend's Hero Product shopping lists for hair...

Every mum deserves gorgeous flowers on Mother's Day, but if you're looking for something really special and a bit more interesting than the usual Interflora or M&S options, check out The National Gallery. Random, I know, but the iconic art gallery has partnered with top designer florists,

I've had a bad run of it recently with shoes. First my gorgeous new heels inexplicably went from a wonderful, glove-like fit to cutting off the circulation in my toes, then the triple height crepe soles of my beloved vintage pony hair creepers split in two (vertically - I KNOW...

A friend reminded me the other day about how, before the dawn of online shopping, whenever anyone you knew was going to the States everyone would put in requests for new Levi's and Calvin Klein's because designer denim was so overpriced in the UK. We also had far less choice...

This weekend I'm tracksuit shopping - old school Adidas tracksuit shopping, to be specific. I'm going all out for the classic three-stripe, totally man-made matching numbers that made such a lasting impression on me when the likes of Run DMC popularised them in the mid-1980s and have been...

Kristina Goes West was founded in 2011 by Lithuanian-born Kristina Armonaitė to provide an international platform for exclusive, handmade designs from the Baltic region. The former L'Officiel magazine fashion writer, who also trained as a personal stylist at London's prestigious Central St. Martin's College, was inspired to set...

With an eye on this Sunday's Academy Awards, or - more specifically - the red carpet outfits, I've been looking at jewellery that can lift a great look to the next level. Pieces that add interesting detail - be it subtle or more show stopping, depending on what your dress...

Who'd have thought that Charlie Brown, the bumbling, all American boy next door who never quite got it right, would infiltrate the world of high fashion? For his Autumn/Winter 2012 collection, Michael Bastian, the luxury US menswear designer, drew inspiration from New York's society escorts of old, the...