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New service puts fashion at your fingertips

Style mavens can revolutionise their shopping sprees from today with the launch of Empora.com, a brand new fashion service that allows users to shop by style.

Flabby tums and builders bums top ‘Fashion Crimes’ poll

Call the fashion police: tubby tummies, muffin sides and builders’ bums have topped a poll of the UK’s worst ever crimes against fashion. The new research, commissioned by Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex, revealed that letting your wobbly bits hang out is considered the worst ever fashion offence, with flabby midriffs on show coming in at number one, as voted by six in ten Brits.

Designer kids leave parents behind in fashion stakes

Credit crunched parents are cutting back on their own clothes spending in order to buy their brand conscious children the latest designer fashions.

Cosmopolitan style for summer

Cosmopolitan style for summer

British ‘staycationers’ will need to put on a brave face as well as some stylish swimwear if they want to recreate Bondi in Blackpool and Cannes in Cleethorpes this summer.

Top hair and make-up artists head to Clothes Show Live in London

Top hair and make-up artists head to Clothes Show Live in London

The Clothes Show Live makes its London debut at Excel this Friday, May 29 and top hairstylists Errol Douglas, Tara Smith and Michael Barnes and make-up artist Ariane Poole will be on the stages sharing their expertise.

Go undercover at Clothes Show London

The Clothes Show London will ooze glamour and cool and will be the place to see and be seen for anyone interested in fashion – the perfect venue for the Fashion and Textile Museum, whose stand will be one of the highlights at the show.

Gap to launch on Asos.com

Gap to launch on Asos.com

Leading online fashion e-tailer, asos.com, announced that it will be boosting its already impressive line-up of brands by adding Gap clothing this Autumn. This announcement comes after asos.com reported a strong financial performance in its pre-close trading update, with sales for the 12 months to 31 March 2009 up 104% to £165m.

Do you have the model look?

Do you have the model look?

Now in its 25th year, Elite Model Look has launched the careers of top models such as Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Stéphanie Seymour, Linda Evangelista and Gisele Bundchen and many other stars of the profession. Elite Model Look is the only worldwide model competition and in 2008 alone there were entries from over 350,000 contestants in 55 countries.

Fraudsters ‘bag’ Britons’ identities

Trendy oversized handbags are making women a walking target for fraudsters, according to new research out today (Tuesday). The average size of a handbag has doubled in the last ten years and new findings from CPP reveal that women are increasingly using them to hoard valuable documents such as passports (1.3 million), bank statements (1 million) and pay-slips (3.1 million).

Even supermodels get nervous

Anyone who dreams of becoming a model but doubts whether they could ever overcome their self-consciousness, take note. Speaking recently, famous model and host of Australia's Next Top Model Sarah Murdoch has revealed that even the biggest models get nervous before a big shoot.

What’s the secret to timeless style?

What’s the secret to timeless style?

Keeping up with the latest fashion trends can be expensive, plus it can result in some cringe worthy moments in hindsight. Franck Charlebois is a leading fashion stylist and a big advocate in creating what he calls the ‘ever-lasting wardrobe’ to avoid fashion fiascos.

Celebrities sign support for Fair Trade

Celebrities sign support for Fair Trade

To celebrate World Fair Trade Day (May 9th), celebrities have sent a message of support for People Tree and Fair Trade fashion. Jude Law, Colin Firth, Jo Wood, Emma Thompson, Zac Golsmith, Dermot O’Leary and Matthew Wright have all had their hand-written messages printed onto a limited edition t-shirt that will raise funds for the People Tree Foundation.

Ethical clothes sales go from rags to riches

Once associated with being frumpy and boring, latest research from Mintel* finds sales of ethical clothing have more than quadrupled in the last five years to reach £175 million in 2009 as British consumers step out in style with a clear conscience.

Lisa Butcher hosts online 'fashion surgery'

Lisa Butcher hosts online 'fashion surgery'

The spring is most certainly upon us and it already feels like summer, which gets us all thinking about the warmer weather ahead and with it, the prospect of our new summer wardrobe.

Fashion returns to the Capital

Fashion returns to the Capital

After 20 years, the wait is finally over - Clothes Show London will take over the Capital between 29 – 31 May for the hottest fashion event this year. Leading fashion and beauty brands, a 2,500 seat Fashion Theatre and a host of celebrity and expert appearances over three days – the first ever Clothes Show London looks set to launch with a bang!