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Shuesday: Get your Scot on
Because of course what everyone needs for summer is a Kiltie Brogue wedge - with a peep toe no less.Rachel Comey at BG
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Shuesday: This is more like it
For spring, what you really, really want is a neutral, ladylike heel that you can wear with anything. Trust me. Because it's not always about the shoe.Gucci at BG
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Icons we mourn: Lena Horne
Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New...
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Shuesday: Attention to detail
What happened here, exactly? Did the scissors have a mind of their own? Did the designer walk away mid-creation? Cause these look like the shoes Pig Pen's older sister would wear.Valentino at BG.
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Requisite celebrity sightings 14
In the continuing UK edition of RCS, the FG had a surprise date night including dim sum and an evening at The Old Vic to see Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing.You might think we'd see Kevin Spacey, but not...
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Reading my mind
Wendell Jamieson has written an article on pairing cocktails and movies - one more article I don't have to write.(Although doesn't an icy cold martini sort of go with anything?)(And he fails to mention...
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Shuesday: No, Bad, Wrong III
I had to postpone the planned post for this week when these came to my attention. I think they may trump the other NBW posts below, on the grounds of animal cruelty alone.Also, what happens if/when...
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Must haves: Earrings fit for a queen
I know, I know, it's SATC II week - you're all in a frenzy and don't know what to wear.Make the mini-cineplexers jealous with these Cleopatra earrings - as seen in SATC II - by my dear friend WendyB....
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Shuesday: Too much
And believe me, I like shoes with a lot going on, but this is just silly. It's a wedge, a sandal and a Mary Jane, with menswear detailing, and a zip up the heel, and, oh, btw, it's on a five inch...
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Sangria season
I'm ignoring the chill and the wind and the rain I experienced yesterday on the Brighton Boardwalk and celebrating today's summer sun in Greenwich by sharing this Thai basil sangria recipe from Food...
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Shuesday: Hello Sailor II
Although the FG is no longer located in NYC, she keeps up, and these are in honour of the most recent Fleet Week. Go get them, girls!Coach at Nordstrom.Previously
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And the tent goes on ...
I've been chronicling this summer trend since 2005, so don't give me that "new generation of early adopters" line, NYTimes. The women who were wearing these skirts five years ago aren't 30 yet.I...
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"...and hasteth to (her) place where (s)he arose."The FG knows that she left you alone too long, and she confesses that 'twas the news of the imminent retirement of Carine Roitfeld's retirement from...
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The Golden Globes '11
Last year, The FG stayed up until 3 or so am to watch the Globes online from Edinburgh. This year, she is in London, and, frankly, people are expecting her to show up to work tomorrow morning, so she's...
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Oscars 2011: Plan B
See up above there where I was going to do the fashion review of the Globes? See how that didn't happen? See how I was on an airplane - an AIRPLANE - during the Oscars last night? And yet, here's your...
View ArticleThe Shame Game
"I've been a bad bad girl ..."I know, I KNOW. Say it with me now; "My name is FG and I am a bad blogger. I got a new life in a new country with a new job and I stopped blogging. My last serious post...
View ArticleWe all look the same
It doesn't seem to matter where we are.The current look in London, when it's not just colourblock insanity, is as follows: ballet flats or boots over skinny jeans/jeggings/leggings, something...
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Shuesday: The Princess Bride
Just her shoes, actually:(Photo courtesy of What Kate Wore)
View ArticleNow that it's raining more than ever
And on Wimbledon no less. It's my fault - I've been telling people ever since I arrived in London that the weather was far, far better than I'd anticipated, and that people everywhere think they have...
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Antimacasser, anyone?
Or perhaps a doily?I understand that white lace is all the thing this summer, but surely Sienna Miller could do it better than this. And with better accessories. And hair.
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School run chic?
Really? Isn't this a celeb-mum reaction to the paparazzi stalking them 24/7? Does the average mom have time for this? And does she need one more pressure in her busy morning? Guardian's Jess...
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It's raining, it's pouring
To be fair, while it's been a wet, wet winter, it has been mild as all get out (no Lara hat wearing to date), and we denizens of London village have been spared the flooding that's engulfing Somerset,...
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