Category Archives: Elle

Goodbye 2011…

I’m sure most of you out there are busy with your NYE plans already, styling your hair, sipping your wine or en route to the pub/club/house party, but I thought before the city rings in another New Year, I would bullet-point the … Continue reading

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Push: style without substance

For a while now I have seen some fast-paced fashion ads cropping up on Five’s younger, cooler sister channel Fiver (where I get my regular fix of Aussie soap heaven) for new reality drama Push, and this afternoon I finally … Continue reading

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The Best Things In Life Are Free

This is just a quick post to comment on the little surprises that life can throw you. As I was walking up to my friend F’s house in Bishopston I noticed a bunch of magazines and CDs sitting on the … Continue reading

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When Ship-Shape met… ELLE’s Natalie Wansborough-Jones

As promised, here is my interview with ELLE’s Senior Fashion Editor Natalie Wansborough-Jones, who was in Bristol on Thursday to promote ELLE’s new competition, Shopgirl to Stylist. Nestled in the corner of French Connection in Quakers Friars, we chatted about … Continue reading

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Bristol launch for ELLE’s Shopgirl to Stylist competition

Ship-Shape had an early start this morning, arriving at French Connection in Quakers Friars at 9am for the launch of ELLE magazine’s styling competition Shopgirl to Stylist. ‘Fashion’s answer to the x-Factor’ was launched at the beginning of March but … Continue reading

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>Blog of The Week: Show Me Your Wardrobe

>A healthy dose of voyeurism is essential to the human condition, whether this is when you’re sat outside a cafe people watching, or peeking into someone else’s home on Location, Location, Location. In fashion terms this comes from backstage videos … Continue reading

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>Luella Hit By Recession

> Luella S/S10 image courtesy of Vogue style achieves As I was browsing on the UK Vogue website this morning, I was shocked to see that the fantastic British fashion label Luella has announced plans to cease trading. Created by … Continue reading

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