Mango has never proved as popular as its high-street cousins. Sure, they have all the elements in place. There’s the comparable quality and price points, along with the similar ability to have big names front their campaigns; Eniko Mihalik this time last year and Kate Moss for the current season ads. None of that translates into a cool factor equivalent to that possessed by the…

There’s few things on the list of spring 2012 fashion trends that you won’t find in this editorial. The commonality with Geraldine Saglio’s styling is that each outfit, regardless of the trends it plays to, is executed with a sense of effortlessness. Whether it’s a slouchy white pant-suit played down with a pair of Converse, or sporty gone luxe, nothing is too fussy. If there’s…

We’ve mentioned, many times, our fascination with the parts of the artwork that don’t make the cut. Why was a particular scene deleted, a particular image dropped? And how different would a work have been – how different would its reception have been – if it were edited differently? Obviously in print the editing process is a strict one, given physical space limitations. And we,…

What would the pinup girl of the 1950s look like if you redrew her in the modern day? Odds are, a little something like this. It’s not about tight curls and full-cupped conical bras, but rather it’s the essence of a pinup girl transposed to fit with 2012′s fashions. Short shorts or hot pants are almost mandatory, as are tight sweaters that call to mind…

Given it’s often left-of-centre showings (read: smaller budgets), London fashion week (LFW) often doesn’t attract the biggest modelling names. There are the odd shows, however, that certainly do have pull. Issa London’s autumn 2012 showing as a good example.

Take one of the fashion world’s top models of the moment, ice her up with sparkling fine jewellery from the usual array of brands – preferably styled with more skin than clothing – and shoot a series of up-close portraits. This seems a clockwork formula for Vogue Paris’ Bijoux segments. Nonetheless, Magdalena Frackowiak is particularly and faultlessly gorgeous in the March 2012 issue, photographed by…

There’s a fine line between demurely sexy and demurely dowdy, and admittedly you sometimes have to be Magdalena Frackowiak not to cross it. Or at least you need to have a little of the innate sexuality that seems to flow so freely from her, lest your twin set and ’80s perm end up looking nothing but, well, ’80s. In the case of Magdalena’s fairy floss…

The end of the year is looming like a fast-gathering storm: no matter how far in advance the forecasts, it always feels sudden and unexpected. And in its precursory trail comes another milestone event – the festive season. For many, December is a month scattered full of luncheons, days spent trawling for Christmas gifts, family affairs, cocktail soirees. The latter can present themselves as a…

High splits and plunging necklines are by no means recent innovations, though as evidenced by Emilio Pucci’s creation on the cover of Vogue Mexico there is still room for evolution.

The Victoria’s Secret show 2011 will be on the runway in a matter of hours. Anticipated for it’s energy, entertainment value and star power as much as for it’s lingerie, the question isn’t just what will be on the catwalk but who. So who can we expect to see bounding down the runway this year, wings fluttering, eyelashes batting, kisses blowing with targeted determination towards…