Recently Lipsy has had a rethink and adjusted itself, so it’s no longer a shop for Lipsy brands, but a seller of competing brands as well. I presume this is following in the footsteps of other retailers like Topshop, Asos and New Look who all now stock boutique/concession brands.

Under the Lipsy umbrella:
Miss Sixty
Arrogant Cat
Disney Couture
Junk Food
Killah
Siren

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Emma x

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Love this cute little Nautical Dress! £29 £25

Emma x

Cutout dresses have been around for a while and I would have thought I would be bored of this trend by now. However, after having a look at Motel’s new dresses; I’ve realised that’s definitely not the case! 

Motel Rocks has just brought out the most beautiful dress. I absolutely love the grape colour and don’t think I will be able to resist it for much longer! Teamed up will a pair of ankle boots and some chunky gold bangles, this dress could be the perfect summer outfit!

Another thing to be sure to look out for is Motel‘s vintage customised one off pieces! One off items added every week! But be sure to be quick as once it’s gone, it’s definitely gone!

Here are a few of my favourites from this week:

This cropped tee would look perfect with a pair of ripped denim jeans and gladiator sandals, oh and a pair of sunglasses. Perfect festival attire!

I also love how this dress contrasts the floaty top with the fitted black skirt. I’m tempted to purchase this for work, classy yet unique. You certainly won’t catch anyone else wearing this on the high street!

Sammy x

I was shopping this week in and had a little nip in New Look. It was one of the larger ones, so it had a larger section of Boutique brands. I noticed a while ago that Topshop were doing something similar, with their brands, Love, Motel and Rare Fashion, so it’s nice to see that New Look have also followed this trend, but are using slightly cheaper brands.

My favourite were Little Mistress who had some lovely items. I had a little Google about the brand at home and they actually have their own website, which I believe is fairly new. I had a look around for some voucher codes and found code ‘mistress’ for 10% off, which includes money off their sales items, which is fab!

I got myself this lovely dress below.

Floral Batwing Gold Trim Dress

Kate xx

Who would have thought we would ever be buying cycling shorts to wear this summer for the purpose of looking cool?

When i think of them i think of a sweaty ride to work or a trip to the gym… would people actually wear these in the name of fashion?

The Patterns at Missguided are nice enough, and they’re a great price… I’m not really sure I have the legs to pull them off! This girl certainly does though:

What do you reckon?

Emma xx

My collegue Kate and I ordered Maxi skirts from boohoo the other day.

Kate ordered the Jersey Maxi Skirt; and I ordered the tiered Maxi Skirt

We were so excited when they arrived. The parcel arrived quickly and wasn’t too expensive to post (seeing as we split the postage) We ripped into the Bag but what we found was definitely not what we were expecting. The material that these skirts were made of was so cheap and see-through you could see a hand through it and definitely a pair of knickers!

The Jersey skirt especially looked as though it had cost about 50 pence to make!

We can safely say that we won’t be buying from Boohoo again. But they must be successful with all of their advertising… How do they make all this money selling this cheap rubbish!!

Check out boohoo - their prices are really good, but… Let us know what you think.

Love emma x

Programmes like Panorama and Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts on the BBC have recently highlighted the concern for ethical standards, laws against child labour and concern over the whereabouts of our fabrics.

There are many retailers out there selling ethical options. Whether the fabrics are Fairtrade, made from recycled fabrics, or vintage, ethical is definitely on the way up.

There are a couple of brands that I feel are top of this trend, one is People Tree. Founded in Japan in 1991, this brand was recently endorsed by Emma Watson, of Harry Potter fame. Their products are hand woven, hand knit and hand embroideried.

The other brand is Annie Greenabelle. This brand uses vintage recycled fabrics, organic cotton and Fairtrade standards. Their 1950′s themed items are quirky and cute, whilst being contemporary enough for today’s cosmopolitan environments.

Here are some examples of my favourite pieces.

I have become completely and utterly obsessed with Jeffrey Campbell shoes! It hit me right out of the blue… And now Motel Rocks are selling them, I just can’t get them out of my head.

They suit the Motel Rocks style Perfectly… and I own so much of it that it’s only fair I own a pair of JC’s too right? The designs are so original, Lady Gaga herself would be proud.

Motel ROCKS!! - and if you havent already seen their sale, make sure you do it now!

What to do, what to do…

Since the weather started to get lovely and toasty I can’t get the need for a ‘maxi-something’ out of my head. I also can’t decide whether this need will be satiated with a maxi skirt or a maxi dress.

Do I get myself a maxi dress and team up with a pair of wedges or a maxi skirt with a sexy paid of flat sandals?

I absolutely love the Tabitha Maxi Skirt from Boohoo and for only £15 it’s an absolute bargain!

But I also love these other options. I just can’t decide! Boohoo have got 70% off in their summer sale, so I’m really struggling to narrow it down!!

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