Weekly Shopping and Goodies 8/07/09

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A Few Goody Gumdrops shows us how to look ever-so-chic in Tres Sleek.Enter to win!

The Fashionable Housewife shows us the top 5 most comfortable shoes & sandals for summer!

Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy is mad for Modcloth!

Couture In The City shows us how to steal Anne Hathaway's Marchesa look for less!

Fashion Hippo shares the eighteen Best Summer 2009 Handbags For Every Budget!

Fashion Fille gives us a first look at the incredible 25 Park clothing shop...along with an always awesome discount code!

FashionPrincess Dominique Dishes Fashion shares a Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz fetish the Alex and Ani Expandable Bangles!

Enter to Win It.SomeoneSpoilMe.com is giving away a Laura James Vintage Cocktail Ring. Enter to win!

Style Eyes is loving a fresh but classic take on the nautical striped dress

Quinta Trends returns to the forties with Bienvenida y Paula

Shopping and InfoShopping and Info remembers Michael Jackson with a glove clutch bag.

The Bare Skinny exposes Rihanna's fashion failure.

TheFind Blog goes fun flirty and feminine with this summer's fabulous floral trend.

What's Haute Magazine pays tribute to Michael Jackson and his fashion, and shows you how to get the King of Pop's style.

Style Eyes Weekly Fashion Round Up

This week, I though that I would start writing a weekly round up with some of the other fashion posts that I have written during the week. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Chic Shopper - this week has been packed with all sorts of style ideas from gorgeous summer dresses for £25 and under to Phoebe Philo's first Celine shoes collection. There has also been some sadness at two celebrity deaths, Chic Shopper celebrates their lives with posts on Michael Jackson style and Farrah Fawcett style. I have also looked at Glastonbury with a post on festival fashion - Daisy Lowe in some lovely fringed clothes. Finally I have looked at the serious issue of eye wrinkle and the a solution eye anti wrinkle cream.

Posh Swaps Clothes Swap - with this blog, I hope to celebrate individual and sustainable style through clothes swaps, second hand and vintage clothing with some eco fashion and general environmental issues. This week, I am really excited about refashion in the Oxfam DIY competition, a great opportunity for creative types to show off their abilities. I have also reviewed Eco hair care by Louise Galvin and green environmentally friendly jewellery by Alex and Ani. I urge Posh Swaps readers to Clothes Swap for team Great Britain and give details of swishing and clothes swap parties in July 09.

Bamboo Baby - As well as writing some informative posts on organic baby clothing, I have lusted after the Go Green Go collection by Phillip Lim. I have also recently discovered some very gorgeous bamboo playsuits at Bodkin (for adults)

Online Fashion Marketing - last but not least, I have reviewed Style Sample, a magazine by fashion bloggers for fashion bloggers and made a little mention of the article that I wrote for the June / July edition.

Nautical Striped Dress

There are a few summer trends that just keep on coming back. The striped trend and nautical dress definitely falls into this category. Stripey clothes in blues and reds just make me thimk of being by the sea. As I grew up by the sea and spent much of my childhood sailing, this is definitely a look I feel comfortable in. My mother is particularly fond of this outfit and I recall many striped outfits from my childhood.

For a really stylish and easy to wear look, you can't go wrong with a well fitting pair of navy trousers or even jeans and a striped top. But some times I get the urge to wear the striped nautical trend in a new and fresh way and that is where this nautical striped dress by Motel Rocks comes in. A combination of different stripes and colours with a flared skirt and crossover back takes all that I love about the nautical trend, adds a bit of vintage style and makes it into something new for this year.

Proenza Schouler Shoes Resort 2010

I don't often post about shoes. I do love shoes but I think they have to be something pretty special to catch my attention amongst the many different shoes in the world. Today I just couldn't help myself. I spotted the most amazing Proenza Schouler Shoes in the Resort 2010 collection. The bad news is that they are a bit (well alot actually) out of my price range. But the good news is that I have got until spring 2010 to save up. I am as we speak making myself a Proenza Shouler shoe money box. I also would have great difficulty deciding between them, but I suppose I have a while to make up my mind.At the moment, I think the blue flat sandals are possibly in the lead or maybe the yellow ones.

If you love Proenza Schouler shoes, you can buy them at Yoox.com

Anyone for Tennis?

Wimbledon, in spite of the all-white restriction, still sets the trends in tennis wear!

Despite Wimbledon’s unwavering insistence that players wear predominantly white clothing, its courts have for long been the ramp for tennis fashion, where models do their catwalk in between playing spots of tennis.

The players have outdone themselves during this year’s Wimbledon tournament. For the men personalised Nike crest military style outfit for Roger Federer. The jacket has a trendy stand-up collar, epaulettes and golden zip, not to mention it’s monogrammed with his initials RF in gold. Regardless to the criticism he may be receiving within the tennis world, he is on to something in the fashion world.

Roger Federer’s tennis clothes, in particular his multi-pocketed jacket appears to be the front running trend for spring/summer 2010, if this weekend's latest men's fashion shows in Milan are anything to go by. Burberry and Gucci showed casual versions while a grey Versace suit featured four utility pockets on its front. Although it didn’t stop there, like a human pass the parcel, he soon peeled that layer off to reveal a posh waistcoat; even his white Nike trainers had matching gold swishes.

Although Roger Federer has caused a stir with his eccentric attire over the past week, the women were not to be outdone. On the contrary, Serena Williams true to form sported a mini-trench coat and plenty of jewellery. Yes, even jewellery seems something players are wearing on court. The trend for the so called ‘tennis bracelet’ began in 1987 when Chris Evert, the world’s former number 1 woman tennis player and winner of 18 Grand Slam titles was playing in the US Open. During play, the elegant diamond bracelet she was wearing accidentally broke and the match was interrupted to allow her to recover her precious diamonds. The incident sparked the new name for this kind of bracelet and a new jewellery trend was born.

Weekly Shopping and Goodies 1/03/09

With temperature soaring into the thirties this week, it is far too hot to do anything too strenuous. Why not sit back and enjoy this weeks shopping and goodies. there is plenty to tempt you with handbags, sunglasses, shoes, floral skirts, maxi dresses and tank tops, just what you need to keep cool and look extra stylish.

A Few Goody Gumdrops and Vivre are giving away a To-Die-For Beirn Snakeskin Hobo Tote! Enter to Win.

Fashion Fille is flabbergasted at how cool the models look in those fabulous Romina Karameana sunglasses. Check out what she's talking about here.

Princess Dominique Dishes Fashion invites you to Win the ECBC Eyes On Me Maxi Dress!.

Quinta Trends loves Lucila Iotti shoes.

Raging Rouge is convinced that the Beauty Guru Palette by Smashbox will turn you into a "palette-person".

Shopping and Info found the pink floral skirt worn by Vanessa Hudgens.

SomeoneSpoilMe.com is loving Zodiac Sign Jewelry!

TheFind Blog is inspired by sparkly sequin skirts that are tremendously more fun to than any ol' fireworks display.

Unfunded is spellbound by Shades Salon's witchcraft.

The Bare Skinny found the sexy fringe tank Kim Kardashian wore recently.

Style Eyes discusses the difficulties faced by the vertically challenged and how to find stylish clothing for petite women

Clothing for petite women

Being only 5ft 2, I can sometimes find it quite a challenge buying clothes. It is not only that almost everything I look at is too long, but also many of the styles of clothes do not suit shorter women. It is not just a question of buying something and then shortening it, although I often do this with trousers and jeans. For clothes like jackets and dresses, the waist falls in the wrong place, making everything hang wrong. Clothes with detail around the hem are not easy to shorten without losing the detail.

I have over the years learnt ways if finding clothes that fit and suit petites. Much of this knowledge is passed on from my mum, who is also quite short and has considerable more years of experience in dressing as a petite. Whilst she is not the most adventurous of dressers, she always looks smart, stylish and in proportion.

The key to dressing well as a petite is all about balance and proportion. Yes you can wear this seasons trend for big shoulders, but the big shoulders need to be kept in proportion with your height. This is where shops stocking petite collections come into their own. Not only do they provide a range of clothes that fit perfectly including the waist falling in the right place, but they are also full of fashionable clothes that are suitable for a petite and look completely in proportion and stylish. Clothes in petite collections will usually help to lengthen the body and do not usually contain styles that make the body look any smaller.

For work wear I would definitely recommend Precis Petite. The clothes are smart and stylish but also with a fresh edge to them.

Valentine Petite Dress

Tortuga Petite Dress

Ivory Lace Ruffle Top