Observations: An accessory to die for <p> The mind boggles at the discussions which must have accompanied the naming of Dior's new bag, the Karenina.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/215af3c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Observations: An accessory to die for&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-an-accessory-to-die-for-956317.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Observations: An accessory to die for&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-an-accessory-to-die-for-956317.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780389/f/3803/c/266/s/34975548/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780389/f/3803/c/266/s/34975548/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Observations: The talented Mr Copley <p>When the curtain rises on Covent Garden's La Bohème tomorrow, it will mark 34 years of continuous life for this much-loved show, and 60 years in showbiz for its director John Copley, who started his career as a dancer. Has the length of its run surprised him? "Oh no – and I didn't particularly want it to run. I just thought it was a one-off. I've done five Bohèmes elsewhere since then, one of which I much prefer."</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/215af3b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Observations: The talented Mr Copley&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-the-talented-mr-copley-956313.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Observations: The talented Mr Copley&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-the-talented-mr-copley-956313.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780388/f/3803/c/266/s/34975547/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780388/f/3803/c/266/s/34975547/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Galliano doffs hat to British heritage <p>John Galliano referenced his British heritage by showing giant bearskin guardsmen-style hats made of black feathers, teamed with red short suits, as Paris Fashion Week drew to a close.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb62/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/galliano-doffs-hat-to-british-heritage-952468.html&link=Galliano doffs hat to British heritage" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/galliano-doffs-hat-to-british-heritage-952468.html&link=Galliano doffs hat to British heritage" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028084/f/3803/c/266/s/34331490/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028084/f/3803/c/266/s/34331490/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Ready to Wear: Big knickers are a way of sexualising a wardrobe and the wearer <p>Knickers. They're everywhere. And if that sounds like the most almighty case of stating the obvious, the fact that any underwear is currently being worn over clothes rather than hidden away beneath them or, failing that, that the clothes in question are so sheer that knickers show through is perhaps less commonplace.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb61/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-big-knickers-are-a-way-of-sexualising-a-wardrobe-and-the-wearer-952204.html&link=Ready to Wear: Big knickers are a way of sexualising a wardrobe and the wearer" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-big-knickers-are-a-way-of-sexualising-a-wardrobe-and-the-wearer-952204.html&link=Ready to Wear: Big knickers are a way of sexualising a wardrobe and the wearer" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028083/f/3803/c/266/s/34331489/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028083/f/3803/c/266/s/34331489/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Heaven scent: The best independent perfumers <p>Frédéric Malle's discreet Editions de Parfums shop on the rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, feels more like a gentleman's library than one of the world's most distinguished perfumeries. One wall is lined with two oak bookcases filled, higgledy-piggledy, with books by authors from Stendhal to Gore Vidal. In the centre is a large, dark wooden desk, and on the mantelpiece, black-and-white photographs of distinguished-looking men and women, and a vase of long-stemmed lilies. Carefully arranged in front of the desk are comfortable, French-style antique armchairs for customers to lounge on.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb60/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/heaven-scent-the-best-independent-perfumers-952203.html&link=Heaven scent: The best independent perfumers" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/heaven-scent-the-best-independent-perfumers-952203.html&link=Heaven scent: The best independent perfumers" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028082/f/3803/c/266/s/34331488/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028082/f/3803/c/266/s/34331488/a2.img" border="0"/></a> The colours of money: Designers fight credit crunch gloom in Paris <p>On the notes for Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label collection, shown in Paris last week, it said: "In these hard times – dress up", and the words could be a mantra for the season as a whole. A week watching eye-wateringly expensive clothing pass by was unsettling, if not plain disturbing, given the economic climate. Small wonder, then, that the world's greatest designers appeared, in their own individual way, to be grappling with that, too, whether by pragmatism, escapism or pure excess. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb5f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-colours-of-money-designers-fight-credit-crunch-gloom-in-paris-952202.html&link=The colours of money: Designers fight credit crunch gloom in Paris" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-colours-of-money-designers-fight-credit-crunch-gloom-in-paris-952202.html&link=The colours of money: Designers fight credit crunch gloom in Paris" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028081/f/3803/c/266/s/34331487/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028081/f/3803/c/266/s/34331487/a2.img" border="0"/></a> How to get the perfect fashion front row <p>Take a dash of celebrity, add a clutch of big fashion buyers, sprinkle on a handful of influential fashion editors – with the less glamorous elements out of sight – and voilà: the perfect fashion show front row. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20a584e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/how-to-get-the-perfect-fashion-front-row-951816.html&link=How to get the perfect fashion front row" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/how-to-get-the-perfect-fashion-front-row-951816.html&link=How to get the perfect fashion front row" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20657978877/f/3803/c/266/s/34232398/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20657978877/f/3803/c/266/s/34232398/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Can't afford couture but can't stand cut-price copies? Jigsaw has all the missing piece <p> In the beginning (well, the 1990s), there were designers. Feverishly creating in their lofty ateliers, they set the trends that filtered down to the high street and determined what the rest of us wore day to day. In the past few years, this process reached a terminal velocity, as big brands chewed up catwalk trends and spat them out as identical bargain buys in weeks, with results of dubious quality.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20a584d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/cant-afford-couture-but-cant-stand-cutprice-copies-jigsaw-has-all-the-missing-p.html-949094.html&link=Can't afford couture but can't stand cut-price copies? 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Above them hung a projection of the globe.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/208e493/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/mcqueen-weaves-some-animal-magic-in-a-show-of-natural-delight-950866.html&link=McQueen weaves some animal magic in a show of natural delight" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/mcqueen-weaves-some-animal-magic-in-a-show-of-natural-delight-950866.html&link=McQueen weaves some animal magic in a show of natural delight" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> Stella's very grown-up collection <p>A seven-metre high, 14-metre wide Fuzzy-Felt backdrop courtesy of the artists Jake and Dinos Chapman greeted guests at Stella McCartney's spring/summer show in Paris yesterday. Rainbow-coloured rabbits, giraffes and a particularly anxious ladybird all made for suitably cute viewing. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/2067068/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/stellas-very-grownup-collection-949707.html&link=Stella's very grown-up collection" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/stellas-very-grownup-collection-949707.html&link=Stella's very grown-up collection" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050577281/f/3803/c/266/s/33976424/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050577281/f/3803/c/266/s/33976424/a2.img" border="0"/></a> The alien charm of a familiar couture <p>Molten silver sheath dresses. Crystal fringing dancing with light. Lurex body stockings finished with thick white rubberised heels. If the Balenciaga show that kicked off the day's proceedings in Paris yesterday was anything to go by then the future is, well, alien: this was The Woman Who Fell To Earth.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20238c0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/the-alien-charm-of-a-familiar-couture-947325.html&link=The alien charm of a familiar couture" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/the-alien-charm-of-a-familiar-couture-947325.html&link=The alien charm of a familiar couture" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" 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href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/a-hrefhttpblogsindependentcoukindependent200809draft4html-targetblankshopping-bag-popping-in-to-a-shopa-945745.html&link=Shopping Bag: Popping in to a shop" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/a-hrefhttpblogsindependentcoukindependent200809draft4html-targetblankshopping-bag-popping-in-to-a-shopa-945745.html&link=Shopping Bag: Popping in to a shop" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050341079/f/3803/c/266/s/33490845/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050341079/f/3803/c/266/s/33490845/a2.img" border="0"/></a> The Ten Best Eyeshadows <p> Dazzle the crowds with these excellent eyeshadows. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf267/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/fashion-beauty/the-ten-best-eyeshadows-943874.html&link=The Ten Best Eyeshadows" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/fashion-beauty/the-ten-best-eyeshadows-943874.html&link=The Ten Best Eyeshadows" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304494/f/3803/c/266/s/33419879/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304494/f/3803/c/266/s/33419879/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Get winter buttoned: This season's coats <p>Choosing a winter coat can be as problematic as naming your firstborn – you need something that is at once practical and elegant, modern yet timeless, and idiosyncratic as well as wrinkle-proof. And, as with babies, you want something that other people will coo admiringly over.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf26b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/get-winter-buttoned-this-seasons-coats-945055.html&link=Get winter buttoned: This season's coats" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/get-winter-buttoned-this-seasons-coats-945055.html&link=Get winter buttoned: This season's coats" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304493/f/3803/c/266/s/33419883/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304493/f/3803/c/266/s/33419883/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Ready to Wear: Kate Moss is a sanitised version of Vivienne Westwood – an alarming thought <p>This week, The Independent can exclusively reveal that: VIVIENNE WESTWOOD IS KATE MOSS'S MUVVER! Not in the genetic sense, of course, but – no disrespect to the model's own parents intended – wouldn't it be great if she were? In a recent photo of the designer and the model at London Fashion Week (below), they have the same eyebrows, wide-set eyes and cheekbones, sweet little noses, pointy chins, and broad grins exposing small and not-so-perfectly formed teeth. No white, cosmetically enhanced tombstones for this pair, thank you. They're way too rock-hard for that. And their natures are not all that different either, come to think of it. They both like a drink, for a start. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf26a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-kate-moss-is-a-sanitised-version-of-vivienne-westwood-ndash-an-alarming-thought-945054.html&link=Ready to Wear: Kate Moss is a sanitised version of Vivienne Westwood – an alarming thought" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-kate-moss-is-a-sanitised-version-of-vivienne-westwood-ndash-an-alarming-thought-945054.html&link=Ready to Wear: Kate Moss is a sanitised version of Vivienne Westwood – an alarming thought" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304492/f/3803/c/266/s/33419882/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304492/f/3803/c/266/s/33419882/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Molto Milano! Italian glamour and extravagance <p> Some might call it denial, considering the state of the economy, but the word du jour to describe the mood on the Milan catwalks was optimism. At Gucci, the programme notes referred to designer Frida Giannini's "signature impulse for optimism", Maxmara billed its spring/summer '09 collection as "elegant, optimistic and innovative", and Matthew Williamson said his clothes for Emilio Pucci were "uplifting, energetic and optimistic", adding that "in times of recession, people want special pieces and jewelled treasures". In other words, while the very fabric of the economy, possibly society and possibly the world crumbles, the fabric of fashion has a bright future. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf269/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/molto-milano-italian-glamour-and-extravagance-945053.html&link=Molto Milano! Italian glamour and extravagance" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/molto-milano-italian-glamour-and-extravagance-945053.html&link=Molto Milano! 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Soon, bleached-denim-clad couples everywhere will kick back on their white leather sofas, crank up the latest New Kids on the Block album and rip open packets of pickled onion flavour Monster Munch. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf268/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/revenge-of-the-80s-the-decade-that-is-making-a-comeback-945050.html&link=Revenge of the 80s: The decade that is making a comeback" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/revenge-of-the-80s-the-decade-that-is-making-a-comeback-945050.html&link=Revenge of the 80s: The decade that is making a comeback" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304490/f/3803/c/266/s/33419880/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304490/f/3803/c/266/s/33419880/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Fashionably early: Milan Fashion Week <p><b>Minis</b></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fc71c1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/fashionably-early-milan-fashion-week-944757.html&link=Fashionably early: Milan Fashion Week" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/fashionably-early-milan-fashion-week-944757.html&link=Fashionably early: Milan Fashion Week" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249414/f/3803/c/266/s/33321409/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249414/f/3803/c/266/s/33321409/a2.img" border="0"/></a> My Style: Sue Cubitt <p> <b>James Sherwood: </b>Marlene Dietrich, Jean Muir, Catherine Deneuve: few women can wear tailored trousers with utter conviction, but I would add your name to the list, Sue. How did you find your style? </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fc71c0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/my-style-sue-cubitt-942337.html&link=My Style: Sue Cubitt" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/my-style-sue-cubitt-942337.html&link=My Style: Sue Cubitt" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249413/f/3803/c/266/s/33321408/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249413/f/3803/c/266/s/33321408/a2.img" border="0"/></a> One step beyond: Kick off those flimsy summer pumps and powerwalk into autumn <img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fc71bf/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/one-step-beyond-kick-off-those-flimsy-summer-pumps-and-powerwalk-into-autumn-942308.html&link=One step beyond: Kick off those flimsy summer pumps and powerwalk into autumn" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/one-step-beyond-kick-off-those-flimsy-summer-pumps-and-powerwalk-into-autumn-942308.html&link=One step beyond: Kick off those flimsy summer pumps and powerwalk into autumn" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249412/f/3803/c/266/s/33321407/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249412/f/3803/c/266/s/33321407/a2.img" border="0"/></a> The 50 Best Menswear <p> Dedicated follower of fashion? Kit yourself out for the Autumn with our pick of the season's menswear. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1faf5e3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-50-best-menswear-943813.html&link=The 50 Best Menswear" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-50-best-menswear-943813.html&link=The 50 Best Menswear" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050194588/f/3803/c/266/s/33224163/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050194588/f/3803/c/266/s/33224163/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Carola Long: Beauty Queen <p>While flicking through an airline shopping catalogue on a recent flight, I noticed the blurb accompanying a set of pale pink nail varnishes. "For instantly well-manicured nails that speak volumes about you,"it said. In fact, a wash of natural polish is a deliberate ploy to reveal very little about the wearer; it's safe, classic and an avoidance of self expression. "The groomed girl's comfort blanket," says Harrods nail guru Leighton Denny.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1faf5e6/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/carola-long-beauty-queen-943447.html&link=Carola Long: Beauty Queen" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/carola-long-beauty-queen-943447.html&link=Carola Long: Beauty Queen" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050194587/f/3803/c/266/s/33224166/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050194587/f/3803/c/266/s/33224166/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Well heeled: A rare audience with Manolo Blahnik <p>Manolo Blahnik tumbles into the room wearing an extremely dapper royal-purple suit, purple and yellow knitted tie, orange suede shoes and black circular glasses à la Le Corbusier. He stretches out his hand, and when I shake it he squeaks in pain, shaking, then retracting it. Have I accidentally crushed the phalanges of the world's finest shoemaker with an overly firm grip? Thankfully, no. He has had a sudden attack of cramp. This is the result, he explains, of just having flown in from Spain the previous evening; he is very tired, he says, and a bit disorientated. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1faf5e5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/well-heeled-a-rare-audience-with-manolo-blahnik-943446.html&link=Well heeled: A rare audience with Manolo Blahnik" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/well-heeled-a-rare-audience-with-manolo-blahnik-943446.html&link=Well heeled: A rare audience with Manolo Blahnik" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050194586/f/3803/c/266/s/33224165/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050194586/f/3803/c/266/s/33224165/a2.img" border="0"/></a>
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Express Yourself Through Your Clothes By Groshan Fabiola As we pass through life we start to realize that people, including us, have a tendency of becoming more and more common. We give up the things that make us special and unique so we can be plain and common for reasons I am sure we do not even understand.
Either we do not have the courage to be unique or we just come to believe that being creative and different are not such good things after all. Luckily for us it is never too late to turn into the person you used to be. It is never too late to break down the barriers and run free and wild. One way to do that is through your clothes.
Independent designers are one of the most obvious examples that we have. They refuse to give into the constant globalization process that seems to evolve with each passing day. What they feel, what they love and most of all how they want to be is expressed in every piece of clothing that they design. This is one true form of art. No two tops are alike as no two feelings could ever be the same.
Independent designer labels can give you that certainty of being one of a kind and still look amazing. Art is an expression of our feelings and thoughts and what better way to show who you really are than through what you wear? So maybe you are not talented and you can not design your own clothes but you just wish you would stop seeing the same skirt you have on three other girls on your way to the store. You love that skirt, that is why you bought it in the first place and there is nothing wrong with other people having that same clothing item as you, but somehow you feel trapped. You feel like a piece of you is missing and at that point you start to wish you were alone in a crowd.
There is a solution to your problem. Choose clothes that combine with art, feelings with places and people, choose independent designer labels and independent
Observations: An accessory to die for <p> The mind boggles at the discussions which must have accompanied the naming of Dior's new bag, the Karenina.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/215af3c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Observations: An accessory to die for&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-an-accessory-to-die-for-956317.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Observations: An accessory to die for&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-an-accessory-to-die-for-956317.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780389/f/3803/c/266/s/34975548/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780389/f/3803/c/266/s/34975548/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Observations: The talented Mr Copley <p>When the curtain rises on Covent Garden's La Bohème tomorrow, it will mark 34 years of continuous life for this much-loved show, and 60 years in showbiz for its director John Copley, who started his career as a dancer. 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I've done five Bohèmes elsewhere since then, one of which I much prefer."</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/215af3b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Observations: The talented Mr Copley&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-the-talented-mr-copley-956313.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Observations: The talented Mr Copley&link=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-the-talented-mr-copley-956313.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780388/f/3803/c/266/s/34975547/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/21182780388/f/3803/c/266/s/34975547/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Galliano doffs hat to British heritage <p>John Galliano referenced his British heritage by showing giant bearskin guardsmen-style hats made of black feathers, teamed with red short suits, as Paris Fashion Week drew to a close.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb62/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/galliano-doffs-hat-to-british-heritage-952468.html&link=Galliano doffs hat to British heritage" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/galliano-doffs-hat-to-british-heritage-952468.html&link=Galliano doffs hat to British heritage" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028084/f/3803/c/266/s/34331490/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028084/f/3803/c/266/s/34331490/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Ready to Wear: Big knickers are a way of sexualising a wardrobe and the wearer <p>Knickers. They're everywhere. And if that sounds like the most almighty case of stating the obvious, the fact that any underwear is currently being worn over clothes rather than hidden away beneath them or, failing that, that the clothes in question are so sheer that knickers show through is perhaps less commonplace.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb61/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-big-knickers-are-a-way-of-sexualising-a-wardrobe-and-the-wearer-952204.html&link=Ready to Wear: Big knickers are a way of sexualising a wardrobe and the wearer" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-big-knickers-are-a-way-of-sexualising-a-wardrobe-and-the-wearer-952204.html&link=Ready to Wear: Big knickers are a way of sexualising a wardrobe and the wearer" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028083/f/3803/c/266/s/34331489/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028083/f/3803/c/266/s/34331489/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Heaven scent: The best independent perfumers <p>Frédéric Malle's discreet Editions de Parfums shop on the rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, feels more like a gentleman's library than one of the world's most distinguished perfumeries. One wall is lined with two oak bookcases filled, higgledy-piggledy, with books by authors from Stendhal to Gore Vidal. In the centre is a large, dark wooden desk, and on the mantelpiece, black-and-white photographs of distinguished-looking men and women, and a vase of long-stemmed lilies. Carefully arranged in front of the desk are comfortable, French-style antique armchairs for customers to lounge on.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb60/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/heaven-scent-the-best-independent-perfumers-952203.html&link=Heaven scent: The best independent perfumers" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/heaven-scent-the-best-independent-perfumers-952203.html&link=Heaven scent: The best independent perfumers" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028082/f/3803/c/266/s/34331488/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028082/f/3803/c/266/s/34331488/a2.img" border="0"/></a> The colours of money: Designers fight credit crunch gloom in Paris <p>On the notes for Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label collection, shown in Paris last week, it said: "In these hard times – dress up", and the words could be a mantra for the season as a whole. A week watching eye-wateringly expensive clothing pass by was unsettling, if not plain disturbing, given the economic climate. Small wonder, then, that the world's greatest designers appeared, in their own individual way, to be grappling with that, too, whether by pragmatism, escapism or pure excess. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20bdb5f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-colours-of-money-designers-fight-credit-crunch-gloom-in-paris-952202.html&link=The colours of money: Designers fight credit crunch gloom in Paris" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-colours-of-money-designers-fight-credit-crunch-gloom-in-paris-952202.html&link=The colours of money: Designers fight credit crunch gloom in Paris" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028081/f/3803/c/266/s/34331487/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20658028081/f/3803/c/266/s/34331487/a2.img" border="0"/></a> How to get the perfect fashion front row <p>Take a dash of celebrity, add a clutch of big fashion buyers, sprinkle on a handful of influential fashion editors – with the less glamorous elements out of sight – and voilà: the perfect fashion show front row. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20a584e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/how-to-get-the-perfect-fashion-front-row-951816.html&link=How to get the perfect fashion front row" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/how-to-get-the-perfect-fashion-front-row-951816.html&link=How to get the perfect fashion front row" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20657978877/f/3803/c/266/s/34232398/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20657978877/f/3803/c/266/s/34232398/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Can't afford couture but can't stand cut-price copies? Jigsaw has all the missing piece <p> In the beginning (well, the 1990s), there were designers. Feverishly creating in their lofty ateliers, they set the trends that filtered down to the high street and determined what the rest of us wore day to day. In the past few years, this process reached a terminal velocity, as big brands chewed up catwalk trends and spat them out as identical bargain buys in weeks, with results of dubious quality.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20a584d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/cant-afford-couture-but-cant-stand-cutprice-copies-jigsaw-has-all-the-missing-p.html-949094.html&link=Can't afford couture but can't stand cut-price copies? 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Above them hung a projection of the globe.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/208e493/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/mcqueen-weaves-some-animal-magic-in-a-show-of-natural-delight-950866.html&link=McQueen weaves some animal magic in a show of natural delight" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/mcqueen-weaves-some-animal-magic-in-a-show-of-natural-delight-950866.html&link=McQueen weaves some animal magic in a show of natural delight" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> Stella's very grown-up collection <p>A seven-metre high, 14-metre wide Fuzzy-Felt backdrop courtesy of the artists Jake and Dinos Chapman greeted guests at Stella McCartney's spring/summer show in Paris yesterday. Rainbow-coloured rabbits, giraffes and a particularly anxious ladybird all made for suitably cute viewing. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/2067068/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/stellas-very-grownup-collection-949707.html&link=Stella's very grown-up collection" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/stellas-very-grownup-collection-949707.html&link=Stella's very grown-up collection" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050577281/f/3803/c/266/s/33976424/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050577281/f/3803/c/266/s/33976424/a2.img" border="0"/></a> The alien charm of a familiar couture <p>Molten silver sheath dresses. Crystal fringing dancing with light. Lurex body stockings finished with thick white rubberised heels. If the Balenciaga show that kicked off the day's proceedings in Paris yesterday was anything to go by then the future is, well, alien: this was The Woman Who Fell To Earth.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/20238c0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/the-alien-charm-of-a-familiar-couture-947325.html&link=The alien charm of a familiar couture" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/the-alien-charm-of-a-familiar-couture-947325.html&link=The alien charm of a familiar couture" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" 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the crowds with these excellent eyeshadows. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf267/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/fashion-beauty/the-ten-best-eyeshadows-943874.html&link=The Ten Best Eyeshadows" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/fashion-beauty/the-ten-best-eyeshadows-943874.html&link=The Ten Best Eyeshadows" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304494/f/3803/c/266/s/33419879/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304494/f/3803/c/266/s/33419879/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Get winter buttoned: This season's coats <p>Choosing a winter coat can be as problematic as naming your firstborn – you need something that is at once practical and elegant, modern yet timeless, and idiosyncratic as well as wrinkle-proof. And, as with babies, you want something that other people will coo admiringly over.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf26b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/get-winter-buttoned-this-seasons-coats-945055.html&link=Get winter buttoned: This season's coats" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/get-winter-buttoned-this-seasons-coats-945055.html&link=Get winter buttoned: This season's coats" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304493/f/3803/c/266/s/33419883/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304493/f/3803/c/266/s/33419883/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Ready to Wear: Kate Moss is a sanitised version of Vivienne Westwood – an alarming thought <p>This week, The Independent can exclusively reveal that: VIVIENNE WESTWOOD IS KATE MOSS'S MUVVER! Not in the genetic sense, of course, but – no disrespect to the model's own parents intended – wouldn't it be great if she were? In a recent photo of the designer and the model at London Fashion Week (below), they have the same eyebrows, wide-set eyes and cheekbones, sweet little noses, pointy chins, and broad grins exposing small and not-so-perfectly formed teeth. No white, cosmetically enhanced tombstones for this pair, thank you. They're way too rock-hard for that. And their natures are not all that different either, come to think of it. They both like a drink, for a start. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf26a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-kate-moss-is-a-sanitised-version-of-vivienne-westwood-ndash-an-alarming-thought-945054.html&link=Ready to Wear: Kate Moss is a sanitised version of Vivienne Westwood – an alarming thought" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/frankel/ready-to-wear-kate-moss-is-a-sanitised-version-of-vivienne-westwood-ndash-an-alarming-thought-945054.html&link=Ready to Wear: Kate Moss is a sanitised version of Vivienne Westwood – an alarming thought" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304492/f/3803/c/266/s/33419882/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304492/f/3803/c/266/s/33419882/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Molto Milano! Italian glamour and extravagance <p> Some might call it denial, considering the state of the economy, but the word du jour to describe the mood on the Milan catwalks was optimism. At Gucci, the programme notes referred to designer Frida Giannini's "signature impulse for optimism", Maxmara billed its spring/summer '09 collection as "elegant, optimistic and innovative", and Matthew Williamson said his clothes for Emilio Pucci were "uplifting, energetic and optimistic", adding that "in times of recession, people want special pieces and jewelled treasures". In other words, while the very fabric of the economy, possibly society and possibly the world crumbles, the fabric of fashion has a bright future. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf269/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/molto-milano-italian-glamour-and-extravagance-945053.html&link=Molto Milano! Italian glamour and extravagance" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/molto-milano-italian-glamour-and-extravagance-945053.html&link=Molto Milano! 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Soon, bleached-denim-clad couples everywhere will kick back on their white leather sofas, crank up the latest New Kids on the Block album and rip open packets of pickled onion flavour Monster Munch. </p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fdf268/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/revenge-of-the-80s-the-decade-that-is-making-a-comeback-945050.html&link=Revenge of the 80s: The decade that is making a comeback" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/revenge-of-the-80s-the-decade-that-is-making-a-comeback-945050.html&link=Revenge of the 80s: The decade that is making a comeback" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304490/f/3803/c/266/s/33419880/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050304490/f/3803/c/266/s/33419880/a2.img" border="0"/></a> Fashionably early: Milan Fashion Week <p><b>Minis</b></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3803/s/1fc71c1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/fashionably-early-milan-fashion-week-944757.html&link=Fashionably early: Milan Fashion Week" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/fashionably-early-milan-fashion-week-944757.html&link=Fashionably early: Milan Fashion Week" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249414/f/3803/c/266/s/33321409/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/20050249414/f/3803/c/266/s/33321409/a2.img" border="0"/></a> My Style: Sue Cubitt <p> <b>James Sherwood: </b>Marlene Dietrich, Jean Muir, Catherine Deneuve: few women can wear tailored trousers with utter conviction, but I would add your name to the list, Sue. 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