In 2013 the actress Naomi Watts caused a sensation at the Oscars by wearing an evening dress with an unusual asymmetric neckline. Fashion journalists worldwide were chatting about her outfit – but for ladies from the Indian subcontinent an asymmetric neckline isn’t really that unfamiliar, is it? We may not wear one ourselves, but at […]
In the 1960s, a post-war Britain was celebrating fashion – and monochrome (black & white) was all the rage. With black & white you could be bold, daring, outrageous. The high contrast between the colours meant that patterns were emphasised, lines were cleaner, and tailoring was truly on show. The trend was certainly a sign of the […]
Ask a chap to list types of yellow and he’ll probably be stumped at two or three – maybe bright yellow, dark yellow and orangey-yellow will be offered as suggestions. But most ladies will probably do better – using words such as primrose, straw, lemon, goldfish, melon, honey and even sunny to describe the exact […]
