This picture just makes us want to lie on a chaise longue in a sparkling dress with seriously swooshy hair and a smouldering look. Or just be Kelly Brook.
However, without becoming a different person and in absence of chaise longue we can still have the dress (and with the help of a Hershesons blow dry, the hair to match too). This one shoulder shimmer dress from New Look is only £39.99 and perfect for all those winter parties just around the corner.
This season New Look have one shouldered shimmer down to a T this season with a fabulous selection of sequinned and embellished mini dresses and maxis.
Some of their other evening dresses are also making us swoon. As modelled by Kelly Brook below, we love this mini flirty white dress and this black evening maxi.
This season the Westfield campaign focuses on five key trends to shop for: faux fur, sequins, mod, heritage, statement coats. Some people love changing their wardrobe completely every season but for some it’s an arduous (and expensive) task. But it doesn’t have to be. To update your wardrobe you don’t need to rehaul everything and more often than not all you really need is a key piece. We headed to Westfield London and secured the help of five fabulous bloggers to pick out a key piece for each trend.
Laetitia Wajnapel, otherwise known as blogger extraordinaire Mademoiselle Robot, was set the task of finding a key piece for the mod trend.
Heading straight to Topshop, Laetitia picked up this pair of boyish red trousers from for £38 as her key piece for the mod trend and paired them with with a 60s printed jacket and some retro accessories.
Watch the video to see how she picked the piece, what she paired it with and her advice on how to wear the mod trend.
Jess Markwood, editorial director at OSOYOU had to hunt for the perfect coat. With so many gorgeous coats on the rails Jess was rather spoilt for choice but she decided on one as it worked the masculine tailoring trend but is so classic it would last from season to season, except summer of course (although with our summers you never know), and picked up this coat from Reiss.
The coat, which costs £275, is one of our favourites for winter. Elegant but with an edge and in a beautiful coffee colour. It also comes in saphire blue and red for those who want to wow with colour too.
The heritage trend is probably one of the more difficult to make work if you don’t know how.
The trend, which is all about layering different textures and prints, is big news for autumn/winter and it was Reena Rai from Fashion Daydreams who was set the challenge of finding a key piece.
The glitzy blogger chose this Topshop coat for £100. Matched it with straight trousers and some signature heels. Check out Reena’s advice on rocking the heritage look.
Sequins are huge news and perfect for party season but they can be difficult to get right.
Too much and you can look like a shiny disco ball which is never a good look.
Becky tried to avoid the sequin dress but got drawn to this amazing dress from French Connection for £165. We love it. We want it. She got it… and here’s how she’s wearing it.
Kate from Catwalk Queen had the challenge of finding a key faux fur piece. From the minute she started shopping Kate was drawn to gilets, and there are some real gems out in the centres at the moment, but it was this £75 gilet from Topshop that won out in the end.
Paired with a long dress from House of Fraser and some killer accessories we love Kate’s final look which you’ll see in the video.
Oh there’s so much beautiful sales bounty out there, that we’ve trawled through the tat and found our must-have top five accessory bargains. See you in the queue!
First up is this sparkling statement necklace from Debenhams by Erickson Beamon from the Designers At Debenhams range. It’s perfect for blinging up your NYE outfit and now it’s reduced from £20 to £14, it won’t break the bank either!
If you haven’t already brought your winter woolies, the sale is the perfect time to splurge. The sequins on this Topshop beret elevate it to more than just a woollie hat – snap it up now for just £10.
If you’re a designer diva, now is definitely the time to bag yourself a bargain. We’ve got our eye on this gorgeous Marc by Marc Jacobs bangle watch from House Of Fraser. It’s seriously stylish and has now been reduced from £137 to £109.
Scarves are a great way to update a boring old oufit and they don’t get much more glam than this sequin number from Dorothy Perkins, reduced from £15 to £10.
Inject a touch of vintage style into your wardrobe with this glass tassel belt from Monsoon, which has been reduced by 50% to a bargain £10.
When we saw Lauren Conrad pitch up on the red carpet in a little grey dress and a black sequin cardigan, we knew we had to follow her lead grab ourselves some glam knitwearl!
It’s the perfect festive fashion statement, which will look just as great on the dance floor at the Christmas party as it will with jeans for those Boxing Day celebrations.
The key is to keep the rest of your outfit simple and let the sequins do the talking! We’ve chosen our favourite three sequinned cardigans on the high street – grab one now to inject a touch of glamour into your Christmas.
L-R: Black embellished cardigan, £85, Topshop; Spot sequin cardigan, £79.99, River Island; Sequin cardigan, £20, New Look
When we spoke to William Baker about his favourite fashion trends, he told us that he just loved, loved, loved sequins and anything that shimmers, so we weren’t surprised when we saw this fabulous look he created for our look book (which will be given away all this week at Westfield London).
‘Add a sequinned something to any outfit this season for an instant update. There are so many around. For me more is more, wear sequins with sequins AND a statement necklace.’ says Will.
If you want to recreate this outfit, you can find the T-shirt and trousers at River Island, and the waistcoat is from Twenty8Twelve. If you don’t want to go head-to-toe in shimmer, try a sequinned scarf and belt, which will make your oufit look very modern and oh-so-on-trend! Check out Mimco and Accessorize for some sparkling goodies.
