http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk Sportswear Beware?||||33||||2012/5/12 It's rare for a summer to pass without the suggestion of sportswear as fashion becoming a point of debate, and with the Olympic launch in London just a few months away, there was no way summer 2012 was going to be an exception. This trend reared it's ultimately ugly head just a few months ago on the... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=12/05/2012&EventID=33 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=12/05/2012&EventID=33 The Reading Sunglasses Season is Reason to be Jolly!||||32||||2012/2/14 The Reading Sunglasses season is almost upon us while we sweep away the snow and shake off the winter blues and dream of soaking up the rays next to the pool, or on the beach, in some exotic, tranquil location. However, there are many of us who are bored rigid by the thought of lounging on a sunbed... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=14/02/2012&EventID=32 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=14/02/2012&EventID=32 Jay Z’s failed attempt to profit from protest with Occupy t-shirts||||31||||2011/11/28 For anyone who doesn't know, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is a series of protests against corporate greed, with a focus on the activities of the financial services sector.Demonstrations began on 17th September 2011 in the Zuccotti Park area of Wall Street (New York's financial district), and look set to... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=28/11/2011&EventID=31 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=28/11/2011&EventID=31 Express: Bring Back Jean Curves||||30||||2011/8/13 I remember when Express actually sold clothes that you could wear to work. While some of their pieces are still suitable for the offices, the company has started gearing itself more towards high school seniors and college freshmen and sophomores. To put it quite simply, Express just isn’t what it wa... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=13/08/2011&EventID=30 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=13/08/2011&EventID=30 Shoes Can Either Make You or Break You!||||29||||2011/8/11 Shoes are a favorite fashion item which can make a testimonial about the individual wearing them seem akin to a star in Hollywood, a nerd, or someone making a very hip statement which may result in the accessory that future “every bodies” desire to become “fashionable”. This “someone” may be creatin... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=11/08/2011&EventID=29 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=11/08/2011&EventID=29 I'm in Love With My Levi Purse||||28||||2011/8/8 I spotted this patent leather purse and knew I just had to have it. I don't know what it is about this purse but it was the beginning of a fascination that I have never been able to quench. Whenever I'm out I always look for the perfect accessory that goes with my bag. I'm 21 years old. I'm young en... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=08/08/2011&EventID=28 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=08/08/2011&EventID=28 I Feel Like a Long Legged Goddess in My Jeans!||||27||||2011/8/7 I have a favorite pair of jeans that I never want to take off! Whenever I go out of the house, my boyfriend always tells me, “Wear my favorite jeans!” He always tells me he loves my fashion sense; however, ever since he saw me in my Levi’s, he doesn’t want to see anything else. It makes me feel amaz... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=07/08/2011&EventID=27 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=07/08/2011&EventID=27 A Sterling Silver Bracelet: the Best Gift||||26||||2011/8/4 Not to long ago I received a sterling silver bracelet. My boyfriend got it for me for my birthday. It is made up of separate hearts connected on a bracelet. The bracelet is my favorite fashion item, because it's not only stylish but was given to me by someone that means a lot to me. I got it two yea... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=04/08/2011&EventID=26 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=04/08/2011&EventID=26 Belts: It's a Hold Up!||||25||||2011/8/3 Many people wouldn't believe that my favorite fashion item is a...a...belt. Believe it or not. I was that one person to rarely wear a belt. Then I walkied into a cheap designer store and discovered this black 8inch thick belt. It's my best accessory in my wardrobe. If I get a dress that is too big o... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=03/08/2011&EventID=25 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=03/08/2011&EventID=25 About My Yellow PINK shirt||||24||||2011/8/1 I purchased this yellow PINK shirt at Victoria's Secret when I used to work there, along with several other shirts of the same style but a different color. It was meant to be an oversized pajama shirt. I bought it many sizes smaller so it would be more fitted. I used to wear this yellow shirt when I... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/08/2011&EventID=24 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/08/2011&EventID=24 The Only Jewelry I Ever Want to Wear||||23||||2011/7/30 It all started with my new job. I had been unemployed and a friend of mine suggested I apply at his work. It was a dispatch position for a cable contractor in our local area. The job paid well and it was steady work so I gave it a try. I got the job. It was a single girls dream. Only two girls in th... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=30/07/2011&EventID=23 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=30/07/2011&EventID=23 My Baby's First Pair of Levi's||||22||||2011/7/19 I can still picture him in my mind wearing those faded little Levi's, and tiny white T-shirt. Barely able to walk and yet all stylish in his faded jeans. They even had holes in the knees. What made these jeans so special you might ask? Well they were a pair of 502 in size 2t that had been handed dow... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=19/07/2011&EventID=22 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=19/07/2011&EventID=22 Fave Tops: Let's Get Tanked||||21||||2011/7/1 I went to the store the other day in search of a tank top to keep me cool in the summertime heat. After scrambling through racks and racks of department store knock offs, I finally asked an associate, “Hey, can you tell me where I can find the male tank tops?” The clerk put on an expression of confu... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/07/2011&EventID=21 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/07/2011&EventID=21 The Fashionable Blue-Stone Earrings that Refused to be Lost||||20||||2011/6/7 As a birthday present a few years back, a friend gave me a pair of earrings. The earrings had a one-inch line of blue, variable-shaped stones hanging from them. These earrings were the perfect addition to almost any outfit I put together. In summer they looked great with a bikini. In winter they hun... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=07/06/2011&EventID=20 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=07/06/2011&EventID=20 Why I Love My Diet Coke T-Shirt||||19||||2011/3/22 I knew it was fate when I went to the thrift-store and found an" I love diet Coke" t-shirt. I am the perfect person to own a diet Coke t-shirt and someone in the store sensed a diet Coke lover would be shopping or it was a higher power. And for only $2.99! Sure diet coke is a part of pop culture and... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=22/03/2011&EventID=19 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=22/03/2011&EventID=19 Favourite Fashion: That One Pair Of Jeans||||18||||2011/1/18 In the fitting words of The Vandals front man Dave Quackenbush, “I don’t wanna change my pants.” These words are as true today as they were when they were written as nothing in the world can beat the perfect pair of pants. It doesn’t matter what you believe makes a pair of pants perfect; they can be... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=18/01/2011&EventID=18 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=18/01/2011&EventID=18 They Call it Junglist Fashion||||17||||2010/12/17 Junglist is a term first referring to a person that listens to jungle mucis, called Jungle. The music is also called Drum 'n' Bass. Junglists usually gravitate towards Old school, Ragga Jungle, tech step and jump up DnB. Junglist has a unique fashion. Some people wear huge pants, entries shoes, a so... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=17/12/2010&EventID=17 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=17/12/2010&EventID=17 A Beaded Belt to be Admired||||16||||2010/11/8 My father in law was never very good at buying me Christmas presents. Every year he would hand over a parcel which I would leave until the last minute hoping that people would forget I hadn’t opened it. Last Christmas was no different, the parcel was handed over and I dawdled opening it. But then, i... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=08/11/2010&EventID=16 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=08/11/2010&EventID=16 My Unforgettable Experience in Brown Thomas, Dublin||||15||||2010/10/30 I was in Brown Thomas. For those of you not familiar with this shop, it is one of the oldest in Dublin and in recent years has become the main store in Ireland for buying high end fashion items. I only ever go in to this particular shop when the sales are on because the prices are astronomical. Howe... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=30/10/2010&EventID=15 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=30/10/2010&EventID=15 Fashion: Handmade and Made Again||||14||||2010/10/12 As a trimester student, I had a full month off from college during December with little to do and no friends home to hang out with. So, crafter that I am, I bought a stock of yarn and a pattern that looked appealing and set to work. About three-fourths of the way done with my long cable and lace kni... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=12/10/2010&EventID=14 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=12/10/2010&EventID=14 What Keeps My Wardrobe Fabulously Golden||||13||||2010/9/17 I've been watching "The Golden Girls" since it first aired in the 1980s. I was probably about four or five years old then and I'd watch it with my grandma on Saturday nights. Since then I have seen every episode at least three times in re-runs. It's one of my favorite shows, which is why I was so ex... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=17/09/2010&EventID=13 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=17/09/2010&EventID=13 My Cheap Vest Can Spice Up Any Old Shirt||||12||||2010/8/27 Years ago, I bought a cheap dress vest from Hot Topic. At the time, these vests were all the rage in the emo scene and fashionable metal acts. You couldn't flip through a copy of Pitchfork without seeing at least thirty skinny white guys in disinterested poses wearing one of these black, sleek vests... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=27/08/2010&EventID=12 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=27/08/2010&EventID=12 Odd Fashion Facts||||11||||2010/8/1 Some 10% of Americans, according to a recent survey, said that they were happy to buy an outfit with the intention of returning it to the store after wearing it once only. In France more cosmetics are worn by married men than by their wives. This probably excludes lipsticks - women it seems get th... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/08/2010&EventID=11 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/08/2010&EventID=11 A Tough Material||||10||||2010/7/18 Who would have thought that a tough material originally from France would, decades later, become one of the most widely worn items of clothing today. Denim - an American version of "serge de Nimes" (a town in France) is that tough material. And so came forth - jeans. Admired by all for their dura... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=18/07/2010&EventID=10 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=18/07/2010&EventID=10 Dressing To Please||||9||||2010/7/14 Women often dress to please men. But do they realise just how much their choice of clothing can be very off putting from the man's point of view. According to a recent survey this included leggings, headbands, and oversized sunglasses (often worn up on the hair). Many of the men surveyed thought ... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=14/07/2010&EventID=9 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=14/07/2010&EventID=9 Teenagers - whatever !||||8||||2010/7/1 For many decades now teenagers have been rebellious about, amongst other things, what they wear. They did not, and still do not, want to be seen wearing the same items of clothing as their parents - or any other adult. Unless, of course, the other adults just happen to be trend setting film stars ... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/07/2010&EventID=8 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=01/07/2010&EventID=8 Designer's dilemma||||7||||2010/6/16 In some respects life is easier for the designers of ladies clothing compared to that of the male species. They have more freedom to mix and match items of clothing and materials, as well as access to the entire colour spectrum. With men they are somewhat limited. Less items - suits, jackets, trouse... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=16/06/2010&EventID=7 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=16/06/2010&EventID=7 If the shoe fits||||5||||2010/6/16 Today's fashions are mainly influenced by the big fashion houses and well known designers. Also playing their part are the celebrities from the worlds of cinema, television, and popular music. Centuries ago it was th European royalty setting not only the trend but also the strict rules to ensure t... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=16/06/2010&EventID=5 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=16/06/2010&EventID=5 Pass The Hat Round||||4||||2010/6/6 If you take a look at an old film or photograph of British people in the early part of the 20th century you will see that they are all wearing hats. They were the fashion of that era and were worn for going to work at the factory or office as well as on special occasions. Some of them look like th... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=06/06/2010&EventID=4 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=06/06/2010&EventID=4 The Number Isn't Everything: Dressing to Body Type and Ignoring the Number||||3||||2010/5/27 Western Culture and the Fashion Industry has played a terrible prank on women over the course of the past 50 years with almost no end in sight. Unrealistic ideals of beauty, marketed to young girls who then grow up to raise their daughters like bonzai trees to try and let them not feel the disappoin... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=27/05/2010&EventID=3 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=27/05/2010&EventID=3 No More Hourglass Ridiculousness||||2||||2010/5/12 Did you know that some Victorian ladies were so eager to have that hour glass shape they suffered from broken ribs from having their corsets laced up too tight ? Women today do not need to go to such drastic lengths to be fashionable. Although some items of clothing seen on the catwalks of fashion... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=12/05/2010&EventID=2 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=12/05/2010&EventID=2 We're All Royalty Now||||1||||2010/5/18 Over the past few years there has been an increase in the sales of designer wear. It seems more and more people today want fashion items. In the Middle Ages it was the royalty of the time who had the influence and dominated what we wore. Only the wealthy and upper element of society could dress i... http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=18/05/2010&EventID=1 http://www.foreverinfashion.co.uk/blog.asp?date=18/05/2010&EventID=1