Store Credit...Madewell NYC

Interior- Madewell on Broadway, NYC

Madewell has never been a store on my holiday-shopping radar until August of this year, when Alexa chung designed a caspule collection for the American label. Since then I've been keeping a close eye on their latest offerings, and last week while in New York I finally got a chance to visit the Broadway store. While Ms Chung's collection has sold out at this stage, their mainline collection of jeans, silk blouses, glamerous knitwear and beautifully displayed costume jewellery is perfection.

The store is great, long and narrow with two floors of fun and loads of really nicely styled sales assistants at the ready. The styling is what really won me over, their mannequins, staff, and web shots are so well put together, that even a simple skater skirt transformed into my most coveted wardrobe essential. Genius!

Their star item which took pride of place in the store was the Telegraph trousers, a warm, thick jersey peg trouser which compared to the other items was really well priced ($88), and while I thought they might be the trouser that will revolutionise my wardrobe, and solve all my outfit dilemmas, I looked REALLY mumsy in them, so had to bow out! (Perhaps they look good on an Alexa-type?) I did go for one of their friendship bracelets and glitter thread fine knit sweaters though, and loved the silk blouses too. They also have a small collection of "Madewell Found" vintage one-offs which are scattered around too, like the denim cut offs above.

Oh great, another place to pop into the NYC-MUST VISIT black book! 

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Far right- Telegraph trousers
All from madewell.com

Details: Kat Maconie Boots

Kat Maconie at Whistles

These lovelies are everything I need from a boot right now. They fit my nude palette I'm currently obsessed with (see my latest trendalicious,) they have a practical chunky heel which means they look great but I can feel comfortable in them and both the colour and style can take me easily from winter to spring. They are also the perfect height as they don't come too high up past your ankle so they won't make your legs look short. They look great over your skinnies with an alpine style knit for now. And when the weather finally decides to warm up, pair them with a tea dress and cute ankle socks. 

And if you needed another excuse to purchase them they are now in the sale for £120 down from £138!

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We heart...Sass & Bide jewellery

I was recently shooting a main fashion story and called in these brilliant punky accessories from Sass & Bide. Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton's shows are always in my top three every fashion week, and not just because they're on day one before we all get jaded and fed-up! Until now, I had been a firm believer that their genius black rats were the best thing to come out of the label, which surprisingly began its life as a stall on London's Portobello Road. But now they have branched out into ROCKIN' jewellery, and I couldn't be happier- so much so that I had to try it all on at once!

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Today's Special...Selfridges Boxing day sale

You couldn't pay me to get out of my pjs and slipper socks this morning, especially not to trapse into the West End for some sale shopping. But the Selfridges sale starting at 11am today (also online - don't worry!) is going to be absolutely incredible, and Show Shoppers got a sneak preview of what goodies are going to go on sale this morning.

Our favourites have to be the Balmain skinny jeans, Stella McCartney evening dress and Paige print jeans, all massively reduced. Good look out there ladies, and enjoy!

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From left to right: Balmain jeans were £1250, now £295.
 Stella McCartney dress, was £1095, now £495. Paige jeans, were £195, now £90.



Trendalicious...Nude

Shoes £315 Jimmy Choo,Coat £119 Zara, Top £495 Lanvin at Matches, Skirt £95 Reiss at Asos.com, Dress £1895 Alexnader McQueen at Net-a-porter.com, Top £28 Topshop, Bag £1060 Prada

Lately I have been drawn to all things neutral. My wardrobe is a sea of black, navy, grey (and this season camel) anyway, but right now my favourite colour to wear is nude. This colour oozes class and sophistication and suits more skin tones than you'd expect, it's all about getting the shade to suit your skin tone. Experiment whilst out shopping, try what you normally wouldn't and find your neutral hue. Warm up naked colours by adding either yellow or rose gold jewellery. 

Don't get bored dressing in the nude, mix up your shoe and bag colours. Pair with black accessories to harden up the look. Be romantic and stay with a complete neutral palette or add a sneaky splash of leopard print. Or for a party look this season add sparkle with lots of sequins and glitter.

Keep your make-up clean and natural for fresh faced beauty or smother your eye lids with  dark eye shadow and black kohl liner to add some sassiness to your ensemble.

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We heart...One Grey Day now in the UK

As a massive fan of LA labels, I couldn't be happier that My-Wardrobe.Com is stocking Bradley Davidowitz's really wearable luxury casual-wear. I can't wait to see what they choose from the SS'11 collection, as we've had a sneak peak and it is a "I want one of everything" kind of situation for the Show Shoppers! Look for Davidowitz's lucky wishbone emblem amongst the embellishment and decoration throughout the collections, his trademark stamp. Mostly in grey, black and white, the SS'11 collection is exactly what I like to wear day-to-day, and having it in the UK now will save Show Shoppers a small fortune in shipping costs. Katching!!

See our favourite pieces from One Grey Day's Spring Summer 2011 collection.

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From One Grey Day's SS'11 Collection



Trendalicious: Bow clutches

Christmas is one of the only times that I take dressing up seriously. The rest of the year I pursue my Friday and Saturday nights in pretty much the same get-up as I wear to work the rest of the week. But Christmas parties are a whole different can of worms, and no amount of sequins, dresses, heels and crystals are ever too much. Perfect! Doing the rounds at recent soirees have been tonnes of beautiful bow shaped and decorated clutches, like these beauties below. My only advise is that one bow is always enough. Steer clear of any others, for fear of looking entirely gift wrapped!

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