The Style Maven: A-line skirts

Make a beeline for the A-line, says Kate Finnigan.

BY Kate Finnigan | 14 October 2012

Even in my thirties (still clinging on) I’ve never managed to shake off the back-to-school feeling that arrives in the autumn. And it’s not just a new season, new wardrobe thing. Come September and October I am actually pining to wear a…

The Style Maven: get shirty

Style Maven, Kate Finnigan, says keep your shirt on.

BY Kate Finnigan | 02 September 2012

At the start of a brand-new fashion season where there are new trends galore (Gothic! Purple! Oversize!) to get your head around and expensive statement pieces (that Céline coat, those Prada shoes) to put on your never-never wish list, the humble shirt…

The Style Maven: an outbreak of spots

Kate Finnigan catches the contagious trend for spotty prints.

BY Kate Finnigan | 22 July 2012

I’ve been seeing spots for the past few days. Ever since I decided to write about them they have appeared before my eyes – big black ones on a breezy white chiffon shirt worn by one of our interns; little polka dots…

The Style Maven: global traveller

Kate Finnigan dreams of travelling through clothes.

BY Kate FInnigan | 08 July 2012

I was in a swanky part of town the other day when a chic woman with silver hair and a rather nice Fendi handbag caught my eye. As I turned to watch her go, I saw the underside of the upturned collar of her…

The Style Maven: modern prom dresses

Kate Finnigan explains why you shall go to the prom… again.

BY Kate Finnigan | 10 June 2012

This summer, prom dresses aren’t only to be enjoyed by school leavers. The sighs emanating from the editors on the front row at Jonathan Saunders’ show last September made that clear. The oddness of the fashion industry is such that sometimes seeing a…

The style maven: bomber jackets

This season the action hero’s essential gets a girly makeover.

BY Kate Finnigan | 13 May 2012

From Steve McQueen in The Great Escape …

The Style Maven: pyjamas

Kate Finnigan on the season’s easiest trend, pyjamas.

BY Kate Finnigan | 29 April 2012

Every morning my three-year-old daughter weeps – no, screams – because she doesn’t want to get dressed. ‘Jar-mas!’ she wails. ‘Jar-mas!’ Given that she is merely exchanging one soft’n'stretchy set of garments for another – rather than, say, a pair of tricky high heels – I…

The style maven: crop tops

A brief note on baring your torso this summer, by Kate Finnigan.

BY Kate Finnigan | 15 April 2012

Tell me, just who, apart from Jessica Ennis and Victoria Pendleton, is going to be slipping joyfully into a midriff-revealing crop top this season?

Thought as much. I felt the same way but, worried that this was an age thing…