Style Manifesto

1. Never wear tights with open-toe shoes, particularly with american tan tights. 

Not a good look Megan Fox!

2. A bag changes everything.. and a girl can never have too many. It can be a plain black outfit, but accessorised with a bright bag, the outfit is complete!

Victoria Beckham proving my point!

3. Don't ALWAYS listen to style rules. My mum is adamant that you should match the nail polish on your fingers and toes… i will continue to tell her she is wrong!

( FYI a poll last year showed only 6% of women match their nail varnish!)

4. Don't jump on every new trend. Some are just wrong (harem pants and wedge trainers anyone?) and some trends are over before they start and just aren't worth your money!

5. Attempt 'double denim' with caution, pulled off well it can look really good. But its so easy to get wrong..

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake working that double denim!

6. Know what looks good on you. Just because a crop top and skirt looks good on Cara Delevigne.. does not mean it looks good on you. But there definitely is something to flatter every size and shape.

7. No matter how many times they come back and who's wearing them never do kitten heels. They are the work of the devil!

.. need i say more?

8. A striped breton top will always look good.

9. You can never go wrong in a black outfit! especially with a statement lip, bag or shoe.

10. If you really love something buy it! The feeling of finally getting on your hands on something you've been admiring for months feels brilliant.. even if that Mulberry bag means not paying rent or eating for the next month...

End of the slag heel?

For years women have been choosing a high heel over a kitten. French actress Catherine Deneuve claims that a mid heel is far sexier and it's down to twisted designers that people are obsessed with five inch heels. She has revealed that for her portrayal of Severine Serizy, in the 1967 film Belle De Jour, where a housewife turns to prostitution, she deliberately swerved away from high heels and instead went for a clunky mid-heeled Roger Vivier pair of shoes. Overnight Deneuve turned the shoe into a massive success and Vivier sold 200,00 pairs in one year alone. Deneuve has said that with a more demure, lower heel, women can feel "free, emancipated,as if we can deal with life's challenges." and asked "Do women today really want to make caricatures of themselves?"  Im really not a fan of the kitten heel myself, I could never see myself wearing them. I like how a high heel, can make the legs appear slimmer and longer and make an outfit look dressed up and polished. Kitten heels have always reminded me of a nan at a wedding kind of shoe. Saying that, recently my opinion has been changed, ever so slightly, Zara particularly has been catching my eye with its dainty stroppy sandals with a small heel, I don't think kitten heels will ever take over high heels, but these beauts from Zara are definitely a contender in the shoe stakes for me!

            Yves Saint Laurent's suede ingenue pump, frequently seen on Alexa Chung