Saturday 20 April 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARC

We are sorry we are a little late wishing you a HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY MARC JACOBS, but we will confess it kind of slipped our minds.  But we were waiting for our INVITE to the BASH  which still hasn't arrived!  LOL




We think that Victoria Beckham snaffled our Invite .....  anyway we are celebrating this weekend by reducing the prices of all our MARC JACOBS DRESSES to either £99 or £199 at the DWS WOMENSWEAR SALE.

At D.W.S. you need never pay full price to look fabulous .....





Friday 19 April 2013

YOU GO GIRL

Spotted at a Bus Stop having a not-so-private moment of fun before she starts her day ..... just imagine how much more excited she would have been if she was on her way to the D.W.S. WOMENSWEAR SALE that starts this morning at 10 am sharp.



Thursday 18 April 2013

TILDA SWINTON IN 'W'


TILDA SWINTON is one of our favourite actresses AND fashion icon.  We LOVED these pictures by 
TIM WALKER  for the May edition of 'W' Magazine that we just had to share them with you.










Sunday 14 April 2013

MY BOYFRIEND DOES MY MAKE UP

So at D.W.S. we like to inform, educate and entertain you with these fashion snippets we post here on our Blog ..... and this is one of the latter kind. We hope. We've come across another YOUTUBE phenomenon who has more Facebook Fans than Jennifer Lawrence, more Twitter followers than Fox News (that's the US version of SKY) and more Instagram friends than even Oprah Winfrey.  Granted most of them are under 30 years of old.

So today we thought we would share with you one of JENNA MARBLES most viewed videos (over 14million hits and so far) .  It's called 'My Boyfriend Does My Make Up ' : a self-explanatory title.  We think it is rather funny .... but hey, we at DWS are very young at heart .... but it may not be to everyone's taste.  And be warned, Ms Marbles does use a lot of curse words.


If you enjoyed it, there are many more in her channel, so you can subscribe to get updates

Friday 12 April 2013

IS FASHION ART?

The answer is YES sometimes.  Definitely in the case of  renowned sculptor CLAES OLDENBURG who has two Exhibitions of his work opening at M.O.M.A. in New York on Sunday.   The one we are rushing to see is entitled 'THE STREET AND THE STORE' which features some stunning paper mache pieces he made back in the 1960's.  We can't wait to see it all.





The Exhibition runs through to August 5th 2013 

Tuesday 9 April 2013

THE DEVIL SHEDS PRADA


If you really can't wait for your fashion fix until Friday 19th April when at 10 am sharp we open the doors for our next WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER SALE then you might like to try and get your hands on some goodies that ANNA WINTOUR, Vogue's editor-in-chief, has donated to charity.  

Ms Wintour was of course the inspiration for the movie 'THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA' and although the two handbags are actually not Prada they are from her closet at Vogue.  Just like the amazing fashion treasure trove that Anne Hathaway's character gets made over in the movie.

The bags, a REED KRAKOFF tote and a SALVATORE FERRAGAMO hobo, are in in perfect condition according to the eBay page, and are being sold to help 'BEATING BOWEL CANCER'





So if you feel like doing your part to support this very worthy charity , click here to get to the eBay auction or head to http://www.beatingbowelcancer.org for other ways to contribute.

Monday 8 April 2013

LILLY PULITZER : THE WOMAN WHO RE-DESIGNED SUMMER

At D.W.S. Summer is our favourite season : pretty tropical prints in bright sunny colours for which we have one lady in particular to thank for : LILLY PULITZER.  The story has it that in 1959 when this young heiress from the wealthy publishing company opened a juice stand among the citrus groves in Palm Beach, she needed a dress that would camouflage the stains of orange and grapefruit spills.  So she had one made, creating a look that proved to be so popular for more than five decades. Her vividly flowered housedresses became known simply as 'Lillys'.


She designed collections around whatever struck  her  fancy ... fruits, vegetables, politics or peacocks.  They were bright and garish and yet they became the summer 'uniform' of the ultra-rich : even Jacqueline Kennedy wore them.





It is with some sadness that we read of Ms Pulitzer's death yesterday at the age of 81.  Her dresses full of her wonderful joie de vivre have inspired several generations of designers  since, and have made summer fashion so much more fun. We have never had any 'Lilly's' BUT have sold many many well-known international Designers collections that owe more than a debt of gratitude to this inspirational woman.



Thank you Lilly Pulitizer for making our lives so much brighter.