LETS MEET TONIGHT AT DESTINATION DENIM AT SELFRIDGES

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I'm really looking forward to tonight at Selfridges Oxford Street. Myself and the Fashion Junior will be on the third floor in the denim area hoping some of you will come along so we can chat about blogging, what jeans to buy now and general stuff about fashion, the wonderful Grazia and all that jazzmatazz.

On a personal note, I haven't been wearing jeans as much as I used to lately. But then jeans were my fashion item of choice 90% of the time for the majority of the noughties. However, after a break from my skinny-leg J Brands and my ACNE Hex jeans (swapped for Dom & Ruby skinny leather trousers) I've found myself also wearing a high-waisted black slim-leg pair from Nobody (an Aussie brand), and hankering after a pair of Theyskens for Theory wide-leg jeans.

Find these on Theory.com

More than that I'm starting to feel for a new sexy boyish aesthetic that is excellently portrayed in this Buffalo inspired shoot styled by Kate Phelan and photographed by Daniel Jackson in the march edition of UK Vogue. 

I'm getting to Selfridges early today - I'm in the blogging area from 5pm - so I can try on these jeans:

Elson by Citizens of Humanity £220 at Selfridges

And the Martini wide-leg by J Brand £190 at Selfridges

I'm loving these by Zara too.

And for summer I NEED pink jeans.

Photos: Vogue/Selfridges.com/Zara.com

DON'T WHIP YOUR HAIR - SWISH YOUR SKIRT

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There's an abundance of light and playfulness in the new spring collections. Personally I am feeling very strongly for wearing long, to the point I can't imagine wearing anything shorter than ankle length for the next few months. This will be hard as currently I own only two long black dresses. (Time to click-and-buy the new Olivier Theyskens for Theory.....) Still, there's always trousers. The lightness and length that abounds in fashion now has a further halo of appeal: swishing.

Karlie Kloss swishing her heart out backstage at Lanvin by Jason Lloyd Evans

                                           Chloe SS11 backstage by Jason Lloyd Evans

As a little girl anytime my mother dressed me in a maxi lengths or circle skirts (it was the early 80s) I loved nothing more than spinning and swirling around watching the fabric float and undulate around me.
While perusing the backstage photographs of the very talented photographer Jason Lloyd Evans - he is the go-to guy for all the major brands and global fashion magazines for his backstage and beauty work - I saw the young models were having a ball with all the floaty, gauzy fabrics designers were using for spring.

D&G SS11 backstage by Jason Lloyd Evans

Even the grown ups were at it Milan , captured below by Tommy Ton during the mens shows. Do you think we ever grow out of this childish desire to enjoy a swish?

                                       Tommy Ton shoots skirt-swishing in action at the Paris Menswear shows

Photos: Jason Lloyd Evans, Tommy Ton