YSL's light touch stands the test of time
Yves Saint Laurent’s Touche Eclat concealer is considered the best at hiding the evidence of a late night.
Not that we’re saying the winner of today’s prize has anything to conceal but they will run off with a clutch of tried and tested make-up favourites, including YSL Touche Eclat, Maybelline Great Lash Mascara, Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, Lancôme’s Juicy Tubes and Chanel No. 5 perfume.
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It was no big surprise that diamond studs, with all their classy understated style, made it onto the Timeless 50.
Today, in celebration, we’re giving away this gorgeous pair of Tiffany & Co Platinum Diamond Stud earrings.
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Never just school uniform de rigeur
Most Brits started their life wearing the white shirt to school every day, whilst many were turned off school uniform colours for life, the white shirt continues to reign supreme. Shirt seller Charles Tyrwhitt announced demand for their white shirts increased by 50% from January to August this year.
Obama, often seen with crisp white collars and sleeves rolled up for action, might have something to do with it. The shirt is becoming the no nonsense business symbol. But he’s not the only star to turn to the classic. Patti Smith played on its androgynous qualities in the 70s; Anne Wintour relied on its simplicity in the 90s when Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and six other supermodels appeared in Gap white shirts for the 100th Vogue cover.
And today it’s back in the headlines. So wear it unbuttoned, oversized, pinned at the waist, or any way that wouldn’t make it past the school gates.
Outer layer charm for both women and men
In the iconography of style, there are few symbols as loaded with meaning as the trench coat, and that goes for the women’s version as much as the men’s.
It’s all about Hollywood. You could even say, without too much exaggeration, that it’s all about Casablanca, the ultimate wartime romance and a movie that you could safely pitch as the story of a man, a woman and a trench coat. On Humphrey Bogart as Rick, the coolest character in movie history, the belted trench suggests strength, knowledge and secrets to be hoarded. Loosen that belt and who knows what might happen.
For the women, think Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, all glamour and mystery and again, inescapably, the heady almost indefinable allure of movie sex.
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Acquascutum and Burberry might both claim to have invented the style, but there is no doubt it came to prominence among British officers in the trenches of the First World War. It has also figured plenty in other movie genres, think Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies or Woody Allen communing with Bogie in Play It Again Sam. Once a coat gets its own movie send-up, its iconic status is assured.
Sterling silver hoop earrings come in all shapes and sizes, including riffs on Balinese style and Native American dream catchers. The simplest styles offset any outfit, and if you want to add an extra touch, why not get them personalised?
Sex and the City made name necklaces famous, and spawned countless imitations of Carrie’s. Well, today’s equivalents are signature silver hoops – and these ones can fit up to seven letters to spell out a name, nickname or catchphrase.
Size matters, but not as much as what you do with it. Go large to add bulk to skinny jeans, and twin with a jacket for nighttime pizzaz. Or keep them mini for everyday wear. Whatever your taste, silver hoops complement it.