Who hasn’t heard of Twitter?

At the last count the only person that hadn’t actually heard of Twitter was a goat herder from a tribe in the furthest, most remote reaches of the Himalayan Mountain range. The only reason he had remained ignorant of the micro-blogging phenomenon was that his local tribe hadn’t been upgraded to a sufficient level of broadband connection (making updating slow and inefficient), and the mobile wireless network didn’t yet quite reach yet either, making it impossible to post from his Blackberry. He is hoping to begin tweeting next month.

No, in all seriousness – Twitter is becoming an essential source of information for anyone interested in fashion and culture in general. Here’s a list of some notable Twitter users – we have also finally managed to take the time set up our own feed – obviously, it is in it’s infancy but we hope to update it on a regular basis. If any of our readers have their own Twitters, please be sure to follow us.

The long awaited Cheap Clothes Rule Twitter is here! – http://twitter.com/CheapRules. Read on for some further Twitter fun…..

We have been thinking alot about Eco-Fashion recently. For the few uninitiated out there this is the term used for the prodcution of clothing in a sustainable manner, using materials and production techniques which reduce the damage to the environment. There are a number of eco-fashion glossaries out there that can define it far more comprehensively than us. There appears to be a massive eco-awareness drive on this christmas – with many of the leading high street stores and brands desperate to capitalise on the rise in green-consciousness amongst the general public.

Whilst we agree that it is obviously great to have an ethical approach to the production of clothing, from our point of view eco-wear has suffered from a distinct lack of style. There can never be any excuse for dowdiness – none of us really count David Bellamy (lovely man that he is!) as a style guru but at times eco-fashion has resembled his warddrobe leftovers. There has also been an expense factor, organic production techniques and materials are expensive. Our green-conscious friends may consider this sacrilege, but whats wrong with wanting to look good whilst saving the Earth?

I don’t know about you but ive always found the BBCs What Not To Wear series to be rather patronising. Not a particularly original observation you may think – i apologise for that. It seems to me that whovever happens to be the victim of a style makeover always seem to end up wearing the same, rather dull and generic ‘Ladies Catalogue Model’ style clothing. This always appears to engender a palpable air of disappointment. We are willing to bet that after a week or two of trying to stick to this forced-styling – participants revert back to wearing jogging bottoms and hoodies.

My attitude towards clothing is and always will be this -: Express Yourself and Wear What You Want :- infact, come to think of it a TV show based around that title could make for a far more interesting televisual experience that WNTW.

However, having said all that, the WNTW website does offer a rather funky ladies clothes style barometer on the website that you can try. Do you know what not to wear…?

Ladies – you can never have too many jeans!

Ok, we’re not ashamed to admit it – Peacocks is our favourite shop. Ladies, do yourself a favour and and buy a pair of these jeans right now!

Layering is once again the look of the Autumn here in the UK: Jackets, Leggings, Boots, Knee-Length Skirts, Scarfs, Wooly Hats, Jumpers, T-Shirts, Chunky Socks and anything else that you can get your hands on are all essential elements of the layered style. Layering is so popular as it is extremely versatile and can be adapted to a number of different weather conditions and social occaisions. As there are so many options with cheap clothing nowadays, it is great fun to experiment with different clothes and put together a look, there are a few things to bear in mind however:

Jeanealogy

Further to our post on our favourite brands of Jeans from the likes of Levi’s, Evisu and Peacocks – we thought that it would be interesting to look at the various styles of jeans that are available now. Obviously each style has a different cut, more suited to particular body types and social situations. Here are some of the most popular jean styles that can be found in most high street stores or online.

Stylish Maternity Wear

Maternity clothing has became an issue for us recently, as we are now of the age that alot of our friends and colleagues are ‘falling’ pregnant. As if the major, life-changing responsibility of bringing a child into the world wasn’t enough stress, another major worry is ‘oh no!, how am i going to look good pregnant.’

Perhaps our generation are suffering flasbacks from remebering our mothers, whom, pregnant with our younger siblings would wander around for about 4 months looking like an escaped out-patient, wearing tent-like blue ponchos – not very flattering.

Well, the good news is that there is now a decent selection of stylish and affordable maternity wear out there. These are some of the better maternity wear selections available at the moment.