thefashionpatriot.com is now LIVE!

I am very pleased to announce that thefashionpatriot.com is now LIVE!! I have been working hard to get this launched by the end of the year, and the day has finally arrived (yay!) :)

Please make sure you continue to follow TFP at our new home: thefashionpatriot.com

Samira xx

Designer Spotlight: Olivia Howard (Olive & Finn)

I first met Olivia Howard a couple of weeks ago at The PR Department's Olive & Finn press showing, and I was absolutely obsessed with her passion for the clothes she was stocking, and her knowledge of fabrics and cuts. As you all know I am a massive stickler for good quality fabrics and natural fibres, as well as well made clothes, and this was one of the many things Olivia and I had in common. 

Her aim of creating an intimate online boutique has been extremely well executed, with a simple and clean format, you legitimately feel you are browsing the racks at your favourite boutique with the click of a mouse. 

With an incredible range of pants, shorts, skirts, dresses, bags and jewellery, and affordable prices, Olive & Finn is fast becoming one of my favourite online stores. 

Be sure to check out my interview with Olivia (below), and the Olive & Finn store ASAP! 

Spotted...

All the stars have come out to play in Frankfurt today for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2012. Best Song nominee and winner, Carly Rae Jepsen chose a beautiful metallic Johanna Johnson gown for the red carpet. Now, this dress is gorgeous, but this look is so wrong. The hair would have been so much better pulled back into a high pony, or a low bun... and the dress has not been tailored properly, it's too long and too big around Carly's bust. Tailoring is EVERYTHING! Getting the fit of a dress right takes it to the next level. It's a shame because this dress is really beautiful, but it's just a case of the wrong dress on the wrong girl, and bad styling. 

I do, however, like the pop of the blood red lip and nails. 

Spotted...

Former bad-girl, Kelly Osbourne wowed last night at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in a floral Zimmermann dress. This dress is simply stunning! The colour and the fabric is gorgeous, and it fits Kelly beautifully! Kelly walked away with the Ultimate Style Award, and deservedly so... After losing a reported 30kg, and cleaning up her act, Kelly rivals most other A-Listers on the red carpet these days.

As you can probably tell, I am a sucker for a good makeover story, haha!