Hot online fashion
Who needs to actually go out and battle with the crowds when you can shop for clothes from the comfort of your own home? Internet shopping certainly isn't new, but fashion companies have upped the ante and are producing slick magazine style websites.
So now you can not only shop to your heart's content, you can get hot fashion tips and read the latest trend predictions from the comfort of your own home. Here is our round up of the best online fashion sites:
fashion-conscience.com
This website is a one-stop shop for stylish, ethical clothing. The director of fashion-conscience.com is a fashion and celebrity editor for the UK's glossy magazines.
She wanted to find the sexiest and hippest ethical clothes. The idea is that ethical fashion shouldn't be throwaway and it is just as well made and designed as other lines. They say: "Once and for all we want to shake off the 'sackcloth' interpretations of ethical fashion."
The designers and collections from all over the globe at fashion-conscience.com are both cutting edge and ethical.
Visit www.fashion-conscience.com
net-a-porter.com
This online boutique features all the luxury brands you would expect to find on Bond Street, London. Presented in the style of a glossy magazine you can browse the latest Jimmy Choo shoes and drawl over Helmut Lang or Marc Jacobs' to die for clothes.
The Sunday Times Style magazine described it as: "the slickest high-fashion magazine-style website."
The only downside to the site is that designer clothes come at designer prices, but the site is great for picking up the latest season trends - even if you can't afford them.
Visit www.net-a-porter.com
asos.com
ASOS.com is the home of affordable on-trend fashion. It's a favourite with celebs and stars like fashion-savvy Peaches Geldof, who is regularly snapped strutting up the red carpet in ASOS designs.
Like its competitors ASOS combines a magazine, with trend predictions and a blog. The online shop carries ASOS.com's own sassy brand in addition to high street designers such as Diesel and Twenty8Twelve by Sienna and Savannah Miller.
ASOS.com also pulls in the big guns of fashion having signed the likes of Sex and the City stylist Patricia Field to design a limited collection for the site.
The UK's biggest online fashion retailer, ASOS.com, launches a staggering 200 new items every week and has 5,000 products available at any one time across womenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, jewellery and beauty. Now that's retail therapy!
Visit www.asos.com
matchesfashion.com
Still in need of a fashion fix? Then head straight over to www.matchesfashion.com. What started life as one fashion boutique some 17 years ago has grown into eleven stores and a much visited website.
Featuring all the design greats you can browse clothes, shoes and accessories. Check out their Lookbook and watch videos from the latest catwalk shows.
Visit www.matchesfashion.com
vogue.com
The original and still the best style bible, the online version of Vogue is packed with fashion tips, exclusive behind the scenes action, access to the latest fashion shows, and best of all Vogue TV.
Having watched Vogue TV you can be bang on-trend with the latest fashion and beauty news on-tap. Experts offer their advice, you can watch the Vogue's editor Alexandra Schulman deciding on the latest issue's cover, get a digest of all the catwalk shows and find out the latest fabulous beauty products.
And when you're done working out your wardrobe you can check out all the latest party gossip.
Visit www.vogue.com
my-wardrobe.com
From wellies to jeans to sunglasses, this site has it all. Featuring high-end, high street designers, you can find brands such as 7 for All Mankind, Betty Jackson, Paul and Joe, See by Chloé and D&G.
What is nifty about this site is its 'Fitting Room' section where you can drag and drop clothes and accessories you like and see how they work together.
The e-zine gives you all the latest fashion goss and if you still need more retail therapy head over to the sale section for some true bargains.
Visit www.my-wardrobe.com
The best of the rest:
tattydevine.com
Ultra cool, quirky jewellery brand Tatty Devine features regularly on the pages of Vogue. You can lay your hands on the latest collection, plus firm favourites from past seasons at the online boutique.
Visit www.tattydevine.com
lipsy.co.uk
One of the favourite labels of reality TV stars. This label produces cute dresses, tops and denims.
Visit www.lipsy.co.uk
mattandnat.com
Beautiful bags from designer brand, Matt and Nat. Fashion with a conscience - these bags are 100% vegan.
Visit www.mattandnat.com
lunacyboutique.co.uk
Mad about Fashion? Then this is the website for you. An independently run website with two Welsh boutiques this website has even been given the thumbs up by Carol Vorderman. Specialising in all women's stuff just so long as its quirky and different yet always chic! Visit the website where you can buy everything from dresses to bags, to jewellery and shoes and even some home wares too! We mix up our brands to include Local designers, up and Coming talent with the best independent labels from the UK and beyond. So lets go wild and start shopping in every fashionista's and true style chameleon's dream shop... Lunacy is simply MAD about fashion!
Visit www.lunacyboutique.co.uk
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