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Here in our little sip office we are huge fans of Grazia daily, the daily feed from Grazia Magazine, and they’ve been hero-ing texture as this seasons must have - on everything from clothes to hair and seen on everyone from Fearne Cotton to Dannii Minogue to Megan Fox.

We have to agree that a little bit of texture goes a long way - taking straight hair from flat to fab. You could create warmth and femininity ala Victoria Beckham

or add an 80s kick with crimping tongs ala Danni Minogue.

When it comes to texture and clothes you cant go wrong with a little bit of high street. Think soft suede, slinky leather and rich velvet in a whole host of colours and styles. H&M have some incredible faux fur coats (#1 below) and gillets, Topshop have a never-ending number of cardigans, tights (image #2 below), skirts (see image #3 Ostrich Skirt below) and jumpers where texture is king. Zara are vamping things up with their Autumn/Winter range featuring fur, leather and feathers. And of course, All Saints never fail to deliver an array of texture-ful beauties. Keep it simple with a statement piece and you’ll have texture perfection.

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The matte nail polish trend has been been getting bigger and bigger so when the wonderful OPI team came out with a new matte range we were very excited. They have 6 different colours to choose from and rather than creating new colours they have converted their top selling colours into a matte variant. The matte colours can be used as is, or you can double it up with the same colour in a non matte shiny variant to intensify the result.

OPI and www.alllacqueredup.com have some tips if you are going to try the full on matte;

• firstly, do not use a basecoat or topcoat when using the polish
• only paint dry nails (so no lotions before hand)
• try doing two coats for a solid matte look
• be smooth since a matte result can show the ridges from the brush
• be aware that since it wont have the base or topcoat it can chip a lot easier

- it may sound a little more high maintenance but the results can look fantastic!

since we love sip (obviously!) here in the office we found a firm favourite in the Gargantuan Green Grape variant (below) which looked great as we sipped our Elderflower sip!

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We here at sip have always adored Yasmin Le Bon and the Le Bons overall - we even followed her daughter Amber (one of three of her gorgeous daughters) as she was tweeting live backstage as a model at London Fashion Week this year, and whenever we’ve met Yasmin (see below with sip!)…

…she has always been wonderfully turned out and gets more and more achingly beautiful each time we see her! When we heard about her line with Wallis we knew it would ooze everything that makes Yasmin so wonderful - and we were right; mature and chic yet still maintaining an edgy rock & roll feel. Her line features long lean gowns, chic high-neck blouses and a striking vintage-feel jewellery collection that really stands out on the high street at the moment. 

In the Guardian interview she explained; “I’m obsessed with high-neck things. You’re covered up but it’s sexy, and I’ve always loved long dresses. Covering up can be a lot sexier than being uncovered. My body has changed, so feeling comfortable and confident, while accentuating the bits that are OK, is important.”  

She also admitted that she was finding the transition from model to designer daunting but we think the collection is perfect for the modern woman and she looks better than ever modelling it.

Two of the stunning cuffs, both £35, YLB for Wallis

 You can shop the Yasmin Le Bon for Wallis collection here

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As promised you can now check out some of my pics from the Richard Nicoll S/S 2010 catwalk show here:

I got tickets to the fantastic show courtesy of the Independent in association with Blackberry and Carphone Warehouse.

Not only was I greeted with lovely food and drinks each of the winners were given the new Blackberry Curve 8520 in Violet (available exclusively from the Carphone Warehouse on Orange)

The show was packed - and for good reason too, in Spring-Summer 2005, Richard Nicoll showed his first collection as part of the Fashion East sponsorship project during London Fashion Week. Since then, the British-born, Australian-raised designer has gone from strength to strength and is now considered one of London’s most highly-anticipated and talented young designers.When asked what kind of woman hey designs for Nicoll says he is designing for an ‘individual woman who doesn’t follow trends, somebody who is idiosyncratic and slightly eccentric but within the constraints of normal society.’

He used Beach Boys-influenced electronic music, a bit by Animal Collective and then some 60s Garage Rock at the end of the show and received a hugely deserved round of applause and standing ovation as he walked out onto the catwalk at the end of the show.All in all it was a fantastic evening and Nicoll did not disappoint!

You can buy Richard Nicoll from Browns, Net A Porter, Yoox and Polyvore.

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