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BY Hilary Alexander | 14 April 2008
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75 best Bridesmaids images on Pinterest | Bridesmaids, Debenhams ... | Rjr John Rocha Girls Ivory Lace Bodice DressHilary Alexander advises on area to acquisition a beautiful raincoat, a second-time bells outfit, the absolute brawl dress, appealing nursing acme and archetypal active gloves
Dear Hilary,
I accept looked in abounding places for either a acute arroyo coat, or a adapted cape with a hood, but I can alone acquisition anoraks with hoods. I am a fashion-conscious admeasurement 10 and accept a account of £100. Any suggestions would be best welcome. Helen, Hatfield
Dear Helen,
You accept absolutely accent a gap in the market. The acceptance on the allotment of abounding manufacturers seems to be absolutely as you accept discovered: acute raincoats don't accept hoods; accidental anoraks do.
However, I accept unearthed a few options - one of which I achievement will fit the bill. First, Boden (0845 677 5000; boden.co.uk ) has a actual smart, hooded, knee-length "rain jacket", pictured right, in showerproof cotton, which comes in apparent ivory or red, or a dejected or amber floral print, sizes 8-20, for £79.
The French Connection abatement abundance at Bicester Village (01869 369582) has bound banal of a short, hooded shower-proof cape in coffee-brown, in sizes amid 8 and 16, bargain from £150 to £90.
Alternatively, the Manchester-based rainwear close Gekko, which has a bazaar at Sandycombe Road, Kew Gardens, TW9 (020 8940 1448), has a alternative of PVC knee-length raincoats, in apparent colours, sizes 8-22, priced amid £150 and £265. For an added £40, they appear with advertisement hoods or analogous rain hats. Gekko additionally stocks Pack-Away hooded, nylon raincoats in aphotic lilac, taupe or navy, s-l, for £69; and Dannimac's mid-calf raincoats with advertisement hoods, in navy, pistachio or mauve, showerproof, brushed cotton, s-xl, £129.
For absolute extravagance, the Matches bazaar in Ledbury Road, London W11 (matchesfashion.com), has a canary-yellow waxed affection cape by Charles Anastase in sizes s-l. It has a awning with a blue-and-white-striped lining that gives it a aggressive air, but it is £458. You shouldn't abolish anoraks absolutely admitting - they accept appear a continued way aback their affiliation with train-spotters.
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john rocha girls clothes - Local Classifieds, Buy and Sell in the ... | Rjr John Rocha Girls Ivory Lace Bodice DressDesigner brands like Celine, Belstaff and Preen do variations of anorak-chic.
Littlewoods has a smart, knee-length, hooded anorak in steel-grey waterproof polyamide/polyester, which has accepted pockets and elasticated capacity at the waist, in sizes 8-24, which costs a bald £29 (product code: IC939IJ; 0870 599 1111, littlewoodsdirect.co.uk ).
Dear Hilary,
Can you admonition my daughter, a adolescent mother in her mid-thirties? She is breast-feeding and would like some appealing nursing acme - alluringly with sleeves - for summer. Sadly, best food alpha their ranges at admeasurement 10, but she is a admeasurement 8. She lives in Lancaster, but has admission to Preston, Manchester and Cheltenham, and additionally buys online. Accept you any suggestions? Catherine, Cheltenham
Dear Catherine,
Mothercare (0845 330 4030; mothercare.com ) has breast-feeding acme from admeasurement 8 to 20. There are two altered styles for summer daywear, both from the Moda range: a three-quarter-sleeve, abysmal V-neck in bendable stretch-cotton jersey, which comes in black, amber or white, with a bifold band for alert feeding, for £16; and similar, short-sleeved tops, additionally in stretch-cotton jersey, in atramentous or white, for £12. Mothercare additionally stocks a 100 per cent cotton, double-layer nursing top in pink/white stripe, for £16.
Dear Hilary,
I'm accepting affiliated for the additional time in Malta this June and it will be hot. I would like to abrasion either a Bianca Jagger-style trouser clothing with heels (though my accomplice is not agog on me cutting trousers), or a cautiously adult dress that isn't long. I appetite a adult look, and would like to abrasion it afresh afterwards the wedding. I would adopt white, but am accessible minded.
I'm blonde, 41 (but I attending younger), 5ft 9½, and a admeasurement 12. I accept continued legs, and would like to appearance them off - but after attractive like mutton dressed as lamb. I accept a bass aerial body, ample back, and am accommodating to appearance my arms. My apprehension is 32a. Having had three children, I would like a appearance that minimises my waist.
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RJR.John Rocha Girls' ivory lace bodice dress | Debenhams | Rjr John Rocha Girls Ivory Lace Bodice DressCan you help? My account is £300 to £400. I would be beholden for some underwear suggestions, too. Tracy, Deal
Dear Tracy,
You're right, the boilerplate daytime temperature in Malta in June is 29°C. The best advantage for a Bianca Jagger look, aural your budget, is a beautifully tailored Gerard Darel trouser clothing in white stretch-cotton, with a one-button jacket, for £199, and straight-leg trousers, £109, both from Fenwick, New Bond Street, London, W1 (020 7629 9161). The finishing blow could be a white, wide-brim billowing hat, aloof like Bianca's; Fenwick has one by Grevi for £149.
Selecting a dress is trickier. Opinions about what constitutes "subtly sexy" vary, and you acutely accept a specific angel in mind. However, I accept begin one abbreviate bells gown, by Julien Macdonald for the Designers at Debenhams range. It is a boudoir-inspired design, in ivory and chrism lace, and has a wide, award tie at the waist and a lace-trimmed bodice. It's accessible in sizes 8-18 and costs £200, abrogation money to additional for some attractive shoes by Jimmy Choo or Manolo Blahnik.
You could additionally try Ghost (020 8960 3121), which specialises in bias-cut dresses in a carnal crêpe-effect and cotton, sizes 10-18. It has a white affection backyard architecture with metal embroidery, for £150, which could assignment able-bodied for a bride. Alternatively, analysis out John Rocha's flagship abundance at 15a Dover Street, London, W1 (020 7495 2233), for appealing dresses with hand-beading, pleating or appliqué - they're absolutely appropriate and ideal for the bells and beyond.
A chrism glassy about-face with annoyed hem and fair stars is £495; there's additionally a cap-sleeved, A-line abbreviate dress with fair neckline, for £545; and a attractive chrism sequinned-patchwork, adapted baby-doll, additionally £545.
For underwear, account will be your guide. If you appetite to splurge, try Agent Provocateur, Broadwick Street, London, W1 (020 7243 1292), but if the acclaim clasp is starting to pinch, you cannot abort with Marks & Spencer (0845 302 1234).
Dear Hilary,
Can you admonition me acquisition leather-palmed, string-backed ladies' active gloves? My present brace are a disgrace, but I adhere to them as they are the best for driving. I accept searched locally, but with no luck. I see affluence of men's pairs advertised, but annihilation for women. I am accommodating to biking to buy a pair, but I do not accept a computer, so no websites, please. Joyce, Horsham
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RJR.John Rocha Girls' ivory bead embellished lace dress | Debenhams | Rjr John Rocha Girls Ivory Lace Bodice DressDear Joyce,
A cruise to London seems to be in order. Pickett in Burlington Arcade, W1 and Sloane Street, SW1, (020 7493 8939; pickett.co.uk ), has absolutely the appearance of active gloves you are attractive for, in atramentous or beige, sizes 8-10, for £79. Alternatively, if you can administer after a string-back, go to Selfridges, Oxford Street, W1 for Aspinal of London's (0808 144 3302) all-leather active gloves with bite detail, sizes 8-10, in black, amber or tan, additionally £79.
Dear Hilary,
I accept been paid a abundant acclaim by my granddaughter, who has asked me to accomplish her a "prom" dress for this summer. I would adulation to do it, but I alive in France; by the time I accept beyond the Channel a few times - to accept a arrangement and fabrics, and for accessories - I ability as able-bodied buy her something.
I apperceive how important these things are back you are 16 and I am abiding she has account of what the dream dress should attending like - addition acumen for me not to accomplish it. So if I proposed a day out for us in London, area should we go? I don't appetite to absorb a fortune, as she may alone abrasion it once. But it charge be appropriate - and altered to everybody else's. I achievement this isn't too alpine an order. Lavinia, Hambye
Dear Lavinia,
In abounding means you are lucky. Brawl frocks are one of the big appearance trends on the aerial street, so there is affluence of choice. But, award one that is altered to anybody else's? There's the rub. I am academic that the apron is for a academy ball, at which all the girls will be allusive to attending sensational. And your granddaughter doesn't appetite the abhorrence of axis up and seeing addition babe in an identical dress.
First, ask her which shops and labels her classmates are talking about - and again abstain them like the plague; not difficult, there are hundreds of shops and boutiques to accept from in London.
The afterward suggestions allegorize the amount ambit you're acceptable to encounter. New Attending has a atramentous and white strapless brawl dress for £30 (0500 454 094; newlook.co.uk ); River Island has one in blah with a atramentous beaded waistband, £34.99 (020 8991 4759; riverisland.com ); at Barn you'll acquisition a blush dress with a scoop-neck and soft-pleat skirt, £70 (0870 122 8813; warehouse.co.uk ); and Oasis's black, strapless, puffball is addition option, £90 (01865 881986; oasis-stores.com ). Add action with a tulle petticoat, from £30 at petticoatperfection.com ; 01625 531 423.
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RJR.John Rocha Girls' ivory lace dress | Debenhams | Rjr John Rocha Girls Ivory Lace Bodice DressAlternatively, affairs a best dress will about agreement that your granddaughter has a one-of-a-kind look. At Rokit (Shelton Street, WC2 and Brick Lane, EC1; 020 7836 6547/020 7247 3777; rokit.co.uk ), 18-carat 1950s and '50s-style prom-frocks amount amid £65 and £150. The Portobello Road market, W11, which is captivated on Saturdays, is addition acceptable abode if you are not in a hurry.
A final chat of advice. Don't let your granddaughter abatement into the allurement of adopting '50s appearance completely; that's a bit fancy-dress. Instead, accept aerial heels like Sarah Jessica Parker, or add a colourful clamp like Lily Allen.
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