New England Kit, C’mon Ladies!

Now I know that some of you ladies are football widow’s, but with a world cup qualifier against Ukraine on Wednesday and the big world cup finals in South Africa in 2010 and wonderful summer of football, I just know you love to support your national teams.

Last Saturday, the New England Kit was unveiled for the first time, and according to the press coverage it was a huge success.

The slogan for the new kit was “tailored for England”, it is manufactured by Umbro, The designer said the that he wanted to hark back to the world cup win in ’66 as his inspiration, but at the same time have a new beginning, a little mix the old with the new.

It certainly did England no harm with a 4-0 thumping win at Wembley, however, it’s Wednesday that counts, so come on IN-GER-LAND!

However Saturday, even though a friendly was certainly a momentous occasion, with John Terry picking up his 50th cap of his England career, and David Beckham setting a new record for most capped out field player in the history of the England National side with 110 caps! Well Done David.

If you’re looking to support England, or David, you can buy a new England shirt for yourself or your fella or the kids in your life, we’ve got some great introductory offers to celebrate the launch.

Sorry to those of you outside of England, a little bit of nationalistic ferver does no body any harm once and a while, does it?

New England hero Top

You can also get Short Sleeved England Top, Long Sleeved England Top, Kids Sizes, and Yes ladiesTops for your good self.

Now everyones happy, Three lions on the chest, jumpers for goalposts…

Peacocks Sale upto Half Price Off

Peacocks the purveyors of value fashion and general outstanding money saving offers, are making it even easier to bag a bargain with their up to half price off sale.

They have some absolutely fantastic saving throughout their range of women’s clothing, just right for the Easter holidays, or a thing or two for the summer holidays.

Take a sneaky look at some of our favourite money saving offers and you’ll get the idea.

Credit Crunch shopping par excellence

Grey check waistcoat – only £10!	Midweight boyfriend Jeans – down to £12	Black strappy heeled shoes – now only £12!

You absolutely can’t get better value than that can you?

The Peacocks sale is only on for a limited period, and all the best things go first, so hurry if you don’t want to be disappointed, Credits at the ready! GO>>>

We at Women’s Dresses would be very interested to hearing from you if you’ve bought through Peacocks especially through this website, if You have a comment to make about your recentlky purchased clothes, please feel free to give us your thoughts below in the comments box.http://www.peacocks.co.uk/images/hero-womenssale18-03.jpg

La Redoute Sale Now On

We’ve got a spectacular sale from La Redoute.

The mid-season sale is now LIVE and will last until 15th April! You can make massive savings of up to 40% on Women’s Clothing, Menswear, Children and even Homewares.

But what better time to cash in for the summer, With Easter fast approaching you can take advantage of all those savings.

La Redoute are France’s biggest fashion retailer and have some fabulous items, with that famous galic flair, you should miss out on their Summer Dresses For example, made for warm sunny days, or just casual occasional Dresses for day to day use.

But best of all is their fantastic prices, so don’t delay, click HERE to go shop

If You have bought any thing from La Redoute, we’d been keen to hear from you, and get your recommendations, so please leave us your comments.

Courtney Love-s trouble as fashion rants get her sued

Courtney Love the lead singer of alternative rock band “Hole” has blogged herself into trouble writing about fashion (hey team! We’d better watch out!)

Love who was infamously married to Nirvana Front man Kurt Cobain who (allegedly) committed suicide back 1994, is being sued by a fashion designer over remarks that were made by Love over the internet on My Space and Twitter.

Dawn Simorangkir, the owner the Boudoir Queen fashion label, is taking legal action against Love over allegedly making “menacing and disturbing” statements made towards her via MySpace and Twitter social networks.

The legal action, which commenced on Thursday (March 26), according to the BBC, accuses Love of “libel, invasion of privacy, intentional interference with her business, infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract”,

The pair are former friends whose relationship has soured recently, illustrated by the fact that bizarrely, last year Courtney Love hailed Dawn Simorangkir as a fashion “genius”, though in January this year she accused Simorangkir of charging “crazy money” on MySpace, and earlier this month reportedly accused her of theft on Twitter.

Another satisfied customer…?

We at Womensdresses.org.uk have never had and certainly hope that we never have any serious issues with any of our customers of that nature, however there’s a strange old saying in the north which is reserved for such instance “there’s nowt stranger than folk” at times, how very true that is.

If you do have any comments regarding our website, we would love to hear from you, just enter your views in the comments box below, and we’d love to feature them.

Dorothy Perkins Sale Friends & Family

latest details of the Dorothy Perkins online only offerhas now been made available.

Get 20% off absolutely everything, but you have to use this Friends and Family link for you to get the discount

This promotion is NOT advertised on the main Dorothy Perkins site

It is exclusively online and can be accessed by clicking Dorothy Perkins Sale it is called friends and family as it is very much a word of mouth experience, so make sure to tell all you friends and family to visit Here

The offer is for one week only from Sunday 29th March until Sunday 5th April

Your Dorothy Perkins 20% discount will be applied only by accessing this page and entering your email address.

Happy Shopping!

La Redoute Voucher Code

La Redoute the Number One French Fashion label has a great new Voucher Code.

The basis of this promotion is to give 30% discount of the most expensive item, and 20% discount off the rest of items in the order.

The La Redoute Voucher Code is 4533 is should be applied at check-out in order to get your discount applied

La Redoute Voucher Code will expire on Tuesday 31st March at Midnight

So no Hanging around see if you can pick up some saving for Easter
The following terms and condition apply to the voucher code:

Terms and Conditions
This code is valid on full price merchandise including Vertbaudet at laredoute.co.uk. Both discounts only valid on products from the La Redoute Spring-Summer 2009 Collection. Both discounts not valid on La Redoute’s Mini Price items, Green pages and certain internet only products indicated on our website. Nor is it valid on Vertbaudet Happy Price items, Star Products, sale items, VB2U online and web exclusives.
Please note: If there is one item from the above exlcusions in the basket transaction the code will not apply.

Cheap Chic, The Austere Fashion Reality

I saw the phrase “Nouveux Poor” recently in a fashion publication which made me smile with the irony that from the world of excess and fantasy where over the top is the norm, the fashion industry have eventually realised that at the moment everything in front of those rose tinted spectacles it wears, is actually pretty grey.

Though from the world of fantasy and  indulgence, where women the world over dip into every so often (some more than others) to buy that handbag or those shoes which in turn helps those flagging spirits, is it a good thing that the fashion industry all of a sudden has a bout of austerity too?

The recent catwalk shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris of the major fashion houses all seem to have had a touch of hard ship and austerity  about them with the term “sombre chic” been used to describe some, though maybe from a cynical point of view, perhaps its a reflection of their recent balance sheets that have driven the changes.

Though as the world’s economies are going through a fundamental re-balancing, we as canny shoppers are actually driving those changes, this was illustrated recently in the UK where statistics show in the final quarter of 2008, the amount of proportionate household savings had for the first time since 2006 risen to 5%, this means that in times of hard ship, we repay debt, we save more and we budget.

Calgary Avansino executive fashion editor of British Vogue states ” Style doesn’t have to suffer, It has nothing to do with how much money you spend. Women just have to be more creative about finding smart buys and styling them well.”

In times of plenty we have become complacent, and the era of “fast fashion” is perhaps behind us for a while.  However, we can learn from the past that these dark austere days are probably what drives the imagination and ambition of many who are just starting out, or through unfortunate circumstances rally to find that something different.

Cast your minds back to the early 1970′s if you can, and the bad days of the 3 day weeks, winter of discontent with power cuts, and British Leyland always on strike? From the discontent rose punk rock in the mid 70′s and then New wave later on, there was an cultural explosion and fashion c-change, where a young rebellious fashion designer called Vivienne Westwood came to prominence through her association with The Sex Pistols and the outrageous home made punk fashion; Now some thirty years later Vivienne is now fashion Establishment.

Going back further to the 1930′s depression, an edition of Harpers Bizarre advises “Keep a dash of lipstick on the stiff upper lip, and give up the fatal vice of cheap clothes!”

The message is that rather than looking for the route of least resistance and the cheapest ready to wear fashions, why not think about your purchases a little more strategically, plan your credit card spending, and complement those clothes you’ve got already got lurking in the back of the wardrobe.

Continuous “drops” the term used by the high street shops for regular new products has essentially seen the death of seasonal clothes with the scramble for new products on a virtually weekly basis at the expense of your bulging wardrobe, or your parched wallet.

“People are fed up with disposable stuff,” reckons Amanda Slader, chief fashion adviser at John Lewis. “They’re looking for items that will last a whole season and rejuvenate existing bits. Some may say frugal isn’t sexy, but it’s just different from what we’ve got used to.”

Slader heads up the John Lewis “Fash-efficiency classes” and has over 2000 clients who come to John Lewis under no obligation to buy, and receive practical advise on credit-crunch style shopping, Slader continues, “We take a look at what they already have and could be making use of, and on the back of that, try to identify one or two key pieces that will really get their look on-trend and up to date. We don’t work on commission, so we’re not under pressure to make people spend money.”

Even British Vogue has got in on the act as it has relaunched its cult “More Dash Than Cash” section. “People are getting smarter about every penny,” states Calgary Avansino, “so what could be better than learning the tricks of the trade? Getting quality catwalk looks at high-street prices is exactly what people are craving right now.” Vogue has marked a change in direction for the magazine to reflect the changing times and has combined shopping suggestions and styling tips, it not what you can get any more, so much as what you can do with it that counts.

recognition should be given to Harriet Walker for her article in the Independent Sat 28th March 2009.

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Cheryl Cole Steal her Style at Lipsy

It seems that Cheryl Cole, the Girls aloud star, X-factor judge, WAG and all-round Geordie Fashionista is a big fan of Lipsy also.

The gorgeous Geordie lass is on the front of all the celeb mags and has become a real clothes Horse recently wear some absolutely fabulous Dresses.

Her profile and standing within the WAG royal bloodline has never been higher, and now arguably stands shoulder to shoulder with the WAGmeister herself, yes – Victoria Beckham.

Cheryl however has now surpassed herself,and endearing herself to the countries affections with a lot more coverage to boot with her recent ascent on Kilimanjaro with Chris Moyles, Ronan Keating et al, all in aid of Comic Relief, and their specific quest to raise enough money to buy 9 million mosquito nets in order to reduce the blight of malaria in Kenya.

With her stock rising she joins the long line of celebrities who now troop down to Lipsy to get their fave fashions, especially the women’s dresses, but it also in a way, illustrates just how good Lipsy clothes are if the stars are wearing them also.

You too can get high designer dresses and clothes all from your friendly Lipsy online store here, see what Cheryl’s and all the other celebrities are wearing, and you can wear the same too.

Remember. you don’t need to go to the shops to do it or a VIP pass, Lipsy have Free delivery on orders over £100 which is automatically applied at checkout!, so you can peruse the world of Lipsy all in the comfort of your own home, happy days…

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Lipsy Body Con Dresses

At Women’s Dresses we just Love Lipsy, their infamous body-con dresses are to die for, so we thought we would share some of our fav Lipsy Body-con dresses with you.

Lipsy have got such a choice we hardly know where to start, but we’ve chosen  a couple of dresses which are just super trendy at the mo, but are super versatile also.

The Body-con dress of course has been around for sometime and has been re-designed every so often, recently the likes of Victora Beckham, Cheryl Cole and Alicia Keys have pushed the design back into the fashion conciousness through the now infamous “bandage” dress designed by no less than Herve Leger.

Of course Lipsy  have some real crackers for this popular style of dress, and what’s more you won’t be paying the Herve Leger price.

A Lipsy Body-con is an ideal investment for your wardrobe, in fact we would go as far to say that if you were to purchase just one summer dress this year, you’d be well served by investing in a body-con regardless whether it’s Lipsy or not.

Lipsy’s own infamous body con, figure hugging dresses are an absolute must for this seasons 80′s inspired galmour look.

We recommend that they’re worn with with leggings or tights and your favourite sky scraper heels, when its gets warmer shed the leggings and show off that skin.

Keep checking back here for more body-con dresses coming soon from lipsy

Also so you can make the most of your investment Lipsy have Free delivery on orders over £100 – automatically applied at checkout! so even more reason to go BUY>>

Bandeau Body-Con Dress £65	Lace Up Body-Con Dress £75	Colour Block Body-Con Dress £75

If you’ve bought any of these items, please pass on your recommendations for the benefit of our readers and we’ll feature you.

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