Are women most beautiful at 30?

I was reading the Evening Standard recently and I read an article that said women are most beautiful at 30. It stated that in a a study of 2000 people,it suggested that women are most beautiful at 30 and men most beautiful at 34.  


The study said women reached their peak at 30 and start to show signs of ageing at 41, stopped looking sexy at 53 and are old at 55.  Men however look their best at 34, show signs of ageing at 43, stop looking good at 58 and are old at 59.





Jillian Mackenzie deputy editor of Allure magazine, which carried out the survey told the Daily Telegraph, 

"In the past the ideal age may have been a bit younger.  Anti ageing is a big topic at the moment , people want to look younger for longer, we see celebrities, looking amazingly well in their 50's"







Asked which high profile individuals aged well, actor George Clooney was at the top of the list of both sexes.  The top choices for women were Meryl Streep, Jamie Lee Curtis and Julia Roberts.


























The research showed that the average age people started using anti - ageing creams was 37 for both men and women, which is far to late ageing starts in women at the age of 25. 

This article got me thinking about how beautiful we are at certain ages, undoubtedly youth has a part to play in this number but I think for many women, looking beautiful and feeling beautiful comes to us a lot later than 30 when we finally learn to accept ourselves as we are. I for one feel more beautiful at 40 then I ever did at 30, I have a lot more confidence in who I am, and I believe it attracts a lot more of the opposite sex to me now then it did in my thirties. 




What do you think? Are you looking better now then you ever did or are you missing your youth?

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T-Shirts Gone Mad!

I do love fashion with so many different trends and colours from so many designers, there is always something to fit everyone's taste and budget.

I sometimes think that  we spend too much money and go overboard on buying fashion items we don't really need. Even if I was a millionaire, I still wouldn't spend money for certain things, like cat-ear headbands for £660.00 (Maison Michel).

Hermes Crocodile T-shirt $91,500.00

I was reading an article recently that reminded me just how frivolous the fashion industry can be.  Hermes is selling a crocodile skin men's T-shirt for $91,500.00 or £59,784! Yes 91 thousand dollars! it's not a typing error but the cost of a t-shirt.

Gucci blk leather t-shirt

No one would think we are in a double dip recession, clearly the fashion industry clearly thinks there are still people out there who can afford and want to pay such a huge some of money for t-shirt. Fashion industry insiders think that Hermes are aiming their crocodile t-shirt at the middle eastern market

Maison Martin Margiela t-shirt

Who pays nearly £60,000.00 on a t-shirt? in certain parts of the country I can buy a house for that. I thought when I saw the black leather t-shirts being sold by Gucci and Maison Martin Margiela for around £1000.00 that was pushing the boat out a bit but £91,000 grand! I personally would want it to be made from Platinum for that price...

Lanvin White t-shirt

It would seem the humble t-shirt has indeed been turned into haute couture in 2013 with many fashion houses embracing the trend. Lanvin has embellished white t-shirts on sale from £450.00 - £1485.00. Although I can imagine people saving for rising star Simone Rocha luxurious sheer daisy print t-shirts for £695.00. 

But are shoppers really willing to spend this kind of money on a wardrobe staple?

Simone Rocha daisy print £695.00

Michael Van Der Ham £1705

After asking friends and acquaintances no one I know would spend that much on a t-shirt. I hope this is a time when common sense prevails over crazy fashion prices in 2013.


Would you buy a crocodile t-shirt for £59,784?  

Let me know what you think, post a comment below.

Buy My Wardrobe event

As a personal stylist, I love looking through people’s wardrobe, so imagine my delight to be invited to spend a very pleasant afternoon at the Kensington Roof Gardens in South London, looking at all the yummy designer clothes and accessories that were for sale at the fraction of the retail cost. The clothes are technically secondhand but a majority of the items have barely been worn and a lot of them still had the original tags on them.

 Back in 2008 Buy My Wardrobe opened the door to the very first designer fashion recycling event the country had ever seen.  It started with a champagne preview hour which saw 17 stylish ladies gather to sell the contents of their desirable wardrobes to invited members of the public!

 

Fast forward 5 years on and they now have a brand new online marketplace and they held their 20^th event on Saturday. There were 30 wardrobes of London’s most stylish women.  There was everything from pre-loved designer accessories, to vintage, boutique and much loved by big designers,  I found so many bargains, my purse couldn’t handle it and the ladies had to pry a particular blue  handbag from my fingers.

The Kensington Roof Gardens was the perfect location for this great fashion event, to add to all the glitz and glamour and women frantically searching through the rails of clothes, there was an express makeover station, a live DJ, Champagne, treats and goody bags for the VIP’s.

I had a thoroughly nice afternoon, I could have done with some girlfriends to share the excitement with but I will definitely make sure that the girls are coming with me for the next one.  I had to receive some phone counselling from my best friend, for having to leave behind, a Burberry coat down from £2200 to £549.00, even though I couldn’t afford it.  If you’re like me and above a size 12 be prepared to concentrate the accessories rather than the, size 4-10 designer outfits but definitely is a good incentive to slim down for.

 

A lot of clothes and accessories were in great condition some of even still had the original tags on the outfits.  If you ever looked in Vogue magazine at all the designer clothes, bags, shoes, accessories that you thought you would never be able to afford them, then this is the place for you. So check them out online now at www.buymywardrobe.com to see the latest updated stock. Or pop along to their boutique at 17 Seymour Place, London.

Have fun shopping in someone else’s wardrobes!