OSOJob: Creative Director
Which means: Taking OSOYOU from an idea to a gorgeous website you'll want to be part of.
When I’m not working at OSOYOU, you’ll find me: Being creative in my garden. I've transformed my crazy-paved yard into a sweet country cottage-style garden. It's OSO lovely and I'm blissed out when I'm in it.
My style in ten words or less: Desperately seeking enduring style over fashion. Happily failing!
Celebrity style I love: Natalie Imbruglia and Scarlett Johansson.
Celebrity style I loathe: Jodie Marsh and Jordan. Or is that too obvious?
Clothes emporium of choice: Topshop.
Item I’ve currently got my eye on: More ballet-style shoes. I'm shopping carefully for the gaps in my wardrobe. I also fly to work on a pig.
Accessory I can’t live without: Right now, an oversized wooden beaded necklace that I made myself. No-one else has one like it!
Desert island beauty product: Can I have two? Eyelash curlers and Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant.
Right now, I’m OSO...devoted to creating the most exciting, sociable and indispensible website for women this decade!
After posting about this heinous affront to fashion last week, I've been swamped with messages from Croc devotees defending their footwear, I've indulged in an IM slanging match with my Croc-wearing sister - which threatened to turn nasty when she said she'd hit me with one of her Crocs ("not that it would hurt - they're so light!") - and even been sent a picture of a dog in Crocs.
As I write this, the 'Would you wear Crocs?' poll is, incredibly, split pretty much 50/50 - with the pro-Croc lobby narrowly ahead. I can't believe this figure is truly accurate and I urge you, women of Britain (and Switzerland - I know you're out there), to use your vote. Remember: it is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil (ie. Crocs) to triumph. So pick a side - and vote above!
(And remember: this is what you're voting about. The footwear choice OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD).
So yesterday, myself (the blonde gal to the left) and another member of OSOYOU (Ruth) attended our the first press event on our hitlist - Lepel Lingerie.
And for those of you who are thinking 'I know that name', it's because you do. Maybe you've spotted it in Debenhams or House of Fraser but never got to the stage of purchasing - but I can guarantee you, girls, that come this winter, Lepel will be your new indulgence!
Lepel are re-branding themselves with a new range that's fresh, young, flirty and just OSO lovely! And this isn't just some PR spiel - I'm speaking from experience, as we were treated to our very own Lepel fitting and got to try the goods out for real! Lucky us!
Well, if you're two-year-old Erin here, you'd clearly say "hot". I, on the other hand, beg to differ. (Sorry, Erin. We may agree on the merits of Angelina Ballerina, but I'm not budging on this one.)
Yes, forget the "I'm not a plastic bag" furore - the hot fashion topic of the day is whether it's acceptable to wear the brightly coloured plastic clogs cutely named 'Crocs'. As far as I'm concerned, it's OK to sport Crocs if:
- You're under eight years of age, or
- You're doing the gardening, or
- You have some sort of arthritic condition which requires you to wear them.
And that's about it. But hey, what do I know? You may think that Crocs are the coolest footwear since Heelys (which are, admittedly, very cool) and be adding Erin to your list of style icons right now. Hell, she's even customised her Crocs, by the looks of things - so I wouldn't blame you.
So don't just sit there, tell me what you think. No, really. Click on a poll answer below - and I'll let the nation decide. Well, up to a point, obviously...
So, it's raining. And it's suddenly got a bit cold. But who knows, it might turn sunny again. So what's a girl to wear? Why, a parka, of course!
It's the perfect jacket for the British climate - no wonder the Mod movement started here - and for the best cheap parka out there right now, get thee down to Primark.
I picked this one up the other week for £15 - and, just like Mary Poppins, it's practically perfect in every way. It has a hood, and a fishtail - and OK, there's no drawstring in the middle, so it does risk looking rather vast (especially if you have a pin-head like me). But apart from that, it does the trick Very Nicely Thank You. Now, if only I had a festival to go to in it... *Sigh*.
OK, this is getting silly now. Remember this picture of our lovely OSOYOU Creative Guru Sarah, which I posted earlier this week?
Well, the reason I posted it was because, lo and behold, the day Sarah wore that outfit to the office, pictures turned up of Kate Moss wearing the exact same thing (well, nearly), 3,500 miles away in New York.
But guess what? Now someone else is copying Sarah (and it is that way round - oh yes). Look!
Natalie Imbruglia! Not only is she an Angelina Jolie lookalike, but she's now a Sarah Woodhead dress-alike too! Stop the Sarah copycat madness now, celebrities!!
It's Friday! Friday, I tell you! What are you doing reading this?! You should be out there, erm, enjoying the strange weather! Skipping through fields! Or, alternatively: sitting at your desk, in the office. In which case: it's a very good thing that you're reading this. Because you've just found yourself in with a chance to win our very first Fashion Friday prize.
Yes, here at OSOYOU Towers - for one day only - we're giving you the chance to win this fab Lily Allen 'Foxtrot' dress from her New Look collection. The very same dress that Rebecca got her hands on at the launch party - and which Lily herself was wearing when she performed that night. It's a size 10 (euro 38), it's absolutely gorgeous - and it could be yours.
Anyone who registers TODAY to receive OSOYOU.com updates will be entered into a prize draw to win the dress. Just put your details in the box to the left - and ta-dah! The celebrity frock du jour could be yours. Good luck!
Kate Moss's range for Topshop goes on sale in Barney's in New York today - and here's the lady herself returning to her hotel in the Big Apple yesterday, ahead of last night's launch party at the store.
And it sounds like that party was something of a success. According to USA Today, Kate "sipped champagne, talked to reporters and posed for photos with fans on the seventh floor of the store, as photographers snapped away with unusual intensity" - while "her London pal Sadie Frost was on hand to lend support". And sip champagne too, presumably.
So will our Yankee cousins fall for La Moss the same way we did? Will they be queueing - sorry, forming a line - round the block when the collection goes on sale today? We'll be keeping our finger on the American fashion pulse and letting you know (check out the coverage on Catwalk Queen, too). And in the meantime...
...check out how finger-on-the-pulse we are here at OSOYOU - because without realising it, Sarah turned up to work today wearing almost exactly the same outfit that Kate did yesterday. And there she was, standing at the bus stop this morning, agonising over the fact that the 12-year-old schoolgirl next to her was wearing the same shoes. See, Sarah? You don't look like a 12-year-old schoolgirl. You look like Kate Moss! Result!
I popped down to New Look on Oxford Street at lunchtime today. And I can safely say that is was a veritable oasis of (brightly coloured) calm - despite it being the first day of the Lily Allen collection going on sale.
Yes, there were no Kate Moss For Topshop-style queues here today. Despite a very pretty display of models (one revolving, no less) at the entrance...
...and despite a massive picture of Lily in the window. Yes, despite New Look and Topshop's best celebrity-led efforts, it seems that Primark could be winning the battle of the high street - because Oxford Street was full of people carrying those huge brown bags of theirs (as in this picture here). Still, considering what you can get for your money in Primark, it's not too much of a surprise that those bags are so big, is it?
Another day, another reason to shop at Primark. I popped in there this weekend and picked up an array of goodies - including a scarf, a purse and a pair of sunglasses for the grand total of £6 - but what I really wanted to share was this fabulous trio of summer tops-slash-dresses.
From left to right: an Indian-style top (which I wore to a bank holiday pub lunch yesterday) for £8; a ridiculously colourful mini-dress with fluted sleeves for £10; and an almost Heidi-style top, which could be worn by the brave (that's me!) as a dress when the weather gets really hot, for £12.
The ridiculously colourful dress reminds me of something my mother might have worn in the '60s, if our old home movies are anything to go by. Or possibly something that Cilla Black might have worn... Well, it's so easy to get one's mum confused with Cilla Black, isn't it? And Lulu, I find.
Anyway, here's a rather blurry shot of me trying it on (it's first thing this morning, so trust me, you don't want to see me too sharply right now). And if you look closely, you'll spot Tess the cat admiring it, too. Apparently she's waiting for tiger-print to be all the rage again.
OSOJob: Creative Director
(And remember: this is what you're voting about. The footwear choice OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD).
So yesterday, myself (the blonde gal to the left) and another member of OSOYOU (Ruth) attended our the first press event on our hitlist - Lepel Lingerie.
- You have some sort of arthritic condition which requires you to wear them.
So, it's raining. And it's suddenly got a bit cold. But who knows, it might turn sunny again. So what's a girl to wear? Why, a parka, of course!
OK, this is getting silly now. Remember this picture of our lovely OSOYOU Creative Guru Sarah, which I posted earlier this week?
Well, the reason I posted it was because, lo and behold, the day Sarah wore that outfit to the office, pictures turned up of Kate Moss wearing the exact same thing (well, nearly), 3,500 miles away in New York. 
Natalie Imbruglia! Not only is she an 
It's Friday! Friday, I tell you! What are you doing reading this?! You should be out there, erm, enjoying the strange weather! Skipping through fields! Or, alternatively: sitting at your desk, in the office. In which case: it's a very good thing that you're reading this. Because you've just found yourself in with a chance to win our very first Fashion Friday prize.
Kate Moss's range for Topshop goes on sale in Barney's in New York today - and here's the lady herself returning to her hotel in the Big Apple yesterday, ahead of last night's launch party at the store.
...check out how finger-on-the-pulse we are here at OSOYOU - because without realising it, Sarah turned up to work today wearing almost exactly the same outfit that Kate did yesterday. And there she was, standing at the bus stop this morning, agonising over the fact that the 12-year-old schoolgirl next to her was wearing the same shoes. See, Sarah? You don't look like a 12-year-old schoolgirl. You look like Kate Moss! Result!
I popped down to New Look on Oxford Street at lunchtime today. And I can safely say that is was a veritable oasis of (brightly coloured) calm - despite it being the first day of the Lily Allen collection going on sale.
Yes, there were no Kate Moss For Topshop-style queues here today. Despite a very pretty display of models (one revolving, no less) at the entrance...
...and despite a massive picture of Lily in the window. Yes, despite New Look and Topshop's best celebrity-led efforts, it seems that Primark could be winning the battle of the high street - because Oxford Street was full of people carrying those huge brown bags of theirs (as in this picture here). Still, considering what you can get for your money in Primark, it's not too much of a surprise that those bags are so big, is it?
Another day, another reason to shop at Primark. I popped in there this weekend and picked up an array of goodies - including a scarf, a purse and a pair of sunglasses for the grand total of £6 - but what I really wanted to share was this fabulous trio of summer tops-slash-dresses.
The ridiculously colourful dress reminds me of something my mother might have worn in the '60s, if our old home movies are anything to go by. Or possibly something that Cilla Black might have worn... Well, it's so easy to get one's mum confused with Cilla Black, isn't it? And Lulu, I find. 
