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The Fashion Audit: Shirt chic, ankle watches, and bushy brows

 

Kiran Khattra
Monday 04 March 2013 01:01 GMT
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Shirt chic

London tailoring label E Tautz has just launched a ladies' shirt collection designed by Katie Hillier. She's combined her love of men's shirt styles and the traditional Tautz cloth to conjure up a suitably dapper look for women. From £180, matchesfashion.com

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Ankle watches

Known as “swankles”, we have TOWIE Star Joey Essex to thank for this. In the last series we saw Joey debut his latest fashion accessory, but bizarrely the trend has caught on. We've been blinded by the number of people who have been seen wearing ankle watches. We simply ask, why?

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Bushy brows

Model Cara Delevingne's statement eyebrows have sent the nation into a power-brow frenzy. Sales of eyebrow make-up at John Lewis are up by a third, so it looks like the “Scouse brow” is back with a vengeance. Bare Mineral's Brow Colour and Benefit's High Brow pencil are perfect to re-create her signature look.

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Mad for mods

Banana Republic has announced the return of its Mad Men collection with a mod-inspired capsule for spring. Designed in partnership with the award-winning costume designer on the show, Janie Bryant, expect bold prints and bright colours in keeping with the Sixties trend of the season. 5 March, bananarepublic.co.uk

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The Thin White Duke

The whole world's gone batty for Bowie, not least thanks to the casting of fashion-pack favourite Tilda Swinton in his latest music video. Later this month, The V&A has been given unprecedented access to the singer's extensive archive for a highly anticipated exhibition on Mr Stardust. From 23 March, vam.ac.uk

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