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There is it. It happened. 

Fashion went and poked around your teenage wardrobe and stamped a big fat 'ANCIENT' sign all over it.

No not the 90's, that's been done (I'm not there just yet). I'm talking about the era of the socialites who socialised face to face or via a Nokia 3310 (always.) Us early naughties girls who considered a triple-tiered skirt, spaghetti-strap top and even strappier sandals the go-to of the new millennia. 

Jesus has it been that long?

Of course, fashion will always love a good dose of subcultural nostalgia. But with style in the 00's proving that the 00's should just stay within THE 00's - there's only one thing to do when designers drag them back out again.

(re)Introducing the denim bustier. Hated it back then. Love it now. Too sexy to swing about solo for a girl of 16 and even 26. However, layer it over a simple white tee or a crisp white shirt and team with simple lace-ups and you've brought the Miss Sixty's signature straight into 2015. 

And if you're really feeling nostalgic.

Doutzen Kroes by Ben Weller for Twin Mag SS15

Let's talk about sweats baby.

"This collection will be my uniform until the day I die. 

From the hotel slippers to the cigarette pants and the perfect blazer to the 100% cashmere sweat - you get the point. It's like the man you want to marry."

"I need to travel light but still feel empowered - there's no room for frills or colours, quality above all."

Lykke Li for & Other Stories

"Good tailoring can take you anywhere.

'An enticing yet effortlessly chic slice of Swedish cool' - conceivably the only way to define the collaborative début between Indie-Pop songstress Lykke Li and fellow Swede fashion giants & Other Stories.

Li's 23-piece collection of highly sought after nomial-esk attire, revealed yesterday, pays homage to the singer/songwriter's love for the easy everyday classics. Here Lykke's passions are demonstrated with quality triumphing over quantity; each piece holding as versatile as the last and ready to wear either dressed up or muted down.

Imagine sultry silk camisoles, lavish cashmere sweaters and tuxedo-inspired two pieces, which are then set alongside trickles of gold jewellery and beautifully embossed-croc accessories.

Created mostly in what Li calls her most favoured hue, black, the collection appears as no more than a collab made in a monochromatic heaven.

Lucky for some of us, the UK's only store is but a hop, skip and a tap with your Oyster card away towards Regent Street.

The rest? You can shop right it here.

Ganni SS15 CPHFW

You hear that? 

It's the sound of a broken record.

Whilst geographically my physical self has been floating somewhere between North and East London, it would appear that my mind has been otherwise preoccupied around parts of the Danish capital - surprised?

Granted that during the just-concluded Copenhagen Fashion Week; levels of what I'm now calling 'Scandi-mania' may have reached concerning heights.

Now please, let's not start suggesting NA (Nordics Anonymous) group referrals just yet.

Oozing Scandinavian cool from just about every known orifice; the city and its showcasing ultra-chic, ultra-simple labels - including Designers Remix, Acne, Guldknappen and Malene Birger, got ready and put on an a week of understated yet undeniably alluring shows of sartorial finery.

However taking centre stage, or should that be centre court; home-grown Ganni treated bloggers, press and just about everyone in the industry with a questionable taste to a display of exotic minimalism and well-deserving wardrobe staples - all set on a rooftop tennis court. 30 - love, love, love to Ditte Reffstrup for that light bulb moment.

 The theme - an underrated aesthetic of pure whites, coordinates and Sports luxe. Throw in a few bold prints, tousle those tresses and team with a pair of Stans et voilà - contemporary silhouettes and suggestive shapes that are now the epitome of the modern day woman.   

With such an accessible collection of modern elegance and pieces that are relevant but will also see you through season to season - thank heavens the UK has some top-notch Ganni stockists. 

Although flights to the next CPHFW do look very tempting....  especially when a certain airline are about to make jetting very easy come February - ready Bridget?

| Images c/o Copenhagen Fashion Week |

| Pleated PU Midi - Topshop |

Preparing for post-seasonal perturb with pre-seasonal pieces. 

I'm a poet and I didn't know it.

Although, that English honours may suggest otherwise...

How about another one?

There once was a man from Leeds...

| Polo Neck Sweater - Topman | Mules - Unique SS14 | Sora Necklace - Moxham |

Another sure-fire attempt at playing polo there Verity?

So I've got a roll-neck fetish. Shi* happens.

Yet trust me to get down in the seasonal dumps once the good weather decides to grace our gloomy little isle.

No sleeves? Sleeve. Less.
Sorry but I don't speak blue skies and bare arms.

Together with an incessant requirement to travel just where the sun don't shine and an even greater need to boast layers; I'm afraid for now this autumnal princess is setting the bar for the 'anti-tan' pretty damn high.

Some call it bizarre. Others say crazy. I like to call it pale and interesting.

Thakoon Panichgul Resort 2015

The dilettante population of London are experiencing something of a 'Matisse binge' at the moment and I am heedless to say that yes... me included.

The artisan bug has sunk its urbane teeth so far into my amateur behind that it's becoming unrecognisable.

An evening of voluntary seclusion (1 month and every surrounding tourist becomes nothing a but simple hum in the background) spent ogling over Henri's greats? Yes please.

And then, what's a feast for the eyes if you can't treat your wardrobe to the same goodies?

With an already dendritic infatuation to design, as well as penchant for cutting out clean lines and an altogether feel for weightlessness; Thakoon Panichgul's Resort 2015 collection dexterously covers references to the former French artiste, specifically towards Matisse's most notable works - cutouts.

Evidenced as anything but overt throughout Panichgul's use of movement and Pantone adoption; the artistic aesthetic continues to transpire in the 'beatnik striped' two piece and craft-club knife pleats. Overall, the collection is a sure, subtle but ingenious nod to artisanship and feminine simplicity. 

Although when you've got cruise collection taste and stay-at-home money; trips to the Tate's gift shop for a quick fix will for now, have to suffice.

| Shop Thakoon Panichgul |

| Images via Vogue |

As far as an online persona goes; style-wise I'd thought mine had come to the end of its adolescent stage quite a while back. If I say so myself, seventeen year old moi has nothing on today's version. Instead of MySpace pretence and laughing out loud - it's all checking in, shoe porn and self(ie) awareness.

But then break through a seven year hiatus with no more than a little Channel surfing over to Paris and you suddenly come to realise...

In the eyes of the French you always were and will forever remain 'très Anglais'.

Concluding that Parisian Chic isn't something any outsider can so easily come to attain...

No. I'm afraid that personality trait stays within its national heritage.

Here's to those effort-making 10€ market trader mules and the knowledge that Brit-cool runs well and truly through my veins.

'Best of British' - Sang Woo Kim by George Harvey for Models.com

I'm going to put this down to a matter of situational circumstance or simply just one of those 'right place, right time' affairs... 

Three days dedicated to the world's leading names in the menswear biz, an unrestrained 'almost' tourist exploring every avenue the city has to offer and let's just say the resulting sartorial assemblage of some very proud parent's offspring. 

London Town has quite literally become my Oyster.

Miranda Kerr wearing Céline Pre-Fall 2014 by Chris Colls & Clare Byrne for Sunday Style

Dear dowdy, shabby and quite frankly washed-out.

We're sorry we made every effort to avoid you in the past.

Friends again?

Inventive Forms Collection - COS

Minimalism.

Go on, say it again... m i n i m a l i s m.

Feel how effortlessly it just rolls off the tongue?

Clearly we've stumbled upon my favourite word and well, the love affair I have with anything unadulterated just doesn't stop there.

Holding fluid lines and contemporary fabrics together within an empirical colour palette. It bet minimalism is COS's favourite word too.

| Shop the collection - here |

| Short Sleep Shirt: The Sleep Shirt |

And suddenly all I want to do is anything but get dressed.

I think I've found my Wang?

| Fringed Leather Jacket: Kate Moss for Topshop |

Forgive me for the impromptu (hash-tag) selfie...

At not a minute before daybreak today, this early bird not only caught a worm but also bagged herself the most sought after, butter-soft leather jacket since four punk rockers from NYC donned the Schott Perfecto way back when.

All I'm saying is... add that to the list of why it feels so damn good to be a morning person.

Now, excuse me whilst I introduce Kate to the rest of the gang.

| Shop the collection - Kate Moss x Topshop |

The ideal substitute for when your heels are playing hooky.

What are we saying summer?

| Saint Laurent - Leopard || Vans - Classic || Marc Jacobs - Pony-Hair || Topshop - Tika |

Vlada Saulchenkova by Alvaro Beamud for Glamour France May 2014.

Oversized, unbuttoned and très décolleté. Just how we like it. 

Glamour, I'm impressed.

Soon. When is soon? It's always coming, we're just not sure when.

Well, when I said I had an exclusive Q&A with a certain designer and one third of the We Are Kin clan coming soon - I meant today.

First meeting in the fitting room cubicles of Market Street's Urban Outfitters (It wasn't like that) - we've come along way since delivering excellent customer service to the 'general' public. So much so, that this girl is already set for BIG things within the jewellery biz.

But that's enough chitchat from yours truly. Ciara...

Ciara Clark.

Manchester.

HND 3D Design and Applied Arts.

Primarily a Jewellery Designer/Maker & Prop/Set Designer at CIARACLARK. I've recently 'given' myself the title of 'Studio Manager' at We Are Kin.

A girl's best friend! It's what I do and I love it! 

A wearable statement.

I would have to say opening our new studio 'We Are Kin'. The launch night was pretty special; celebrating with all my friends and family. I adore working from there - meeting the many faces that come through the studio and having the space to invite others to collaborate.

There are pros and cons to both I guess. 

A 9-5 can offer you a steady wage and job security but nothing beats doing something you truly enjoy for a living, whether that falls into the time frame or out of it.

To someone setting up their own business? Take time and make the effort to make good networks and contacts with people who you can both teach and learn from. Many designers and makers I know get lost in production and lose the time to really promote their work; it's so important to seek out your potential clients and buyers and to let them know who you are and what you do.

A new collection. I've been distracted from making at the moment as all my energy has gone into getting the new studio space up and running. I'm in the early stages of ideas and development for a brand new collection and I can not wait to get making again! 

Often hanging with friends, sometimes heading out for a night of drinking and dancing and occasionally visiting a new city.

As unsentimental as it sounds - my laptop. It's my most treasured possession and I'd be completely useless without it! My tool box is a close second!

I love brands that have a strong identity and are able to communicate a clear message about their style and point of view, to then form an idea and create something from the bottom up. I especially appreciate designers/artists/collectives such as Sophia Webster, Moxham, Craig and Karl and Bjorg Jewellery for this reason; although they have a very different aesthetic, you totally get their vision!

Bjork. She's my ultimate dream client! I would love to make a stage costume for her. I also get really hyped when I see a complete stranger in my jewellery - that's pretty exciting.

Breakfast is a MUST. I can not function without it. Normally something pretty standard but always satisfying; a couple of slices of toast and a good brew. I aim to get to the studio some time between 10/11. I'm not really a morning person! I tend to feel my most productive in the afternoon and evening, I can work all night as long as squeeze a little sleep in. 

All my friends and family to live happily and healthy for all of eternity... and my very own 3D printer. 

I am obsessed with writing lists.

I'm a very good listener and I make a wicked poached egg!

A nice cup of Earl Grey with a splash of milk is my preference.

Ciara's designs are currently for sale at the Manchester Craft and Design Centre.

 | CIARACLARK | We Are Kin |

| Images - Marta Julve |