Le Femme Grunge

Tartan gets a chic makeover as this season focuses on wearing the grunge look with feminine accents. A/W 2013 catwalks sees Saint Laurent with girlish shapes and tartan fabric and Gucci taking a grown up approach to lady like grunge, power suits and nipped in waists give sleek twist to the trend.                              

The celebs have also gotten in on the act! Emma Watson was seen at the GQ awards earlier this year clad in tartan, with her oh so lady like signature look still in tact. As always, Emma stayed ahead if the curve, doing grunge her own way, and setting the trend for this season. Teaming lady like courts with a leather jacket gave a good balance of feminine meets grunge for her accessories. Tartan worked well in a figure flattering shape, giving curves in all the right places and steering away from traditional slouchy unflattering grunge shapes.

                    If your like Emma, and like to stay up to date while keeping it feminine, this is the perfect look for you. We chose to rock our new Heather tartan skater dress with some bang on trend cut out boots. Great for leading up to winter, our £19.99 MO boots are a inexpensive alternative to the designers high price tags, such as the Balenciaga boots seen on Mary-Kate Oslen.                           To give your look the chic edge, try wearing our Ida blazer slung over your shoulders, or worn fastened to nip you in at the waist and show of your curves. With pleated puff shoulders, this blazer is great if you want to balance out your hip to shoulder ratio creating an hour glass effect. You might need to stick to thick tights or knee high sock for this one though girls, it’s getting mighty chilly out there! For day to night in one easy switch, these Rhianon killer  heels, standing out guaranteed!                                 By Mhairi O'Neill   @IKRUSH_Mhairi