If your job requires you to work outdoors winter is always tough to get through, icy cold frosty mornings, freezing arctic winds and endless days of snow and rain. So you need to make sure whilst your outdoors do be warm, and the best item to keep the cold out are fleeces, ideally worn when its exceptionally cold under a waterproof jacket for when the weather is snowy and rainy giving you a extra layer to keep your warmth in and the cold out.

Because they are so warm all you need to wear underneath is only normally a t-shirt especially if you have a waterproof jacket too. There is a wide range of colours and styles available meaning you can get a colour that suits your business or companies branding as well as having a logo printed on them.

A printing company can print your logo or brand name at a very reasonable price and can provide you with all your fleece and t-shirt printing needs.

Blue men's fleece

The French are widely known for their sense of style probably it helps as well that France is the fashion capital, home to many designers, so it’s no surprise that their style is often recreated in trends. The styles of clothes is often quite simple and in muted colours but also with a modern edge, many designers and stores have also picked up on prints featuring famous land marks and brands in France like the vest top below.

Women’s clothing has a wide choice when it comes to this pretty style not stuck to just dresses or trousers but you can recreate looks with shorts and vest tops as well as pretty shrugs and beautiful jewellery. You can take inspiration from some of the big French designers who have a classic style such as Chanel on your own budget.

Parisian Chic look

Still in this year for guys are checked shirts, a very popular trend last year has crossed over into 2010, with many shirts now looking a lot more rugged and manly with more of a worker feel to them. With many styles, materials and colours to choose from there are so many different looks to rock in this men’s clothing hot trend.

If you think the bright check shirts are too hard for you to pull off think again, if you go for a bright bold check shirt just tone down your bottom half with slim dark jeans and simple high top boots. If you really want to work this ‘worker’ look opt for a heavy check shirt with a plain white t- shirt underneath and you can wear a pair of thick leather military boots.

You can also work more of a rocker look with a unbuttoned dark check shirt with a graphic t-shirt underneath and straight cut jeans.

G-star check on trend

Hair accessories this season are big again, well size wise, the catwalks were full of noticeable head gear. Neon bows were a feature in the hairstyles of Marc by Marc and Luella, which will be a great way to brighten up your wardrobe. They were teamed with messy up do’s a great way to have your hair if you don’t want to spend too much time styling it.

Other designers such as Betsy Johnson used lots of tulle to create more height, with curly locks, easily creatable using ghd hair straightners and hair spray. Erin Fetherston also opted for tulle but created fascinators with a chic retro style and Milly’s take on tulle used them to tie up sleek straight locks in giant scruffy bows, a look that you can recreate more easily yourself by using ghd straightners to get smooth straight hair and using some rough cut tulle to tie around a pony tail in a bow.

Peter Som, John Galliano and Marni took the handkerchief to new heights, think less granddad style on the beach and more statement head piece, wrapped around messy hair in bright colours and funky prints.

If your looking for company branding then the cheapest way is often to get t-shirt printing applied to some work-wear.

T shirts usually have the lowest cost, and are often made from names that you will recognise such as Fruit of the Loom or Stedman.

Ordering a high number of items will usually reflect in a lower purchase cost, Where as lower numbers under 10 will reflect in higher pricing.

You can usually have your items branded via either t-shirt printing or t shirt embroidery.

You will need to know all the t shirt sizes for your employees, often you can get sample sizes sent out to you.

A big designer clothes trend this season is the nautical theme, it is a timeless classic that has appeared over the years. There are many aspects from this style that can be picked up easily with a navy striped blazer or cardigan over a simple white top or dress and you can also add some nautical style jewellery like chunky gold bracelets and necklaces.

It’s always good to remember when going for the nautical look not to go over the top, with too many stripes in all directions or a full matching outfit including a cheesy sailor style hat, instead keep it simple going for a striped dress or a pretty girly top like the ones below teamed with jeggings and simple silver shoes.

Miso Nautical Style

When its snowy outside and you can’t get into work there’s nothing better slouching around home in jogging bottoms and hoodies to keep warm and relaxed, have your feet nice and toasty in furry lined slippers and a hot water bottle to hand. But just because it’s grey outside doesn’t mean you can’t add a bit of colour like a quirky knit jumper or stripy leggings.

Even if you have your heating on you still may feel some of the cold as a lot of people do with their hands, so to give them a bit of warmth while you’re lounging around why not pop on some fingerless gloves. You could always go for a duvet day in front of the TV in your pyjamas and to cheer you up from the winter blues go for a funky patterned pair.

As the weather has become ever so cold and wintery it’s worth thinking about protecting your skin from the elements so before you pack on any foundation or powder remember to moisturise before hand to give your face some much needed protection. It’s also important to remember to take off your make up before you go to bed properly and adding some more moisturiser as you face will be very dehydrated from being in stuffy places and all the alcohol you will have consumed.

As it winter you want to go more for the pale and interesting look for your foundation so stay away from the fake tan or bronzer instead use light foundation or powder depending on your preference and use pale pink powder to define your cheekbones to give you more of a fresh faced look.

Don’t over do your makeup remember if you go for the gothic style smoky eye make that the statement and everything else toned down, that also works the same if you want to go for the red glossy lips that many celebs have been favouring of late keep that the feature and everything else more subtle.

If you want to go for statement eyes try something a bit more daring you don’t have to go for the black and grey eye, try a change in colour like purple, for a different twist on a classic look, use inky purples on the centre of your lid blending out to you inner eye and socket with near black shade to give your eyes depth and add a shimmer over the top to complete the look.

If you do opt for red lipstick do be aware that you need to keep on top of it nothing looks worse than faded blotchy red lips and when you re apply be careful after you have had a couple of drinks, you could end up with your lipstick not just on the lips but teeth and around your mouth.

Although glitter is big this year it’s best to keep that to your dress/outfit and accessories and not on your face you don’t want to overdo it and end up like a glittering disco ball yourself. Instead try some muted metallics for your eyes to give you a slight shimmer, or a light brush on your body like the collar bone or cleavage.

Vintage style clothes always feature heavily in catwalk shows now designer Halston is bringing out its Heritage Collection which draws from the brands archive and in particular its heyday in the 1970’s. Many trend spotters will see its popularity especially after Sarah Jessica Parker was spotted in a white dress from the Halston Heritage Spring 2010 Collection on the set of SATC 2.

Normally favoured by people such as celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and co founder of the Jimmy Choo Company Tamara Mellon, Halston dresses normally carry a price tag of over £2,000. Now though the Heritage Collection will be available with a more affordable price tag, with t-shirts from £40 and dresses from £180 and will capture there era of disco and will feature a distinct Studio 54 vibe, Harrods and online retailer Net-a-porter are currently buying up the collection.

disco ball

Picture courtesy of yozza

A collection of some of the most iconic and beautiful pieces of couture and accessories once belonging to Audrey Hepburn were sold at auction recently. The collection dating from 1953 to the late 60’s included many items such as embellished evening gowns, tweed coats, hats and belts, there were also letters Audrey had wrote which included on about her proposed wedding to James Hanson, which she called off.

The collection of gowns, accessories and letters were donated from Tanja Star-Busmann a friend of Audrey’s from the age of 15. Over her career she sent her friend boxes filled with many pieces from her collection like haute-couture dresses, cocktail dresses, day suits and tweed jackets. Many of the outfits Audrey sent were often from the films she had starred in including a Givenchy haut couture dress worn by Audrey for a scene at the Ritz Hotel in the film How to Steal a Million which sold for £60,000.

Much of the collection were outfits in Audrey Hepburn’s signature style of pastel colours, ivory and black and notably were also of a very petit size that fitted her tiny frame.

Audrey Hepburn

Picture courtesy of Lori and The Bell Jar