Obviously our forte is not to be weather forecasters, but we can hope for a hot, sunny sexy Summer this year! What this also entails is hot sexy clothes - so wat will you be wearing this Summer?

Colour will be all important - bright, loud colours are a must - think intense yellows and lime greens, lilac and purples, aqua blues and you won’t go far wrong. Its really going to be about saying it loud, but saying sexily!

Additionally, vibrant floral prints and fairy motifs on featherlight fabrics are going to be very hot - if you usually play it safe, now is the time to start taking a few risks! The patterns need to be bold and beautiful, and made up of intense colours. For the ultimate in romance, floor-sweeping frocks have whimsical charm. Opt for an edgier take on the trend with sculpted silhouettes, short hemlines and off-beat, asymmetric shapes. Strong detailing – oversized corsages on shoulders, headscarves and ties – injects drama into the prettiest pattern.

Had a great email through from Figleaves earlier in the week - the email was actually to tell us of their Easter 50% off Sale, which makes a visit to Figleaves well worth while - but although we’re eagerly anticipating the sale offering ( on now if you’re interested ), it was the lovely selection of swimwear that Figleaves online store offers which really caught our eye!

They have got everything from Tankini, Bikini, Swimming costumes - whatever your preference, they are bound to stock it! And what a timely reminder to get this years holiday booked up - with the prospect of a damp, cold long weekend this Easter, just perusing Summer style swimwear maybe just the pick me up you need!

Visit Figleaves.co.uk and have your therapy!!

Yep, you read the title correctly  -Laura Ashley online are currently giving 20% off all dresses!!! Now thats amazing value - as one of the better quality High Street clothes shops this means you can bag some quality for a bargain price!!

 Get in there quick though - the offer is on until March 30th, but we’re expecting stocks to fly out as soon as word gets out!

Click here to go to the Laura Ashley site now!!!

At last some really juicy clothes shopping news for you - check out your local TopShop and chances are you’ll notice a range of clothing by Motel Rocks - we already had, and were suitably impressed! There range is awesome!!

I actually bought a few pairs of Motel Rocks jeans - they are just bang upto date and gorgeous! Naturally, I then had to buy a dress to go with it - it would be rude not too!! Check it out below - its allegedly their best selling item - I guess i just have great taste!! What can I say?

 So whats the big news regarding Motel Rocks and its clothing - well you can now buy all these gorgeous stuff online! Sit back at the comfort of your own desk and click around the shop - believe me you’ll find something you like! Even better news is within the week, clothes shop will have an exclusive discount code JUST for its readers!! All you need to do to receive the code is leave a comment on this post and tell us why you like Motel Rocks clothing!! How easy is that!!

Vist the motelrocks.com website here!

Its that time of year - Mothers Day ( and then Next on the calendar is Easter - but we’ll come to that later! ), and if you’re anything like me you will not have a clue what you can buy dear old mum ( I can already see the text coming in - ” Less of the old!! ). Now you know me, if I could, it would be clothes shopping at Bluewater for the day, but alas I got my clothes shop genes from some distant 4th generation or something, because they definitely did not come from her!

So a wander around the town center to see if I can be inspired, and I noticed Next have updated their windows - so purely out of selfish reasons I popped in to have a nose, and realised that Next clothes shop should in fact be called Next Mothers Day shop - they have everything!!

Next Clothes Shop is more than a Clothes Shop

Thats lesson no 1!! They do homeware, flowers, and if you’re online ( which you are, because you’re reading this!! ) you can jump on the Next site and even order wine!

And the great thing is, Next have been around so long, that even dear old - oops, I mean dear mum has heard of them! In fact, the likelyhood is she may even have a directory!

So get down to Next, check out their other departments and amaze Mum with quality and what she’ll class as youthful fashion!! - The truth is Next clothes are fashionable enough not to be unfashionable, but not cutting edge fashion enough to be too fashionable for mum!

How many times can I mention fashion in one sentence - answers on a post card please!!

Here at clothes shop, we always welcome new places to shop - online and offline, so its a little ironic that today we welcome one of the most established high street retailers to our online preferred clothes shop - please give a warm warm welcome to British Home Stores, or BHS as its generally more affectionately known!!

The site has ladieswear, menswear, childrenswear and the fab girls Tammy range online - it also features home furnishings and a wedding section.

Navigation and the general shopping experience is easy, and the product photography and descriptions are very good. It goes without saying  that the site is aimed more at the post 20 market, but even for the younger lady, there is plenty of nice underwear!!!!

We’re bring you news of this online store as and when it develops, and hopefully have some exclusive discounts coming your way soon!

Clothes Shop Team

Anyone shop from catalogue anymore? Anyone remember their mum shopping from catalogues? I bet a majority of you ansered no to the first question and yes to the second! After all - what do catalogues know about fashion?

Ok -STOP!!! Forget that mindset - call Paul McKenna and get him to hypnotise you to forget all your current perceptions about catalogues - and check out a few of the more ” traditional ” catalogues! Yes ladies, i’m talking the likes of Littlewoods - surely a name from the past? does it still exist - you betcha, and this cat features everything you need!!! All the best brands, all the top designers, and the online website ( click here ) is a work of art for us fashion afficiendo’s!!

There are plenty of other catalogues out there as well - for the pick of the best check out this site we found - great for letting you know what offers each one has on as well :- Catalogue Shopping org

Does that read right? Clothes Shop Clothes Shop? Probably not, and no, we haven’t developed a keyboard stutter - what we have developed is the most exciting thing since Kate Moss released her Topshop range! - our own clothes shop right here on www.clothes-shop.net!!

 So what will it be all about, and what will we stock? Well, details are locked away in Chief Editors desk, but whilst I was delivering Starbucks and cakes to her desk, i did catch a glimpse - we’re talking ladies fashion, mens fashion, leading brands, accessories and exclusive discount codes for registered clothes-shop.net readers!!

Better still this cutting edge store will let you shop clothes from a selection of stores such as Next, Laura Ashley, Top Shop and River Island all from one place!

So when can you start this new shopping experience ( can you tell i’m excited!! ) - the launch date is pencilled in for April 1st - no April fools i promise you! But i’ll keep you posted as i get more info!!

So this blog is about clothes shopping, and i’m going to make the brief and hopefully correct assumption that all of you have at some point been clothes shopping? Correct? Yes? Good, then i’ll continue ( and if you’re reading this and haven’t ever been clothes shopping - shut the computer off NOW, and do it!! please!! )

So whats the point of this blog post - what could i possibly teach you? Well read on, and just maybe your next clothes shopping trip will be even better!

 Online or Offline

A seemingly simple choice, but bear in mind the following -

If shopping online, have you got time for the clothes to arrive, and also to send them back should the size / style not be correct?

If going to your highstreet / shopping center, whats the parking like? is there a Starbucks nearby? Can you go during off peak times thus preventing the hassle of queing for 20 mins each time you want to pay for something!

Now what i do, and i accept i am not normal, and am receiving some therapy to help me, is make a list - and then another list!

My first list details all the clothing i must buy that day, followed by anything else i might be interested in. Then i make a second list of all the shops i will be likely to need to  go in to complete my first list! Still with me?

Ok, so now with my two lists, i can decide whether my clothes shoping can be done online successfully ( which is my preferred choice - after all, nothing better than kitting out a new wardrobe with Holby City on in the background and a glass of wine next to my mouse! ), or whether an offline trip is needed! If offline, i also make the distinction between going into town - read as a traditional high street - or should i go to the nearest shopping center? If anyone has ever been to Bluewater shopping center, you’ll know what kind of shopping heaven that place is!

Usually, all the stores in the High Street are available online - Top Shop, River Island, Marks and Spencers, New Look, and many more!

So its been updated for a while, but whats everyones opinion of the new Next logo? Just in case you haven’t seen it - check it out below :

So all they’ve really done is rounded off some edges and switched to a lower case text - big deal? Will actually, I think it is - as one of the premium and dominant forces on the UK Highstreet for the last 20 years, Next has built itself an unassailable reputation as a safe and quality clothing supplier for a variety of ages and occasions. So did they really need to come up with a brand new logo with a whole new identity? No.

Well, my dear clothes shop fans, why change it at all? Now this i do understand - the old logo was very nineties - perhaps even 80’s ( i can’t remember much from that era ), it was in big black capitals, and may have even been a little aggressive! This new one is far more friendlier - and I concede it does look a little cool!

Ok, all of this is a long way round asking - who’s got your favourite logo and whose do you hate ( and why!! )

Write again soon,

The Clothes Shop Crew