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!

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!

Well there’s so much going on in the world of Clothes Shopping I was torn on what to blog to you all about today! On the one hand there’s plenty of slaes on down the High Street ( ok, just quickly, River Island and TopShop are the best - i’ll blog more, but in the meantime get down there!! )

However, whats really caught my eye is the Next website ( www.next.co.uk ) and their obvious slant towards Christmas shopping. Now I have long been both an advocate and a critic of Next in terms of clothes shopping for differing reasons. On the one hand, I find their stores uninspiring and guilty of being too safe, but the clothes ranges have managed to keep up with the times, and their quality is undisputed. So what they have done with the website, in my opinion, is perfect.

Its good looking, easy to navigate, maintains the Next brand, and is a “must add to favourites” for anyone looking to do any clothes shopping online. It basically just replicates the Directory, but is laid out in such a way that it is easy to shop.

So on my daily trawl of the clothes shopping sites ( oh what a job! ) i was intrigued by the Christmas gift section being promoted on the homepage of www.next.co.uk - always one to take inspiration I clicked through. I was not disappointed!

What immediately hits you is that Next are so much more than just clothing - they do everything ( well, not everything - but everything I need!! ) - home furnishings, flowers, chocolates and wine!! Heaven! They have even introduced a gift finder called Santa’s Helper! Needless to say, ontop of the compulsory ( to me anyway ) clothes shopping, i have now also purchased Christmas presents for several nearest and dearest. All of which I would probably not have thought to go into the high street incarnation of Next for! So a big thumbs up for the Next online store and Christmas here I come!

Company magazine has once again run its popular High Street Fashion Awards 2007, with a record amount of readers taking part this year! The winners were revealed at an all too trendy breakfast at Harvey Nics in Knightsbridge.

River Island Scoops Top Place

River Island won the main award for the 2nd time in a row, beating off all the competition! In all, the independently owned fashion chain came away with four Top Clothes Shop gongs -

Ok, so everyone has a favourite store for different reasons and different occasions, but after some heated debate and a little bitch slapping ( ouch! ) we