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We might have a new favourite TOWIE girl! We spotted this photo of Lydia Bright, tweeted by @TheSunWoman last night, and she's wearing the most gorgeous pair of mint green trousers, from DP.
Totally showing Arg what he's missing!
Amazingly, these trousers are now in the sale, so you could get Lydia's look for just £7!
We love Lydia's style with the crisp white shirt and skinny belt, but how would you wear these? Tell us in comments x
If our new Floradita collection has inspired you to get back to nature, we've got a great way for you to get out into the fresh air this summer.
The Woodland Trust, one of the charities we support, has just launched VisitWoods - a new online search engine listing almost every UK woodland, so you can find the one nearest to you to pop down for a visit.
You could go down for a fabulous fashion shoot in a full skirted sundress, floaty floral maxi dress or peter pan collar top from DP! Or, you could just go for a lovely walk, surrounded by the trees, flowers and plants that inspired our capsule collection.
Either way, be sure to capture it all on camera, and you can share your experience on VisitWoods.
You can also write a woodland blog post, to share your adventures, write about wildlife you spotted or to tell people what to expect - we're sure the woods will inspire you!
Here's a video from rising star Misty Miller's charity single, 'Tiptoe Through the Bluebells', to get you in the mood for your visit:
The track is available to download now for 79p, with 59p of every sale going to the Woodland Trust x
The new Floradita capsule collection that has got the fashion press so excited has finally arrived online!
From today you can shop this sophisticated, boutique inspired collection, in luxurious fabrics simple, feminine shapes.
With a hint of the 1950s and a touch of modern day romance, we thought the perfect way to launch the collection was with an afternoon of flower arranging, tea cocktails and floral cake pops from the Pop Bakery.
In a beautifully scented, bouquet-packed room we watched an expert demonstration of how to arrange the flowers that inspired the collection.
Following the demonstration, we got stuck in and created our own botanical masterpieces!
You can shop the Floradita collection online now x
With the rain, mud and a limited wardrobe available, even the most devoted fashionistas (us included) would be tempted to go for function over fashion at Glastonbury.
But with Beyonce headlining the festival, how could it not be the glammest Glastonbury ever?
Beyonce bought the sparkle on Sunday night in a sequined jacket and almost nothing else! And her presence seemed to have an influence over the fashion of the whole festival, causing everyone to up their game.
Shingai Shoniwa from The Noisettes looked stunning in a leopard leotard with frills, bows and a train, while Clare Maguire went for more of an old school glamour feel in a veiled 40s-style hat and white tuxedo jacket.
Even the boys dressed up, with Plan B and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker standing out in stylish suits.
The rest of the summer's festivals have a lot to live up to!
Did you go to Glastonbury? Tell us which look was your favourite? x
Every Friday in June we've been holding a Strawberry Tea at DP HQ to raise money for Breast Cancer Care - and today's our last one!
This week we had lots of chocolate cookies, a huge Victoria sponge with oodles of cream, gooey chocolate brownies, and Lamingtons - an Australian tradition perfect for afternoon tea (vanilla sponge with a jam centre, coated with chocolate and coconut!)
This week's recipe comes from Tess in DP Marketing - see her delicious brownies and how to make them below!
We've raised over £150 for Breast Cancer Care throughout June with our bake sales and hope to raise lots more by the end of today.
You could raise money too but holding your own Strawberry Tea - go to the Breast Cancer Care website to find out more. It really is a very easy, fun and delicious way to support the charity and the excellent work that they do.
Tess's Gooey Chocolate Brownies
500g chocolate
300g butter
5 eggs
200g plain flour
400g caster sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
-Melt the chocolate and butter together over a pan of boiling water
-In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and add the sugar, to make a smooth mixture
-Add the chocolate and the butter to the egg and sugar mixture and sift the flour in last
-Add a teaspoon of vanilla essence, mix and fold into a baking tray lined with baking paper
-Bake for 30 mins and voila!
Happy Friday everyone! There's only one thing to do at work on a Friday, and that's daydream about the weekend and plan your outfit for a big night out.
So let's all do it together!
We've got our friends at Rimmel London to provide personal expert make-up tips to go with your weekend outfit, so just tweet us what you're wearing and they'll get back to you with how to finish the look. It's what we like to call #FTLFriday.
Here are some of our favourite tips so far:
To get involved, join us on Twitter, and tweet us using the hashtag #FLTFriday.
If you haven't decided what you're wearing yet, follow us on Twitter where we'll be re-tweeting the best outfits and tips to inspire you x
It's Wimbledon time again, which means three of our favourite things: Pimms, strawberries and cream and cute white dresses - on and off the court.
Wimbledon outfits over the years have evolved from full-length gowns ,complete with corsets and petticoats, to sporty vests with flirty flared skirts. It's the perfect inspiration for this summer's little white dress trend!
Proving that it's never been cooler to reference tennis whites in your look, here's Sienna Miller at the Ralph Lauren Wimbledon party, in a dress reminiscent of the Victorian styles of early Wimbledon championships:
Get this look yourself with any of these gorgeous white dresses - from a choice of many more on dorothyperkins.com:
We just can't pick a favourite - it's a case of love all!
We're so sad that our Summer Style Weekender is over - we had so much fun with the Closer Dress Up Challenge, and got some great make-up tips from Rimmel London!
It's not all over yet though, because we launched a competition to win your own stylish weekend away, and that prize is still up for grabs.
You could win a VIP trip to London for you and a friend on Friday 15th July. It's the perfect girly weekend away!
- First, you'll each get a £200 shopping spree to find the perfect outfit. Then, to get you looking glam, you'll get a makeover from Rimmel London.
- In the evening you're both off to see Ellie Goulding at Somerset House. Here you'll getthe full VIP experience, including free drinks and canapes!
- And the night doesn't end there - the prize includes an overnight stay at Mercure London City Bankside, a stylish and contemporary hotel ideally located in central London.
We wish we could go, but that wouldn't be fair, so we're giving this complete prize experience to two lucky winners.
Go to our Facebook page now now to enter.
Or, if you're not on Facebook, you can enter on our website.
Good luck! x
You can't beat a day at the races for fun and fashion in the summer, but it can be a nightmare of dress codes and style rivalry. All eyes were on the celebs at this year's Royal Ascot to see who could go the distance.
Danielle Lineker took an early lead on the first day in a pretty blush belted dress, closely followed by Holly Valance in figure-hugging black.
Keeping up with the pace are Katherine Jenkins and Stacey Solomon, in two very different - but equally stylish - outfits.
Princess Eugenie is our odds-on favourite in this race though, stepping out in a series of beautiful event dresses - proving she's back in the saddle after a fall at the Royal Wedding.
All in all, we think it's a photo finish! If you're looking for an outfit for the races this season, take a look at our celeb-inspired suggestions:
Sunday is the last day of the Closer girls' style weekender! But they're going to make the most of their final night with a meal out on the town.
At this point in the holiday, they've used almost everything in their suitcase, so how will they come up with something new and interesting? Let's take a look.
Kat
Kat's been saving this amazing sequin capelet for a special occassion! We love the colour combination of this and the top, with the chocolate taffeta shorts.
Daniela
Daniela looks red hot in coordinating ankle length jeans and platform sandals. The gold top adds glamour for her last hoiday night.
Which girl's done better on this challenge - and who do you think should win overall? Vote Kat or Daniela now! x
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