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The long skirt and long dress, normally known as the maxi, is currently in vogue big time at the moment with the catwalk being full of them. Unlike a lot of catwalk favourites this is a style that will definitely be making its way to the high street very soon, however while it might be a lot more flattering to wear than most short skirts and dresses the maxi dress can be deceptively hard to pull off well.

Fashion experts agree the best way to wear a maxi is to make it the centre of the outfit, wear a simple fitted top (if it is just a skirt) and flats, heels and boots won’t work with the low hemline. Tuck in the top and so it flows well and doesn’t add bulk to the whole outfit and stay away from anything which takes it towards a hippy look.

The guardian have a piece about how to best wear one if you want more advice and it is probably worth a look because lightweight summery maxi dresses could well be your staple outfit for this summer.

So the London Fashion Week is well and truly over now but if you want to relieve the sounds of the catwalks you can do now because there has been an officially released London Fashion Week album. It has been released by the British Fashion Council and is a compilation of songs selected UK designer Matthew Williamson and were chosen to help celebrate the “creative relationship between fashion and music”.

Williamson said that his musical choices were influenced by the moment when “the lights go down and the music begins at a fashion week show” and how selecting the right music is crucial to expressing some of the inspiration behind a collection.

The album is available from the usual places such as iTunes, Amazon, HMV and Play. The track list is as follows:

1. Marlena Shaw – “California Soul”
2. Empire Of The Sun – “Walking On A Dream”
3. The Temper Trap – “Sweet Disposition”
4. Best Coast – “I Want To”
5. I Blame Coco – “Selfmachine”
6. Róisín Murphy – “Overpowered”
7. Kelis featuring André 3000 – “Millionaire”
8. The Charlatans – “The Misbegotten”
9. Ladyhawke – “Back Of The Van”
10. The Raveonettes – “Lust”
11. Santigold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
12. Cold War Kids – “Hang Me Up To Dry”
13. Ali Love – “Love Harder”
14. Oh Land – “Sun Of A Gun (Yuksek Remix)”
15. Brazilian Girls – “Pussy”
16. Passion Pit – “Sleepyhead”
17. Caribou – “Bees”
18. 4hero – “Morning Child”

For more information on the London Fashion Week you can check out the official site or you can visit the sponsors part of Coutts the Private Bank

With the winter cold hitting us early this year legs are getting chilly so it is time to put away the skirts and short dresses and invest in some Maxi Dresses. The Maxi Dress is a floor or ankle length informal dress and it is normally slightly fitted at the top and goes into a long flowing bottom.

They are the perfect dress for winter because the long skirt part means you can easily wear some warm thermal leggings or tights underneath without anybody noticing and the fitted top part means it is ideal to fit a jumper over the top of. The maxi dress is one of the rare items of clothing that suits nearly every body type and is very flattering to those who are looking for plus sized dresses.

Despite Autumn being a very distant memory for most, autumnal colours like browns, dark reds and greens are still very much the choice at the moment, although with all the snow we have been having lately a white dress might make perfect camouflage for when you want to hide out in a snowball fight…

So this year don’t get stuck wearing the same old jeans and being to afraid or cold to experiment with a dress for the winter, get some comfy leggings and hide them with a full length maxi dress.