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Chic Cheat
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Fashion meets craft - and the chemistry is hot! Chic Cheat your way through the latest trends and find out how to copy all the must-have wardrobe staples of the season by customising high street clothing and making accessories, in this Absolutely Prefab-ulous blog!
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Chic Preview: A brief Miu Miu-sing

Apologies, dear readers but, owing to under-estimation and -yes I admit it – a bout of unexpected excitement I’m going to be a little late on revealing my method of accurately replicating...

3 days ago

Chic Cheat’s officially a la mode

Damn I’m good! To find out why, do read on…   DIY Days of Summer Edited by: Jess of Fresh Jess The bloggers are taking it to the crafts these days! What better way to get your wardro...

5 days ago

Chic Shout Out – all the fun of Fashion Love Affairs

This week I was going about my usual DIY blogging business of solving the world’s fashion problems the crafty way when I happened upon Erickson Beamon’s fabulous neon-charmed cuff and nec...

20 may 12

Oh Miu Miu’s Stars!

Another brief D.I.Y. fashion bite for you this week, this entry’s come somewhat later in the day than I would have liked. This is partially down to personal laziness and for that I’m givi...

14 may 12

True Collars

So for this week’s entry I thought I’d keep my big, opinionated gob shut – or to a minimum so far as verbose introductions go – and my tutorial restoratively easy after my big...

06 may 12

Chic Cheat Reloaded – A blast from the past

Another aesthetic blast from the not-too-distant past, here’s another of my recent “sew-last-season” initiatives – a sartorial reincarnation of a ghost of fashion almost-present, if you will. A...

30 apr 12

Day 6 with Donatella from Inspiration and Realisation

Taking us into the final day of our collective celebration of creativity is Donatella from Inspiration and Realisation, with her crafty $20 DIY ode to 3.1 Phillip Lim’s ribbon embellished silk ...

23 apr 12

Day 5 with… me!

So, today it’s my turn to take over on the DIY Bloggers Fashion Week with my creative ode to the Spring/Summer 2012 shows. The fashion statement in question? Like Carly, I chose to sartorially ...

22 apr 12

Day 4 with Carly J. Cais of Chic Steals

Time for the fourth day of our DIY Bloggers Fashion Week, with Carly J. Cais of Chic Steals. Check out her current blog entry to find out how to make some stylish summery sunglasses, inspired by Dolc...

21 apr 12

Day 3 with Alessia from Matter of Style

Coming up to the half way point in our six-way exchange of creativity and Alessia, from Matter Of Style has day 3 all wrapped up with this ingenious Dolce & Gabbana-inspired scarf print dress: Im...

20 apr 12

Day 2 with Micol Zanzuri from Feed Your Style

Welcome back to our daily DIY fashion fix! Next stop on our creative journey is with Micol Zanzuri’s Feed Your Style blog, where she’ll be showing you how to see in the summer season with...

19 apr 12

Day 1 with Kristen Turner from Glitter ‘N’ Glue

Kicking off our DIY Fashion-a-thon, the lovely Kristen Turner of Glitter’nGlue shows us how to work our jellies Dolce & Gabbana style. Want to get the look of these? Image: Style.com Image:...

18 apr 12

DIY Fashion Week – a creative collaboration

New York, London, Milan, Paris… Fashion Weeks are all over the world and so is our inspiration! We are proud to introduce you to the DIY BLOGGERS FASHION WEEK What we liked What we coveted Wha...

17 apr 12

OOTD – a styling suggestion

“So, Charley… what have you got on?” A question you readers may ask if you wonder how I style my couture-inspired oeuvres – and one that hopefully none of you would mean any i...

16 apr 12

Weave the Dream

…And if you’ve got time, pick a knit! Certainly, it seems that’s what we’ve got to look forward to trend-wise next season. Those who know this blog well will be aware that I&#...

09 apr 12

Chic Cheat Reworked – A Golden Oldie

…Or rather retold in the form of hitherto unpublished work. My ode to Emilio Pucci’s Autumn 2011 asymmetric crushed velvet dress was done a while ago and would have been put together as a...

01 apr 12

Chic Charity

… Or what £11 in thrift shop buys and the celebrities’ choice of broderie-trimmed brilliance have in common. But first, a bit of colourful language: “This stuff? Okay, you think thi...

23 mar 12

Ricci Pickings: Chic Cheat takes over!

Some inspiring news for you, dear readers and an exciting new milestone for me here at Chic Cheat. This latest entry is being brought to you in the form of a guest blog takeover at independent online...

07 mar 12

Styling Suggestion: Red Top Chilli Peppers

Okay, so, just to add some variety to my creative palate and to try something new with the – I fancy – delectable flavour of this blog, here’s a what-I-wore-type entry, as an experi...

03 mar 12

Red Top Chilli Peppers

I If it were too stultifying and obvious a statement that history has a tendency to repeat itself, in fashion’s case, to a notoriously great degree, then consider this: Casting aside financial ...

21 feb 12

Seeing stars

Luxurious lace and sheer sophistication get their star turn at D & G In a final attempt to squeeze in my ode to Dolce & Gabbana’s massive star print trend of the season, like an expertl...

11 jan 12

On the dot

Spotted: The best way to carry off appliqued dotty chic this season. “Fashion rebels against the static; it is always in flux,” as Jane Mulvagh highlighted in Vogue’s History of 2ot...

11 jan 12

Miu Miu for you

It’s not too late to add a touch of seasonal sparkle with my ode to these celebrity-favoured Miu Miu glitter and suede fan ankle boots. This was meant to be my final pre-holiday Chic Cheat entr...

11 jan 12

Louis Louis

Animal magic becomes animal-mad chic! If, indeed, there is a God, or an equally omnipotent being, it was very nice of him (or her – why not?) to notice that we the British were, in fact, due a summer...

12 oct 11

Chanel Hopping part 2

While still on the happy note of my previous entry, here’s a Chic Cheat video tutorial how to make your own affordable version of the moth eaten red and grey jeans from Chanel’s Spring 20...

09 oct 11

Chanel Hopping

Apologies for the year-long Chic Cheat hiatus. Owing to changes in my life and situation – namely starting a new job, decamping eastwards with precious little knowledge of local haberdasheries ...

03 oct 11

You’re Busted!

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? Does art inform fashion, or does fashion shape itself within the confines of life, practicality and the need to look flattering on the wearer? A nice...

29 aug 10

Hot Gossip – Part 3: Ooooh, handbags!

This entry is all about a heavily-decorated, high-maintenance clutch bag, but enough about Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl’s scheming “Queen Bee” (What? I thought that was what her char...

22 aug 10

Hot Gossip – Part 2 : Serena’s Order

Follow my blog with bloglovin Just what every teen queen wants – Acne! Image: The CW …Or, rather, the Force Dress by Acne (you might see what I did there) worn by the lovely Ms Lively as...

20 aug 10

R U Miu Miu?

There are so many of us creative types who find ourselves lingering under the category of “visual creator.” That is, less pretentiously put, a person paid to draw attention to a product a...

08 aug 10

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