Wardrobe full of clothes and nothing to wear?

The plus size debate goes on...

We congratulate V magazine (US) for producing an issue featuring plus size models. In a world where every other business sector must abide by law to representing diversity why is the fashion industy exempt we wonder? Surely we all want the media to represent us as we are - from fat to thin, black to white, young to old and everything in between. We all identify with someone like us. Currently the fashion industry excludes 99.9% of us who are not 'beautiful' size zero teenagers. Are they real??!! - surely the buying population is largely made up of the rest of us who are currently excluded from the inner circle.

Join our campaign for real style for real women - http://www.stylefileworld.com/ - Real Style Awards - get your entries in whatever your size or age and win some fab prizes as well as help us to influence future fashion!

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Campaign for real clothes for real women!

We're starting the new year with renewed enthusiasm for our mission to celebrate diversity in women's fashion. We applaud the recent trend to for the industry to use models who are more representative of the norm and want to see much more of this in 2010.

Jen Hunter models some style tips

Style file spent a great day with the lovely Jen Hunter who modeled some pieces dug out from the back of Sarah's wardrobe showing that some looks just never date. Jen went away with new found enthusiasm for using accessories to up-date what she already has. Look out for the video footage on You Tube and the full content on http://www.stylefileworld.com/

Stone Age?

Vogue gets all of a lather over Lara Stone - the Girl of the Year. Testino, who's shot a few of the glamest of glam, is quoted as saying that Stone is 'the embodiment of beauty today...we went through an annorexic phase but now we have Lara'. The Anglo/Dutch not exactly fat fat girl speaks frankly of her experience of modeling, which doesn't paint a very positive picture of the industry. Is this a step forward in excepting diversity or is it just an exception that proves the rule?

Styling for Gossip magazine

Stylefile has been asked to do a regular 'Style Surgery' spot for Gossip magazine - Liverpool's hotest monthly style mag. We were pleased and proud to be asked to represent the brand as the resident stylist at an action packed charity bash (donations to the Teenage Cancer Trust). Also represented was the exceptionally talented Kirsty Doyle who has recently opened her first (of many I suspect) store in Liverpool's cool Met Quarter. Her shop is also stocking the Benna range of jewellery, gorgeous luxe clutches and Tom Ford shades - yummy! More jewels were displayed by Boodles and Jo Mallone provided super pampering treatments. Champagne was slurped and canapes consumed with relish in bar Rococo.

Stylefile was busy all evening advising women of all ages on the looks that would suit their style personality and lifestyle. Many of you are confused by fashion and find it difficult to know what to choose as you get older and your shape changes. The good news is that help is at hand! Style Surgery will answer your dilemmas each month in Gossip and you can log on to Stylefile.org.uk anytime of the day or night to read some confidence boosting hints and tips.

Go girls to the site and register as a member and have your own on-line personal stylist for a mere £25 per year.

Dublin's fair city

Just back from a weekend in Dublin. Eating, drinking, shopping (of course) and a little culture - don't miss the delights of the Hugh Lane Gallery. But my main hi-light was the outstanding shopping experience provided by Brown Thomas, a gem amongst department stores. Outlets of Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Hermes are an in-store reminder of the distance Ireland has travelled economically over the last ten years. The Molly Malone themed window of Hermes made us both smile with the shell encrusted bicycle centre stage. The main windows were a model of simplicity despite being the last few days of the sale.

But the first floor is the knock out experience - central are the shoes, stunningly displayed around a central seating area designed to dump husbands while you get on with the real stuff. The carefully selected concessions of designer label and more affordable clothing flow easily from space to space and the assistants were friendly and helpful but not pushy. I spent a happy hour or so trawling the two fashion floors with an occasional sidle past my other half to see if he was still amused - at the last he was translating a Max Mara brochure from Italian so I thought I'd better not push my luck!

Did I buy anything? Yes a perfect, simple, long white cotton shirt to wear with skinny jeans for the rest of the summer and under a tux later in the year - and it was sale price despite being bang on the button for A/W - a timeless piece and a bargain. I can recommend a trip!