Donna’s Diary – Launching Jeans for Genes 2012
Thanks to all for your support of Jeans for Genes in 2011. We raised over £50,000 last year for the Donna Ida Fund, which has been set up by Jeans for Genes to capture all your fundraising and funnel it into specific worthy causes. …but now it is time to move on to 2012! This...
Launching the Donna Ida Fund for Jeans for Genes
Thanks to everyone for all your help and support in 2011, we managed to raise over £50,000 for Jeans for Genes! This is an incredible amount so well done and thank you to everyone for your hard work, perseverance and of course running skills! The Donna Ida Fund has now been set up by Jeans...
Tie Dye Trend
Tie dye just doesn’t get old. I love it, especially in Summer. Just one piece lifts a whole look and adds another dimension to an outfit. We’ve selected Joie’s Maddie in Vintage Rose and Siwy’s iconic Camilla Short in Mixed Signals.
Donna’s Best Dressed at Coachella
Rhianna. Every Summer there’s a lot of customisation of denim and Rhianna’s gone for it with high waisted studded denim shorts. I love that Rhianna keeps harking back to the 80s and 90s. She’s like a super naughty Joan Collins sometimes…..not that Joan would ever have bared her midriff. Vanessa Hudgens. Total flower power, belted...
Easter Lunch
Easter has always been my favourite time of year. You get as much time off as Christmas but without all the stressful present buying and last minute drinks/dinners with friends, as if it’s the last time you’ll ever see them (I’m usually the one arranging them mind you). Just four blissful days that signal the...
Donna’s Diary – Carol Joy
There’s a very alluring salon right across the street from Donna Ida on Draycott Avenue in Chelsea. I try to avoid it for fear of being sucked in by the bright light and leaving with a huge mortgage, but I finally went in a few weeks ago for a facial. Alicia is the manager and...
Tucker goes Glamour
On Wednesday night I went to a dinner at the Charlotte Street Hotel hosted by Jo Elvin, the Editor of Glamour magazine, for Gaby Basora, the designer of Tucker. I knew it would a fun evening because Jo and Gaby are two of the coolest, funniest women I know. They’re both a hoot and I...
Bottega
The power of Twitter – it’s how I met my good friend Sam who owns Bottega in Tarporley, Cheshire. I’ve been trying to squeeze in a visit for months now but finally made it last weekend. The highlight of the trip was discovering her fantastic boutique. If you’re in the Tarporley area you really must go...
Guest Blog Penny Calder: Those magical J Brand black leather skinny jeans
My friend Penny from New Zealand loves her J Brand 901 Leather Skinny Jeans so much, she’s written this guest blog on how she came to buy them… Guest Blog Penny Calder: Those magical J Brand black leather skinny jeans (My Inspiration) In July last year I read a tweet from Donna saying that the J...
The Beginning of Summer
At the start of every Summer there has to be one seriously sunny holiday to kick-start the tan and get me in the mood. I did it last week with a quick trip to the Caribbean via Las Vegas! We went with our friends Bill and Pat who live in Las Vegas and the four...
The J Brand Nikko
I had lunch with a friend this week who showed me pictures of herself, taken on her iPhone by her nanny, with her jeans around her ankles so she could get a good look at what she was calling ‘side bags’. I said ‘do you mean saddlebags?’ She said ‘yup, just look at them’. Personally...
Donna’s Best Dressed from Paris Fashion Week
Natalia Vodianova is everywhere at the moment, she’s really creating the mood of the moment for me. I love how she works her natural beauty – she needs little makeup and keeps her style simple and chic. I’m a big fan of a roll neck, which is huge for AW12, and I love it with...
