House of Fraser Blog

Like the sound of free shopping, being treated like a VIP and offered lots of pre-wedding pampering offers and discounts? Welcome to the House of Fraser Wedding List.

From the shiny tables and concierges, to the chic cards for you to drop into your invites, the House of Fraser Wedding List experience is stylish from beginning to end.

I visited the wedding list department on the home floor at Oxford Street to start putting together my wish list. I was greeted by a smiley and smartly dressed concierge, who talked me through the process and joined me scanning gifts around the store, with the help of a little ‘how to’ booklet suggesting the things I might want to consider.

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My colleagues may be fooled into thinking I’ve had a few long sleeps, given up wine and stress and started following a macrobiotic diet. But they’d be wrong – I’ve simply had my first pumpkin peel at DestinationSkin and I can highly recommend it.

It certainly stings a little when it’s on – that’s the acid getting to work but it leaves your skin feeling nicely taut and baby fresh. For me, it out does any facial I have ever had for its immediate effect on the condition of your skin.

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This week has been all about a very special union. The Royal Wedding. Dubbed as the marriage of the decade I couldn’t help but feel we should doff our hats (or rather don a shirt) in honour of the wedding.

There couldn’t be a better time for a Royal Wedding either as Union Jacks have been everywhere for the last few seasons and this doesn’t seem to be cooling off anytime soon.

This Austin Reed Tattersall shirt jumped out at me from our new arrivals page. It’s from a wonderfully British brand and has the essential red, white and blue of the Union Jack.

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Forget brunch, afternoon tea is now the chicest meal of the day. And who doesn’t love a good cup of tea, accompanied by sandwiches, scones and delicious cakes?! We also like any excuse to dress up, and afternoon tea requires …

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The bank holiday weekend starts here gentleman – and after a long, cold winter it’s time to inject a little summer style into your wardrobe. Enter the Howick postman shirt. In classic cotton, this smart/casual shirt has a laidback utility look with epaulettes and breast pockets – and is bang on this summer’s ‘natural’ colour trend. Aside from looking cool it’s practical too, with button fastened tabs at the elbows which allow you to roll up the sleeves as the mercury rises.
Embrace the natural trend by wearing this with light coloured chinos or tailored shorts, or tone it down with dark denim jeans- spot on for lounging around the BBQ.

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Buying a camera is an investment – it’s not a flip decision made at lunchtime in between choosing a sandwich, a birthday card or even a pair of shoes. It takes time, money and (worse still) technical know-how, in order …

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With only one week to go until the Royal Wedding, I enlisted the help of Jessops camera specialist, Nicky King, to help me brush up on my photography skills – so that come April 29th I could return from Wills’ …

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My good friend Luke and I always take pride in our dress, grooming and general presentation.

Luke tends to go for a modernist take on classic tailoring whilst I channel 1950s/1960s vintage style.

So imagine our surprise when we came into work wearing matching outfits!

We couldn’t stop laughing and neither could a few of our fellow ‘Hoffers’. We looked like members of some sort of selective club. If it was anyone else it could have been a bit embarrassing but, because it was the well turned out Luke, it was actually good fun.

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Roll up fellas! Yes it’s The Famous Friday Shirt!

And with the sun finally making a much long awaited appearance, I thought we should all make the most of it by getting our arms out in a short sleeved shirt. It’s a great excuse to show off those biceps (what do you mean ‘what biceps’?) and gives a casual look along with keeping you cool.

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So I’ve been thinking, if Kate Middleton were to call me up and say “I need your help, none of these fancy couture designers can help me find what I want, I want you to dress me head-to-toe in House …

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