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Feature Win Harvey Nichols Fashion Event Tickets

We've got 10 pairs of tickets for next Wednesday's shopping event to give away

There can be no better combination to teach sartorial lessons for the new season than the world’s biggest fashion magazine and the most luxurious shopping brand. Next Wednesday 8^th September from 6.30 till 10pm, Vogue and Harvey Nichols, Leeds come together for a night of Autumn/Winter fashion and shopping. Models will showcase the new season fashions in the Victoria Quarter shop while guests enjoy complimentary drinks and live music. Tickets are £10 from 0113 204 8888, redeemable against fashion and accessories and there’s 10% discount on most purchases. Spend more than £75 on fashion and accessories and you’ll even get…

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Feature New Arrivals at the Victoria Quarter

Introducing… exciting new additions to the Victoria Quarter this autumn will add spice to its 20th birthday celebrations

The sumptuous Victoria Quarter has plenty of reasons to make merry this season – not only are they celebrating 20 years of existence on the 1^st September, there’s also the tantalising news that there will be a handful of new autumn arrivals – helping sustain VQ’s position as Leeds’ most glamorous and exciting place to shop for all things designer.

For those who fancy a little spa or beauty treatment during the lunch break or while browsing the shops at the weekend, then look out for beauty brand Liz Earle opening its doors on Queen Victoria Street in November. Their…

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Competition WIN! Jewellery From Magnolia

We have five £50 Magnolia jewellery vouchers to give away to lucky readers

Here at Leeds Guide we’re offering five lucky readers each a £50 voucher to spend on wonderful jewellery designs by Magnolia – who hand-make stunning contemporary rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and watches, so you’ll have plenty to choose from.

Magnolia specialise in using sterling silver (but do also use gold, precious and semi-precious stones) to create their timeless designs that promise to look très à la mode for years to come.

And when they say their designs are unique, they really do mean it: with at least 500 different designs hitting Magnolia stores every month (an average of 3,000 designs…

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Feature Costumes from the silver screen comes to Leeds

See costumes worn by stars like Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Madonna and Heath Ledger at Leeds City Museum

If you’re interested in fashion, film or studying costume design or textiles, a new exhibition at Leeds City Museum is an ideal opportunity to get a glimpse of some of the finest examples of costumes seen in films and on TV over recent years.

Called Heroes and Heroines, the exhibition features pieces worn by movie stars like Colin Firth, and Emma Thompson (in adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility); dresses worn by Nicole Kidman in Portrait of a Lady; Cate Blanchett’s outfits in Elizabeth and one of Madonna’s 85 costumes worn in the movie…

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Alternative Leeds Alternative Leeds: a behind-the-scenes look at Birds Yard

We glimpse inside Leeds' newCorn Exchange - the wonderfully quirky Birds Yard

Since the Corn Exchange evolved from its bohemian original self into the sleek contemporary location we have now, Leeds has been noticeably low on the alternative, independent shopping front. So when Birds Yard appeared on the scene, Leeds independent and creative talent found a new home.

Gathering a friendly team of local talent, Michelle Watson of Birdshell Vintage (mother of Birds Yard) has created an incredible shopping location at 83 Kirkgate, which brings together an eclectic mix of stalls with a unique and magnificent creative retail space. Birds Yard has truly recaptured the spirit of the old style Corn Exchange.

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Bex and the City Fast Fashion

This fortnight, Bex is in a fashion fix

Ok, so I am well aware that the fashion industry is extremely fast moving, but never am I more painfully conscious of this than in these sunnier (well, supposedly sunnier) months. Just try and shop for your summer holiday in summer. It’s not possible. As soon as spring is over, we start to see all the sandals and floral playsuits and crochet mini-dresses we’d just started to think about wearing disappear entirely from the shelves, to be found creased and trodden-on among the sale racks.

Going to Portugal next month? Anna Wintour doesn’t care. Vogue have had the end of…

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