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Holland, 32, predicts that technology will open up fashion shows, with augmented reality streams giving consumers product information and details about where to buy the clothes.

He said it could also make the buying process easier and faster, rather than having to wait for months after a show.

He added: "There’s only so long that fashion houses are going to spend huge amounts of money on shows and not get their money back. The fact that those looks are on Instagram while the public has to wait three months to purchase them seems so backward."

In September he recruited friends Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung to buy his clothes straight off the catwalk at London Fashion Week. And although the purpose of fashion shows might change, he said they will not disappear.

Holland added that the evolving nature of social media had led to people becoming more conscious of how they look.

"The fact that we broadcast our lives all over the internet means all aspects of our lives become more curated," he said.

"People are conscious about what their houses look like in their Instagram feeds and they’re conscious of their outfits. If they like their outfit they’ll post it, it’s show-off. People are more conscious of what their lives look like and we all know the reality is you’re sat by yourself with a hot chocolate."

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We can never predict the future and yet in the world of fashion and beauty we can always tell the trends that will arrive soon and prepare ourselves for them.

"Makeup is closely related with fashion," said celebrity make-up artist Lizzie Parra. "To forecast the upcoming makeup trends, just watch the fashion weeks around the world. Today's models use very minimal makeup, which highlights their facial skin and the dresses that they're wearing."

Lizzie Parra is a popular makeup artist in the capital. Her clients include Indonesia's top celebrities and socialites. In her spare time, the alumnus of Prasetiya Mulya Business School also blogs and shares her own makeup tutorials via YouTube, where she currently has over 15,000 followers.

According to Lizzie, in the upcoming "minimalist" makeup style, healthy and glowing skin is of the of utmost importance.

"Today's trend is to have flawless skin, which is easy," she said. "Just dab foundation on your face, apply some powder, then use some blush or shimmer on your cheekbones or jaws."

"And then, don't forget to brush it off lightly to blend everything and make it look natural."

The blush and shimmer are intended to contour your face, conceal some imperfections and highlight your strong points.

The coming trend is to apply subtle colors, such as pink and peach, on your cheekbones and/or jawlines.

"Peach will make you look fresh, while pink will make you appear more sexy and glam," Lizzie said.

And if you live in Indonesia, you may forget the tough, chiseled look of the Kardashians.

"In Indonesia, women don't [normally] use heavy contouring like [they do] in the US," she said. "We keep our makeup light."

For special occasions, she suggests the "smokey eyes" effect.

"Smokey eyes will be the all-time favorite," she said. "It will always be trendy."

However, she added, you should always choose between strong eyes or strong lips in your makeup.

"To have both can be too overpowering."

For lips, the upcoming trend in 2016 is going to be the "Korean Ombre Lip," in which we can blend two different colors together to create softer, more natural hues and make our lips appear to be fuller.Read more at:http://www.marieprom.co.uk/blue-prom-dresses

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I went into a well-known department store the other day to buy a hat. I thought it would be a fairly simple process because walking my dog was involved. I needed something simple to wear with my walking clothes – a straightforward t-shirt and skirt. The exercise took a little longer than I had hoped because when I described what I wanted, the sales assistant looked at me with a face of, and I kid you not, complete horror!

Am I alone in feeling like a fish out of water when it comes to fashion shopping these days? Is everything meant for those who are young and slim and tall?

Feeling a bit miffed, I took the rare step of buying a whole bunch of fashion magazines. I wanted to see what I was not “getting”. It was a sobering experience…well it was until I spoke to a Perth fashion stylist anyway.

“What you see in those magazines is all about fantasy”, she said. “Few of us will ever buy clothes like that, let alone wear them. The models you are looking at are beautiful coat hangers”. She had made her point and it made sense too. But what she said next really surprised me.

“What we all need to do as we get older is to revisit the pleasure of playing with fashion. Spend a morning going around the shops with an actual purpose in mind – trying on a bunch of different stuff, just to see how it looks”.

I wonder how for many people, and for women in particular, we follow the process of entirely giving ourselves up to whatever stage of life we are going through and quite often it involves caring for others to the extent that we lose sight of our own sense of self. So, when it comes time to re-focus, say in our 60s after the kids have left home, we may be left with few personal resources and end up just not caring much or at best, making do when it comes to feeling and looking good. One of the things that I’ve heard many women say is that they want their appearance as older women to reflect the person they still are inside. And many feel this is not happening.

There is a way forward, one of many available to us and it does not involve mindless retail therapy! The idea is to try to learn to play again and to find out what you really like, or better still, love.

As most of us would be aware having dressed ourselves every day for a number of decades, it is important to look at and simply accept your body shape and to learn to be comfortable with it. Go to the shops, select some things you may not have even considered before and see how they look! The main aim is to create a simple and attractive silhouette. When it comes to colours try and work out what suits you best, what makes your face come alive and develop your wardrobe with those in mind.

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