OK I have to write a blog like this every November, the month our thoughts go to the growing tyre around the middle and dusting off the LBD hidden at the back of the closet, remembering you never actually got into it last year. It is going to take four weeks of hell, discipline and facing denial, in order to look and feel amazing through the party season in December and hopefully this time, the penny will finally drop, yo-yo dieting and torture is not the only way to...

It's hard to feel really confident in your clothes when you are trying to dress a body with tricky proportions whether it be plus size, really tall, broad shoulders, short waisted. As a stylist Shirley deals with these proportion issues every day for her curvy girls but as a woman she is not exempt from her own body challenges when it comes to  plus size style.

Already a VC Angel the you know the Leicester Stylist has a closet to die for. Now she has opened the doors and is allowing her loyal customers to shop second hand designer clothes Leicester at their leisure. Every piece in mint condition, some with the tags still on. 

Shirley show's you you don't need to be millionaire to get exactly want you want from your life including a Hermes Birkin.

When I started The Hollywood Look For Less and opened the first clothes swapping studio in Leicester in 2007 I thought I was genius. Everyone thought I was crazy but then again I've always been ahead of the pack.

There's a budding stylist in everyone. And the beauty about creating your own style, the only person you have to please is yourself.

One of my worst nightmares when I travel is choosing the right travel clothing, I always get it wrong and wish I had packed the dream wrinkle free travel clothes that in my opinion can only be found by sourcing high end quality fabrics like leggings, T’s and luxury comfortable layering pieces easy to roll and pack. If I am going somewhere really hot its often impossible for me and I think I am a skilled fashionista, to pack stylish travel clothes so I have invented the...

Hollywood celebrity stylist Shirley Yanez knows where to go when it comes to shopping preloved luxury brands on a budget. You might be surprised by her favourite places to shop for a designer bargain in London, UK

I am an expert when it comes to choosing the perfect little black dress because I have owned many myself over the years, from the Chanel boutique to Miss Selfridge on the High Street. The first one I ever purchased was in the early seventies, yes I am that old I can remember hippies, I was one in my Ossie Clark black maxi and chiffon headband. These days I struggle to find something that fits me well, the young labels cater for sticks and...