The Diva is always the first in the know when it comes to knowing what’s hot right now and that’s why she’s put together the Trend Shop at Viva La Diva to showcase all this season’s biggest trends in shoes, handbags and accessories.

So if you love to be the trend setter amongst all your friends, The Diva has got all the trend tips to keep you looking hot to trot! The Diva has picked out 5 of this season’s biggest looks and she’ll show off one at a time including some of her favourite items from the collection, so keep an eye out on the VLD blog for them!

The Diva is always the first in the know with the latest and hottest looks every season…she just loves to style her friends and give them trend tips.

So she’s decided to do a weekly piece for the Viva La Diva blog called Style Yourself where she’ll give all her expert fashion advice to achieve one of this season’s most sought after looks.

So here is the very first in this new series of posts!

This week The Diva tells you how to Style Yourself…Sailor Girl!

The sailor girl look has been around for a few seasons now and first strutted its stuff down the catwalk a couple of summers ago, but it’s stayed around and is a definite staple for every girl’s wardrobe when the sun starts to peep out. The Diva especially loves to show off her nautical pieces for spring into summer months, it’s a lovely transitional period when this look works to its best.

Making use of white, red and blue, it’s the traditional sailor colour palette that really makes this look so easy to achieve. You can mix individual pieces you already own too with newer items, it’s just so simple. But don’t be afraid to throw in some more contemporary shades too like turquoise which can add a more summery look to your nautical style.

Prints are also a great way to add that sailor girl look to your outfit, of course it’s all about the stripes if you want a basic and simple look but don’t forget oh so cute polka dots too they’re perfect for a cutsie and girlie sailor look, while even prints like birds and hearts make a funky and modern alternative.

Sailor Girl – nautical inspired pieces

Nautical shoes

Nautical handbags

The Diva felt a little twinge of jealousy over the weekend after seeing lots of amazing photos from Ladies’ Day at Aintree Races with so many women looking utterly fabulous strutting their stuff in killers heels with cute clutches and hair pieces…so she decided to showcase some of her favourite pieces from Viva La Diva that are every inch Ladies’ Day worthy.

Whether you’re attending Ladies’ Day at Ascot, Cheltenham or another race event, you always want to dress to impress and it’s the perfect excuse to get dressed up and have a real girls’ day out – what diva doesn’t love any excuse to shop for a new outfit?!

But of course, you need the perfect shoes, handbag and accessories to go with your Ladies’ Day outfit too…so The Diva has pulled together some style inspiration to help you achieve that perfect race day look.

Ladies’ Day Style Inspiration and Outfit Ideas

Shoes

Handbags

Head pieces

The Diva is just loving all the sunshine right now, it’s really get her in the mood for those warm sunny days…and of course it means she can buy new sunglasses to keep her summer style look inch perfect.

And she also loves that Viva La Diva has so many different styles of sunglasses from those that won’t break your bank as well as those designer sunglasses that are worth the splurge! Whatever your budget, whatever your style, you’ll find a pair of sunglasses to finish off your look in the sun.

Sunglasses at Viva La Diva

Super saver

For the budget conscious shopper who looks for value for money when buying sunglasses – cheap and cheerful is definitely the way to go!

Purse friendly

For the fashion minded shopper who is quite happy to spend that little bit more but just can’t stretch as far as designer just yet!

Payday treat

For the high end luxury shopper who loves everything and everything designer label and won’t hesitate to spoil herself every now and then!

We’re running a fantastic competition on our Facebook page for the chance to WIN a Mischa Barton handbag of your choice from our website – all you need to do is head on over to our Facebook page to see how to enter! Good luck!

Terms & conditions:

1. This competition is open to persons resident in the UK with the exception of employees of N Brown Group Plc or their relatives.
2. Enter the competition by filling in your name and email address in the form on the relevant Viva La Diva Facebook tab. All entries must be received by 30th March 2012 (“Closing Date”) and the winner will be randomly drawn within 1 week following the Closing Date.
3. The winner will be contacted by email within 1 week thereafter. The first name drawn will win a Mischa Barton handbag from VivaLaDiva.com
4. Prizes cannot be returned or exchanged unless faulty and are subject to stock availability.
5. Entries limited to 1 per person.
6. The winner agrees to use of their name in promotional activity following the Draw.
7. The prize must be won; it is not transferable and there is no cash/credit alternative.

The Diva wants to wish you all a very merry St Patrick’s Day! And to celebrate everything Irish, she’s chosen her favourite green pieces from the Viva La Diva website from light pastel shades to deep emeralds and neon greens – so get into the St Paddy’s Day mood with this collection.

Green shoes

Green handbags

The Diva recently spotted Viva La Diva being showcased on InStyle online with the Moda In Pelle Immaculate Shoes being featured on their Fashion section. We just love these killer heels with their chunky two tone platform sole and versatile shape and colour – a wardrobe must have at just £59.95 too!

At Viva La Diva you may or may not know that we also sell men’s footwear and accessories too – well we’ve decided to give that area of our website a bit of a revamp and so we now introduce to you the brand new and rather snazzy Mr Viva section of our website.

Inside Mr Viva you’ll casual and formal men’s shoes and boots for all occasions as well as men’s accessories too like bags, belts, hats and scarves…so the man in your life can shop when you shop…it makes you feel a little bit less guilty if you get him something too!

We’ve over 50 men’s brands including big names like Rockport, Cushe, Boxfresh Caterpillar and Hush Puppies among many more.

So check out our brand new Mr Viva section and treat your man to a new pair of shoes, boots or some accessories now, it’s a fantastic men’s range not to be missed!

We’ve got a great competition on Viva La Diva right now giving you the chance to WIN a Luccio handbag of your choice from Viva La Diva.

To enter the competition, simply head over to our Facebook page and click on the competition tab on the left hand side and fill in your details!

Terms & conditions:

1. This competition is open to persons resident in the UK with the exception of employees of N Brown Group Plc or their relatives.
2. Enter the competition by filling in your name and email address in the form on the relevant Viva La Diva Facebook tab.
3. All entries must be received by 5th March 2012 (“Closing Date”) and the winner will be randomly drawn within 1 week following the Closing Date.
4. The winner will be contacted by email within 1 week thereafter. The first name drawn will win a one handbag from the brand Luccio at Viva La Diva.
5. Prizes cannot be returned or exchanged unless faulty and are subject to stock availability.
6. Entries limited to 1 per person.
7. The winner agrees to use of their name in promotional activity following the Draw.
8. The prize must be won; it is not transferable and there is no cash/credit alternative.

The Diva is always one step ahead of the latest footwear fashions and her latest “We love…” feature focuses on all those fabulous fashions she’s loving right now. First up is the latest two tone platform shoes trend that’s so hot right now.

With a thick platform sole and killer heel, what’s not to love? But add into that a splash of a contrasting colour and you’ve got yourself one amazing shoe that’s for sure! And it also means you can team them with so many colours too and work the colour blocking trend too – two tone platform shoes are great wardrobe additions for any fashion forward shoe-lover.

The Diva loves two tone platform shoes because…they can bring together all the colours in your outfit to create one look that embraces colour blocking.

Here are a few of the two tone platform shoes we have a Viva La Diva.