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Natalie is part of SheerLuxe’s editorial team. When she’s not dreaming/hinting/talking about Chanel 2.55s, she loves wolfing down La Duree macaroons, drawing waifish girls in very expensive outfits, writing her blog, Canned Fashion, and hosting dinner parties at her flat.

That’s when she’s not shopping, of course, which takes up approximately 89% of her time. Her favourite online haunts are Topshop.com, Net-a-Porter.com, Myla.com and FeelUnique.com (thank goodness for tax-free Touche Eclat).

Organised Outfits...

Published on Monday 20th April 2009

After sinking my teeth into Cooking Lessons in which Daisy Garnett writes about her time in New York, where dinner parties aren’t reserved for the middle-aged and are an essential way to mingle when you’re new to the city, I’ve been inspired.

Having only been living in London for six months now, I’m always keen to meet new faces and introduce old friends to new friends and vice versa, which is why I’ve decided to put my hostess hat on and throw a dinner party once a week, with a mix of different people each time.

The only problem with this is that invariably, I’ll forget who was invited, what was served, who sat next to whom (and consequently which two media types who should have got on, didn't, and which raving Socialist and complete Tory struck up an unlikely friendship). Now I know why Jackie O started a dinner party diary, in which she made a note of all these things, ensuring that each party was as spontaneous and vibrant at the last.

Whilst serving pannacotta twice to the same person would be a slight faux pas, my biggest concern, naturally, would be doubling up on outfits. My buckling wardrobe and I have a fairly tempestuous relationship (it has been known to eat entire pairs of jeans), and I’ve always had secret fantasies of a Cher from Clueless-style computer-filed wardrobe, or at least one that’s more orderly, inspired by Tamara Mellon’s polaroid-labelled Jimmy Choo shoe boxes in an MTV Cribs episode.

So I thought all my dreams had come true when I spied Noble Macmillan’s Wardrobe Journal, in which one can note every detail of their ensemble and the occasion. OK, so it’s not quite the same as a talking computer that tells you what’s a match and what’s a mismatch, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction...

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