We are counting down the days to the Vogue Fashion Night Out! Held next Wednesday in our Argyll Street store, there are LOADS of prizes to be won! We have already heard of a few exciting things up for grabs but you’ll have to keep checking the website for more details on www.oasis-stores.com/vogue or keep your eye on our facebook and Twitter pages! You have to register first to receive a prize, then from 6pm on Wednesday 8th September we will send you alerts to let you know when the fabulous prizes are available throughout the night!

We will have djs The Broken Hearts on the decks and Benefit will be providing make-uppers all evening so you will be on your way to glam haven! You won’t want to miss this one!

6.30am – alarm goes off! After a quick look outside to find our worst fears confirmed, it’s raining, it’s pouring (again).

Much to our bitter disappointment we here at Oasis HQ are being forced to consider the fact that summer might actually be over. But looking on the brighter side, we’re secretly buzzing about all the fabulous coats, new season trends and autumnal colours that are creeping their way into stores. And who better to help get us excited and up-to-speed on what lies ahead for the new season than Grazia’s Fashion Editor, Angela Buttolph.

Take a sneak peak into our most coveted new season wish list to find to what’s hot and how to wear it…

We have just arrived back from Amsterdam after a mini break over the weekend and were very impressed by the city! On disembarking at the Central Station, we headed straight up to the Noordemarket where we found some rather pleasing to the eyes food stalls (and even more pleasing to the palette!) plus loads of bric-a-brac stores selling wares from the 70s and 80s.

This area is totally surrounding by the canals and boats were passing up and down with people enjoying al fresco picnics on the roof. The streets were filled with bikes buzzing by every minute and of the hundreds of cafes and restaurants with tables out on the street, there wasn’t a single spare table for us to grab some lunch! We instead ended up wandering through to the famous 9 Streets, where we stopped for a cup of tea and some Dutch pancakes then dropped into some of the little boutiques. Vintage store Episode had the most impressive selection of 80s knitted jumpers and sold retro silk scarves for just three euros – bargain! We also managed to find our fave Swedish store Acne wedged in amongst cafes on one of the side streets!

By the end of the day we had walked the whole city and managed to get a good look at most of the shops! If you are planning to go to Amsterdam we recommend you spend a good few days there! Our visit was so fleeting we didn’t have time for any museums, canal or bike rides but we are definitely going back!

A member of the Oasis team was homeward-bound this weekend, leaving London for the quieter climes of the Peak District. On her car journey back to London she told us how she stopped off in Nottingham at the Contemporary Gallery, a newly built gallery space in the heart of the oh - so - trendy Lace Market area. 

The exhibition showcases around 50 works of Diane Arbus throughout her years as a photographer, also documenting many interesting points of her career where she was a photojournalist for Harpers and Vogue to name but a few, before her death in the 70s.

The exhibition evokes the emotions through the intimate and personal portraits taken by Diane. The way she sets up and frames her subjects gives way to something more insightful than first apparent and the people in which she chooses to photograph, plus the way she executes her shots make for a spine tingling exhibition. There is a compelling story behind each and every subject, from eccentric pub landladies to old Jewish couples to performers in drag clubs, Arbus manages to capture a real snapshot of their lives in just the one frame. Don’t miss this one!

Above : Some of our favourite pieces from the exhibition