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Hello Schadenfreude, Old Friend
On Saturday, I sat down to read Monica Lewinsky's excellently written essay in Vanity Fair. Lucidly detailing the struggles she has faced since being dubbed American's premier BJ Queen - arguably also...
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Ginghamitis: It's The New Tarty Party
Have you heard, have you heard? Gingham is THE NEW TARTAN. And I'm wearing this camisole over everything. It also allows me to do 90% monochrome without feeling like a fraud (happens if I don't have...
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Why Can't We Say Hello?
The other day a reader of my blog (hurrah! there is one) messaged me to say that she had seen me having breakfast and was glad to have seen me, but didn't want to come and say hello. Flattering as that...
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In Celebration of The Posterior
There's no doubt that if Kim K has had any influence on body image, she's been making it OK to celebrate a bodacious behind. I can't pretend I seek masses of fashion inspiration from one half of the...
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On Contrived Effortlessness And #ijustwokeuplikethis
If social media is to be believed (always!) then a lot of people wake up every morning looking extremely buff. Seriously - unlike me, they apparently don't need to scrub their face for 45 seconds...
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A Leopard Never Changes His Spots
But he does, he does! Because for once he has forgone double leopard, just to make sure you don't think he's endlessly predictable. I have to stop this analogy, now, not only because I'm having to...
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Meteorological Enquiries And Wipe Clean Sneaks
Mother of Mary, when will this infernal pleut desist? Many do not know this about me, but I have the curliest, frizziest goddamn most irritating barnet known to man. I'm not known as 'noodle head' for...
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It's Girl Power 2.0! Why The Fashion Industry Sees The 'Girl' Term As Empowering
A version of this article originally appeared on TheDebrief.co.ukYesterday, Sophia Amoruso’s hotly anticipated memoire #GIRLBOSS hit the UK shelves. The werk biography of the 30-year-old Nasty Gal CEO...
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I Didn't Know I Needed A Black Blazer. Until - Rivetingly - I Met This One.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I never really thought a black blazer was missing from my closet. It always seemed a bit too rigid and pared back for me. I mean, the fact that I also never thought I was...
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Bella Yentob For The Debrief
This week, I styled the pocket rocket Bella Yentob in a shoot for The Debrief, wearing Charlie May's Mesh Cocktail Dress 4 ways. Having always been a writer by trade, I'm really enjoying the chance to...
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What Happened To Gap? Why Children Should Not Own Designer Bags
"I think of me at the age of 17, or 18 and my fascination with fashion was nonexistent... Today, kids know so much about brands - and they obsess. My son is 17 and I was very srurpised to see that his...
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If You Live In London, You Need A Sartorial Solar System
I know, I'm incorrigible. Up until last week I was squealing exhaustively about the shitty weather and now all of a sudden it gets hot and I'm back on my whine wagon. The thing is, it's not just hot -...
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Skinny-Shame: Who's To Blame?
A version of this article originally appeared on the debrief.co.ukA few months ago, I scrolled my way onto a new Instagram account @youdidnoteatthat. A niche spoof account with just 1,000 followers, it...
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Friday Stripes
I write this post in homage to a friend of mine studying in India, who invented the concept of Friday Stripes. At its essence - it's pretty simple, right - Friday Stripes is about wearing a doublet of...
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Is It OK? Do You LIKE IT? Thoughts On Validation And People Pleasing
It all started, of course, with the 'like' button. Way back when, when Facebook was a novelty rather than ingrained into our routine like the morning evacuation, we all pondered the ramifications of...
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Triple Denim: A Homage, As Ever, To Britney And Justin
The thing about multiple denim is the heady swell of nostalgia it brings. Who can wear a triplet of denim without thinking about Britney and Justin, the Golden Years? If only poodle curls like those...
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Hashtagged Heartbreak
Despite the short-sighted song lyrics - defended in the most obfuscating way by Pharrell in this month's Elle - the pelvic performance at last year's VMAs and the Simon Cowell Astroturf hair, I feel...
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Swish Swoo
So my dream skirt - from The Reformation, hobviously - has come into my life and it wraps around and fastens at the back like an apron, has tons of fringing which makes going to the loo so problematic...
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The Happy Loner
Yesterday I read a piece by Barbara Ellen in The Observer about the 'natural loner'. She argues that it is "odd.. that it's usually the loners who are viewed with pity, condescension or suspicion......
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Pyjama LYFE
Wanger, wanger, pants on fire -- or so the famous tune goes. Srsly, I don't need to explain the influence behind the pyjama dressing; although I thought it added a fresher spin to go for long-line...
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