I’m squashing a few blogs into one because I’m lagging behind on all counts. But as I’ve just got back from the Hay Book Festival where not only did I talk about the book that is i-D Soul, but rather embarrassingly I managed to ‘well up’ on stage. Not for the first time or the [...]

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Yesterday I was at the marvellous House of Fraser to style three Vodafone competition winners Marianne from Scotland, Amanda from Manchester and Kathleen from Birmingham to be precise! I love a makeover as it gives me the chance to get out all my styling tools and pass them, on making sure that all the what [...]

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OK I got a chance to test drive my four inch heels (see last post) and I gotta say that having put in a mere few hours on a nice smooth stage (courtesy of Harvey Nichols and Sapphires Model agency to promote the Princes Trust, last night in Birmingham) I was still sorely tested! As [...]

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Unbelievably I still can’s seem to find another person to catalogue my outfits as I leave the house. And I am loving myself in the Harem pants, so more about those very soon and of course how to pick the right looks to flatter your shape. The thing is I’ve got a lot of power [...]

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You could be forgiven, when you look at those studio shots of beautifully styled women, for thinking that there is just the model, the photographer and the stylist in the room. Today I’ve been working with a huge team to create the latest catalogue photographs for my collection for Simply Be. Erika is my first [...]

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