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This week (to visit number 10) I am mostly wearing

January 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

So here I am fulfilling two of my New Year’s resolutions (wear more colour and dress more ethically).
Yes my recycled tailoring from Junky Styling and my vintage Vivienne Westwood print pirate top is working well I think.
Perfect to visit Sarah Brown wife of our PM as I did yesterday to discuss the future of the [...]

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A leather dress to impress

November 30th, 2009 · No Comments

I gave my first charity ‘after dinner,’ speech recently. It contained lots of anecdotes about working in fashion over the last 27 years and delivering this witty 30 minute stand-up routine was almost as hard as looking through my wardrobe for the right outfit to deliver enough fashion detail without being over the top…I was [...]

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A handy tunic style is as near to perfect as it gets

November 25th, 2009 · No Comments

How is your autumn shoppping going? And have you got your winter style underway?
Latest research reveals women prefer shopping to dating which is disconcerting as finding the perfect dress to flatter your shape (because you understand how to shop for your shape) can’t be nearly as important as finding the perfect (or as near as [...]

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Getting to grips with the new shape

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

What with all the chaos going on recently – hey a four month full time charity campaign takes up a lot of time in one’s life - I have not had a moment to shop!
But I had to dash into All Saints in Oxford street for some ‘interesting’ trousers which I thought I’d show you [...]

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Old is Best

September 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Yes I’m back from my hols. I did consider taking ‘photies’ of me by the pool in my very old Vivienne Westwood pirate top which I use a s a funky bikini cover up!
But I didn’t Ha! I wasn’t thinking about work matters for a brief moment back there and it did me the power [...]

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