“We keep dresses we’ll never wear but throw away our ex-boyfriends.”
I’ll let you know who said that in just a tick, but every now and then I get wind of a nice little plan and I like to share. There’s even cash in it for you!
This one involves collaboration between Oxfam and M&S because
(30%) of [...]

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It’s a very exciting thing being in the studio and I thought I could send you a live blog from the set as we say! But actually I was far too busy.
So I’m catching up with you now. You may be thinking I’m just working with a model (in this case the lovely Krissie) and [...]

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So what’s a girl to wear for her appearance as Ambassador of Britain’s first Centre for Sustainable Fashion?
This is me at 7am before I leap on the tube for a breakfast presentation. It’s another of my uniform categories ‘Fashion Journalist at work.’ If you who have my e-book, which is hot on body type fashion [...]

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It’s a harmless enough occupation being a fashion journalist, although personally I prefer to call myself a fashion writer because I take a longer more considered view of how the fashion industry impacts on our lives.
In fact if truth be told I’m a critic and I’m watching everyone from behind my designer spectacles. Make one [...]

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I am often asked to comment on models, their unhealthy shapes and their influence on us. I have been a patron of the Eating Disorders Association now known as BEAT for well over 12 years and for even longer I have been critical of my industry’s penchant for willowy types as one standardized ideal of [...]

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