You know I like any reason to show a gorgeous woman with curves so here’s my latest… (reason that is).
Over the next few weeks I’m looking at swimsuits, swimming costumes and bikinis since I’m getting a few questions on the site.
And I’ve found a great range called Hoola specialising in glamourous and modern swimwear in [...]

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Last week’s furore over Fern Britton having lost weight through the illicit fitting of a gastric band was surprising. But no more surprising than the regular assessments by a variety of magazines about female bodies and whether they pass muster in a swimming costume, diaphanous dress, or cellulite revealing short skirt. And that is my [...]

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Hooray the maxi dress makes a welcome return this spring and summer as designers play with a variety of hem lengths. Less high- season and more high fashion, the new maxi lengths have more structure and sophistication but all the practicality. Longer lengths avoid the need for debates around suitable hem lengths and mean that [...]

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Let me tell you why this garment works!
This season is one where most of us emerge from the warm and comforting layers that have seen us through chilly times, hoping to find the right look for the next few (generally unpredictable) months.
It’s a bit of a shocker if you have been wrapped in swathes of [...]

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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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