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In 1982 I was mostly wearing

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments

You are all very well behaved and never comment on what I am wearing! I thought my up to the minute all in-one-might draw some  comments perhaps?.
But no! So I’m thinking I must try harder! How about this…I’ve been writing a piece for Elle magazine in which I was reminiscing about dressing up in the [...]

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This week I am mostly wearing a catsuit

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s not often I wear a fitted Lycra catsuit like this one by Danielle Scutt, but the piece I’ve written for the Independent for this Sunday about 80’s fashion required that I…
A: reminisce about the days when I was dressed in bondage strides and Johnson’s boots or had a bald head and wore knee high [...]

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In 1982 I was mostly wearing

January 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Tonight on Style Trial, I am arguing the case for 80’s fashion at 10pm on BBC4. Yes I am a passionate advocate of a time when women crossed dressed  (Grace Jones, still sets the bar for androgynous elegance in my book) and power dressed (Joan Collins you rock).
So let’s go back…. right back for a [...]

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