Curvaceous and older women got a great press this weekend. And about time too.
Pictured here is Daphne, 80 wearing Vivienne Westwood.
She took centre stage a the weekend and her photograph along with 8  others we created, is the result of the latest All Walks campaign dedicated to broadening the range of beauty we see in [...]

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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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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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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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Last night’s Prima Highstreet Awards, required that I be marvellously groomed for spot on stage to present the Fashion Target’s Breast Cancer, retailer of the year award. It’s a regular for me and I have been co-chair of FTBC with designer Amanda Wakeley for ooohh 12 years now.
I had everything laid out to step into [...]

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