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Harriet Pattison
Growing up, I’m sure many will agree, you tend to hold a romantic, rose-tinted view of the future. This is encouraged of course and it’s good to have dreams and ambitions and make a path you’re proud of. But of course, it can also leave you feeling disheartened and frantically questioning: ‘Where have the years...
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`“I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.” – Yves Saint Laurent Fashion is a universal subject, a language understood and spoken by many. When we look back over the last 100 years, the change and influence fashion has seen has...
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Although many may consider it ludicrous, I made the slightly misinformed decision to brave the onslaught of Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street this weekend. Partly to finish my Christmas shopping but also with the hope to revel in the true festivities of Christmas taking place in the heart of London. There’s no doubt that London...
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We’re finally into December – although I have absolutely no idea how this year has gone so quickly – it’s the advent season and nearly time for the festivities to begin. Christmas parties, work do’s and celebrations come in abundance at this time of the year and with so many things on your to-do list,...
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It’s that time of year again: weekends filled with festivities, late-night shopping trips and Christmas markets. In recent years, the latter has grown substantially in popularity, with many villages and towns jumping on the festive bandwagon. While some are big affairs with carol singing and a large assortment of stalls, others rely simply on a...
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I think it’s fair to say that winter is finally on its way. As we see the first morning frosts lay on the cars and the temperature slowly drop down to single figures, not to mention the ever encroaching dark evenings, old Jack Frost is just around the corner. Although a time of bitter cold and...
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I have just finished watching Road to Perdition. I’ve never seen it before but knew it to be a Tom Hanks film, which is reason enough to make me watch a film these days. Set during the Great Depression, it tells the story of Michael Sullivan Sr. (played by Hanks), an enforcer for the Irish...
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As each season comes back around, we are given a wealth of inspiration on the new trends and what we should be wearing. Of course, we do get the seasonal replications too: in spring and summer we can expect pastels and florals in abundance and entering into the colder seasons of autumn and winter, we...
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The Wedding Years
As we start to approach the end of 2016, I find myself reflecting on the events of the summer months. I’ve attended two lovely weddings this year – one as bridesmaid and another for one of my very best friends I met at university. Both in equally beautiful locations, the former was over in the...
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online shopping
We all know what it’s like: it’s Sunday afternoon, you’re feeling wonderfully full following your second helping of roast dinner, you’ve popped out for a nice country walk and now you’re at home, in the warmth, with a cup of tea in hand and you decide to have a little look on the ASOS ‘New In’...
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