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This summer, I spent the long warm days with sand between my toes, a road map in my hands and a supersize diet coke by my side. My dream California summer was so memorable that I now have a siren that automatically goes off whenever I hear the word. Like a search engine, if California...
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‘The Bling Ring’ may seem like a vaguely dubious title, until you see the credentials. Written by successful American journalist Nancy Jo Sales of ‘Vanity Fair’ and ‘Harper’s Bazaar’ notoriety, the book was an expansion on her award winning magazine feature ‘The Suspects Wore Louboutins’ from 2010. Published last month by Harper Collins, the book...
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Whip it the movie starring Drew Barrymore
My first experience of roller-skating was a somewhat rocky experience. As a gangly child with the tendency to bruise like a peach, I found myself unable to whizz off confidently like my more daring younger brother. Clinging to anything within reach for stability, it would be an understatement to say that I took my time....
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We have finally had our first nervous glimpse of sunshine this year. Yes it was brief and yes it was still just a stiff breeze away from raising goosebumps, but nevertheless it has got us thinking about summer; mostly how hugely unprepared we all are after the longest winter in living memory. Whilst beachwear might...
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When my Editor suggested last week that I blog about a film called ‘Spring Breakers’ I was honestly a little surprised that she had suggested something that had slipped my radar.  And then I watched the trailer.  I would be the first one to admit that typically I would run a mile from anything with...
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Much like an old friend who you meet up with largely out of habit, because you feel that really, you should try and still find something in common, I am tired of a certain girl, yet can’t quite cut her out of my life just yet. This particular female is a commonplace character whom I’m...
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You could say that it all started with “Juno”. In 2007 Jason Reitman directed an off beat coming of age tale in which a dry witted, music loving teenager falls pregnant with her adorable but slightly hopeless boyfriend’s baby. Enter the need in our lives for quirky comedies about loveable characters that are usually younger...
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After writing last week about the upcoming summer release of ‘The Great Gatsby’, it felt only right to focus on a stylish film that doesn’t require several months of anticipation to enjoy. Currently out in cinemas is the 1940s crime drama ‘Gangster Squad’, which features a stunning array of vintage inspired costumes set against a...
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There’s nothing like the red carpets of awards season to inject some much needed glamour into the post-Christmas slump. Although not the first of the season, the Golden Globes is the big kick-start event for red carpet fashion and this year was no exception. There was great anticipation amongst the fashion world as to which...
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From inanimate objects to Karl Lagerfeld’s cat or even political movements, any number of things can get a designer’s creative juices flowing, but throughout fashion history it is often an individual that defines the look of the time and becomes a muse for fashion world. Fashion has seen many icons rise and fall but few have...
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