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Today we are obsessed with the Instagram girls who are seemingly perfect in every way. We place them on pedestals and hold them in the highest esteem, yet why we do it we just can’t pin. Basically, they’ve got ‘It’- whatever ‘It’ is! However this blind devotion to the ladies in the limelight isn’t a...
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Perfectly epitomising the summer season, the basket bag – affectionately known also as a straw, cane or wicker basket – works seamlessly for those strolls along the beach, bike-rides down grass-filled country lanes and impromptu picnic days. While it never went out of fashion per se, it has successfully taken the top spot for this...
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“A Romanian blouse does not belong to any period. All the peasant clothes are passed down from century to century without going out of fashion” Yves Saint Laurent  You can’t escape it, it really is everywhere this season. From our favourite high-street stores to the luxury haunts we frequent when we want to treat ourselves,...
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How many times have you been asked to do something, at work or otherwise that you feel you are just not qualified to do? My guess is a lot, and let me tell you, you’d be in excellent company! That sinking feeling that you just aren’t quite good enough and that any day now your...
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the wedding guest feature image
Although as I type this, it has been raining for seven solid hours, the British wedding season is now in full bountiful swing. Whether 2017 is your year of weddings – we’ll all experience those, together with the corresponding hen dos – or you’re only planning to attend one or two evening receptions, the high...
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nobody's child
So called ‘fast fashion’ doesn’t mean you have to compromise on either quality of the items themselves, or quality of the working environment for those making them and this is something that London-based fashion brand Nobody’s Child believes, practices and upholds. A brand with admirable qualities, that doesn’t feel the need to shout about them as...
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Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t. – Mary Schmich As children we spend our days in defiant battles, fighting off man-eating sharks...
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A name wholeheartedly synonymous with British style, Alexa Chung ranks high in the fashion icon stakes both here and across the pond. Whether adorned in a floor-length Chanel gown or rocking a pair of Hunter wellies and ripped Levis, it is her enviable effortlessness that makes her truly ‘fashionable’. She oozes sartorial grace but never...
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A good friend of mine, India Martin published an article on her LinkedIn page recently entitled The Real Cost of Being an Entrepreneur. In it she gives an honest account of moving from corporate to entrepreneurial life sharing her vulnerabilities, the sacrifices made and the risks taken. It’s worth a read. One thing India didn’t...
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the big london bake
To ease the pain of the imminent changes being made to The Great British Bake Off we came to know and love, a pop-up bake off experience has made its way to Tooting. The Big London Bake offers fans of the show the chance to step into the infamous tent and feel the heat of...
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