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Reflecting on my worst crimes against fashion

10/6/2018, 2:05:30 PM
From string bikinis to gold hot pants, Kathy Lette racks through her closet for her biggest livery lapses. ✔ On the other hand, skinny jeans are a great contraceptive ✔ Once you get them on, you can never get them off again ✔ Traversing in these skyscraper stilettos feels as though you're walking on a tightrope ✔ This article appears in Sunday Life magazine within the Sun-Herald and Sunday Age on sale October 7


Paris Fashion Week: For spring and summer 2019, it's adieu ready-to-wear and bonjour easy-to-wear - Los Angeles Times

10/6/2018, 12:21:11 PM
A brigade of beige, a plethora of cargo pockets, a focus on gender-defiant fashion and clothes that don't demand a choice between looking good and feeling good point to a profound shift in the modern woman's wardrobe. ✔ However, come next spring, women’s wardrobes won’t have any shortage of cargo space ✔ Not forcing 21st century women to choose between style and comfort may seem like a no-brainer, but a snippet of conversation overheard outside the penultimate runway show of Paris Fashion Week hammered home the reality that exists for so many women


Meet the Fendis, fashion's most extraordinary ordinary family

10/6/2018, 2:05:28 PM
Three women, one fashion dynasty. Meet the Fendis. ✔ Sometimes we argue because we both want her attention, says Delfina ✔ Illustrating the design’s heirloom potential is a multi-generational cohort of style stars ✔ This article appears in Sunday Life magazine within the Sun-Herald and Sunday Age on sale October 7


How a Kardashian backlash is giving rise to modest dressing

10/6/2018, 2:05:27 PM
The style that comes with covering up for religious reasons is finding its way into mainstream fashion. ✔ Lebanese-born Australian fashion designer Aheda Zanetti, the woman behind the burkini, recalls watching her niece’s first netball match ✔ She was having such a great time playing but she was so hot as she was wearing something really unsuitable to play sports in, Aheda says ✔ This article appears in Sunday Life magazine within the Sun-Herald and Sunday Age on sale October 7


I’m 85 and I still love to shop in Zara

10/6/2018, 2:05:33 PM
When it comes to dressing her age, Ruth Cooper mingles with the crowd at fast-fashion chain stores. ✔ Five pounds would buy two dresses, a coat and maybe a couple of jumpers ✔ But I only discovered high-street fashion 20 years ago ✔ Now, I go for a browse twice a week and know their clothes so well that I don’t even need to try them on ✔ This article appears in Sunday Life magazine within the Sun-Herald and Sunday Age on sale October 7


ASOS is selling £14 denim jeans – but they aren’t for the faint-hearted and expose absolutely everything

10/6/2018, 3:10:43 PM
We are going to be honest and hold our fashion hands up. We don’t know if this ASOS number is a belt or jeans. But, if it is jeans, they are very, very skimpy. And if it is a belt, it is some… ✔ Last month it released a rather odd-looking T-shirt for blokes, which costs £14, features cut outs that reveal great swathes of pecks - including nips - and the wearer's belly button ✔ Mums-to-be will love this clever £65 pregnancy parka that GROWS with your bump ✔ Bennett shoes… here's where to get the look for less


Philip French: a titan of film criticism whose kindness knew no bounds

10/6/2018, 1:23:11 PM
As she prepares to give an annual lecture in his name, Hadley Freeman remembers writing to the late Observer writer for career advice, and being met with support, screenings and spaghetti ✔ Philip wrote back right away: of course, he said – but perhaps it would be more enjoyable if we had this conversation in person ✔ The Philip French Collection will be available online and free to view in the BFI Reuben Library from 2019 ✔ Notes from the Dream House: Selected Film Reviews 1963-2013 by Philip French is published 25 October (Carcanet Press)


21 Tweets About Food That Are Outrageous, Hilarious, And Super Relatable

10/6/2018, 3:38:25 PM
Pizza rolls are just Italian Gushers. ✔ When frozen yogurt goes too far: thatfitnessgirl @Btrillaaa I’m calling the health department, whole place getting shut down bitch and everybody goin to jail ✔ https://t.co/gp4yKWaaha 08:38 PM - 30 Aug 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 11


Stacey Dooley flashes abs as beaming Strictly stars head for live show

10/6/2018, 12:28:53 PM
STACEY Dooley today flashed her impressive abs as she left her hotel with her fellow Strictly stars ahead of this evening’s live show. All of the contestants were in good spirits as they got … ✔ I’d already knocked into her during a mistake in a dance, and she stabbed herself in the forehead with one of her nails ✔ Meanwhile, last week saw Susannah the first celebrity to get the boot from the show ✔ Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturday at 6.30pm on BBC One


Best celebrity bridesmaids of all time - from Victoria Beckham to Rihanna

10/6/2018, 3:22:34 PM
Come, take our hands, and let's take a slow waltz through the greatest celebrity cameos at weddings... ✔ (Image: PA) Helping out her brother and sprinkling a little Hollywood glam on his bride-to-be's day was Keira Knightley , who later revealed she was the worst bridesmaid ever as she made some clumsy mistakes at the do ✔ And yes, this is the greatest celebrity wedding guest-list you'll ever see


Women Are Retreating From Public Life In Iraq After Several High-Profile Murders

10/6/2018, 1:48:16 PM
“All women entering public life are targets,” one Iraqi activist told BuzzFeed News. ✔ We are part of that world, Islamic movements themselves have arisen in a world shaped by the intense engagements of Western powers in Middle Eastern lives ✔ In Iraq, the security apparatus has sought to explain away the recent deaths as the unfortunate outcome of women trying to be modern in an unstable and conservative society, rather than acknowledging their work and contribution to Iraqi society ✔ Then a nobody comes along and says ‘she is a prostitute, kill her’


Montserrat Caballe, Spanish opera singer and Freddie Mercury-collaborator, dies at 85

10/6/2018, 1:43:38 PM
Montserrat Caballe, a Spanish opera singer and Freddie Mercury-collaborator, has died. She was 85. ✔ In 1997, she sang on two tracks on an album by New Age composer Vangelis ✔ Richard Shotwell, Invision/AP Fullscreen In this Saturday, June 4, 2011 file photo, Canadian model Rick Genest, aka Zombie Boy, appears on the runway during a fashion show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ✔ Felipe Dana, The Canadian Press via AP Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide


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