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January 10 2012, Style In View

The fashion sales may well be continuing (and we will continue to dutifully bring news of them to you via Facebook and Twitter) but let’s face it: all that’s left on the shop floors by now is a graveyard of clothes unwanted and unloved, plus a mounting inner rage that will curdle deep inside of you as soon as you see someone dithering over that beige hemp smock two sizes too big for you which, at that price, you simply cannot do without. (Unless you’re living in a commune in the 70s and …read more

FASHION

5 WAYS TO BE FASHION FORWARD IN DUCT TAPE

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December 5 2012, Spindle Magazine

PSST, you. Yes, you! Lean in. Come closer. No closer, come on, I won’t bite. I just want to share a few home truths with you about Spindle, which is terribly classified information, which only a few choice people are actually privy to. Ready? Okay.

First, drink the vodka like it’s about to run out — it invariably is. Two, there will always be the promise of canapés, you must not let yourself be fooled. Three, one of our number is in possession of a …read more

CULTURE, FASHION

BEHIND THE SCENES OF ALLSAINTS’ AW12 CAMPAIGN

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November 9 2012, Spindle Magazine

I’m sure I’m not the only one guilty of leaving smudgy nose prints on the window of an AllSaints store, breath misting up my view of whichever new collection I’m currently stalking (having spotted it nonchalantly draped over the models in their ad campaigns whilst flicking through a magazine) now to be found insouciantly yet ever so tantalisingly displayed within, before politely being asked to leave by the store manager because I’m (and here comes the …read more

FASHION

THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT SOCKS

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November 7 2012, Spindle Magazine

An email comes through. It’s about socks. “Can you write something funny about this?” asks the Good Lady Editor. My first response? Good screaming God, no. I scoffingly refer you back to the subject matter: socks. I’ve just written an article on pugs; I’m riding high on an important news writing wave. Socks are neither interesting, nor do they lend themselves to witticisms. But oh, dear reader, how short-sighted, narrow minded and …read more

FASHION