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Feel the force with these Star Wars themed gifts
It truly is the most wonderful time of the year; that’s right, it is nearly time for the latest Star Wars film; The Last Jedi. These gifts are perfect as presents for the Star Wars lover in your life, or even as a treat to yourself before seeing the new film. May the force be with you! Yoda…
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Fashion North shows you how to get the Mary Quant look
‘The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don’t wear her.’ –Mary Quant When you think of mini skirts, hot-pants and patterned tights, one 1960s style icon comes to mind. Mary Quant was the fashion designer responsible for the popularisation of the well-known mini skirt. The mini skirt is still highly popular today, which is good…
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YSL and how he has influenced today’s fashion
Fashion North looks back at one of the world’s most famous fashion designers – YSL. YSL had multiple successes during his career, however he is most famed for creating the tuxedo for women, in the 1960s. However, his career in fashion arguably started years before this. After working for years with famous French fashion designer…
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Micheala Robinson is ‘made-up’ with her new business
Micheala tells us how she went from a MAC make-up artist to becoming her own boss. Six years ago, 35-year-old Micheala Robinson of Winlaton, known as Kayla, became a make-up artist. You could say, she fell into her career by accident. At the age of 23, Kayla had her beautiful daughter Tia. When Tia was small,…
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The perfect Christmas gift, for the lady in your life
Christmas is slowly approaching and we couldn’t be more excited. Family, Christmas Markets, Christmas carols, mulled wine, decorations and of course … the PRESENTS! Have you already bought and wrapped all your presents? Or are you more likely to end up buying presents in rush on 24 December? We came up with some gift ideas for the…
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Supermodel Kendall Jenner ranked highest paid model in the world
Forbes Magazine has titled Kendall Jenner as the highest paid supermodel this year, her earnings accumulating $22m (£16.6m) in total. This staggering figure knocked longstanding Gisele Bundchen from Forbes top 10 highest earning list. This position that Gisele has proudly proclaimed for 15 years, however being the runner up is not all bad as she is…