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Grandfather chic – how an old binoculars case became my night out essential
When he passed away 10 years ago, my sister Katie and I immediately knew one of the items we needed to keep was the binoculars case. He was at one with nature; days were spent walking his lovely dog Ben by the Dam Head (Bishop Auckland’s section of the River Wear), sitting under his…
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From a coma to prom night – my story
From my early teens, I had enormous boobs and while having big boobs is every teenage girl’s dream it was more like my living nightmare. My boobs were of great size and weight that killed my back and shoulders to the point I would fantasise about the relief of simply taking my ‘nana bra’ off…
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When death strikes twice – the end of my love affair with dresses
My name is Siobhan Roberts and there was once a time when I had a love affair with dresses. It began a number of years ago when I was at the tender age of six. It was an unusually warm day and both my sister and I were going sightseeing at Eastham Ferry with our…
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Vogue 100: A Century of Style at Manchester Art Gallery
This year the fashion world has been celebrating the 100th birthday of one of the worlds most iconic fashion magazines, British Vogue. Designers created one off pieces to celebrate a century of Vogue, including Burberry trench coats and bottles of Moet and Chandon embellished with Swarovski crystals. Not forgetting that iconic cover with HRH the…
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My not-so-wicked Stepmother
When you are a young child clothes don’t mean an awful lot. However, my relationship with my step-mother, Lorraine, is one of the most important things in my life and my first memory with her is buying a dress. Lorraine is there when I laugh and when I cry. A friend, a role model, at…
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“I sat next to Channing Tatum in the VIP section – that doesn’t happen at the Stadium of Light!”
Millions of us across the globe tune in for our weekly fix of Keeping up with the Kardashians for a tiny glimpse into the rich and famous lifestyles of the world’s most famous fashion sisters. But for Sunderland-born Elisa Fromson, rocking up at the multi-million pound Calabasas home is simply a matter of clocking on…