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Napoleon Perdis makeup empire goes bust, putting Australian jobs at risk

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The Australian-grown cosmetics empire Napoleon Perdis Group has gone into voluntary administration, putting jobs and 56 local stores at risk. Company directors had been trying to find a buyer for the makeup chain for months. The administrators Simon Cathro, Chris ...

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Can’t deal with the cold? It’s time to rediscover your busy bathing schedule

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I cannot deal with the cold weather. Please, save me.Me, my desk I don’t know if I have made it clear enough in my several thousand other columns on this subject, but I really, really hate winter. Some people get ...

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Flashing the clash: a high street trend for Brexit limboland

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Indecision is not confined to Brexit-era politics. Fashion is having an ambivalent moment and, with shoppers apparently unwilling or unable to choose between two distinct designs, the trend for “pre-clashed clothes” is growing. At high street retailer Zara, there are ...

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How to wear: fake fur | Jess Cartner-Morley

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Forget about looking like a fox. Or a mink or a chinchilla, come to that. The new way to wear fake fur is to channel your inner teddy bear and embrace the surprise fashion hit of this winter, the Borg ...

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Haute couture captured: a photo essay from the SS19 shows

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The gilets jaunes protests of January may have threatened to derail couture fashion week by disrupting deliveries and blocking access to studios, but designers beat the odds to deliver another show-stopping season, honouring their hard-won spot on the hallowed schedule. ...

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Selfie v shelfie: fashion’s growing appetite for interiors

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Forget about athleisure, ugly trainers and logomania, the most dominant trend to have gripped the masses in recent years isinteriors. The fashion world is currently consumed by a homeware obsession – making the “shelfie” the new selfie. The Bottega Veneta ...

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Beauty tips: punk meets beige

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Wide slashes of pointed eyeshadow winged from the eyes of models at Burberry’s SS19 shows, which would have looked terribly dramatic were they not in gentle shades of bronze and taupe. Beige, for so long the safe option, whether on ...

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Lose the blues, it’s time to make a new start

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I’ve succeeded in my first attempt at ‘dry Jan’, which has included staying off social media, too. And, brilliantly, I’m back to singing to myself in the street. My creativity is on full fire and I’m enjoying time with myself. ...

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Birmingham brought to standstill by YouTuber James Charles

Birmingham was brought to a standstill on Saturday, with motorists abandoning cars and the city gridlocked for hours after thousands of teenagers flooded the city centre to see a 19-year-old YouTuber make a 30-second public appearance at a cosmetics store. ...

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‘They can sell anything’: how the Kardashians changed fashion

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On 30 September 2018, Kylie Jenner – Kardashian scion, businesswoman and owner of a world-famous pout – uploaded a photo to Instagram. In it, she posed beside a blacked-out Range Rover in a pink Katharine Hamnett jacket, cinched at the ...

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