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Why Kim Kardashian deserves to be on the cover of Vogue

“Disgusting! These two are the epitome of VULGARITY. You will never recover from this low …” “RIP Vogue” “Anna Wintour … it’s time to step down …” The comments posted on US Vogue’s Facebook page this weekend have not been ...

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Got the Monday blues? Try a moti-quote…

It is Monday morning, people need cheering up, and what better way to do it in this age of social media than posting a motivational quote to get you through a bad week. Those brief and somewhat philosophical sentences that ...

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Bruce Weber’s Shinola campaign shines fresh light on Detroit

It was 2006 when Bruce Weber last captured the city of Detroit, for a W magazine shoot featuring Kate Moss. Now, almost 10 years later, the distinguished fashion photographer and film-maker has returned to Motor City, this time to shoot ...

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Lauren Laverne on style: shirts

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In a world predicated upon hyperbole and myth, fashion lore has got one thing right: it’s hard to overstate the power of a perfect shirt. Slipping into such a garment makes you feel exactly like it looks – fresh, sharp and twice ...

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Marks & Spencer’s 2014 ‘Leading Ladies’ campaign: who’s who?

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Having featured women as disparate and fascinating as Tracy Emin and Helen Mirren last season, Marks Spencer’s spring/summer “Leading Ladies” lineup was bound to be a talking point – and here it is, in all its Annie Leibovitz-shot glory. The ...

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Is Kim Kardashian the new ‘undeserving celebrity’?

Is the world ready for the concept of “deserving and undeserving” celebrity? The appalled reaction towards the Kim Kardashian and Kanye West American Vogue cover would suggest so.There have already been spoofs on the cover, including one featuring Kermit and ...

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Is Botox starting to show its age?

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Happy birthday Botox, approved in 1989 for treating uncontrolled blinking, again in 2000 for spasms of the neck, and finally in April 2002, for the treatment of lines between the eyebrows. Happy birthday Botox, with your things that you stand ...

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Yves Saint Laurent review – humourless, but good-looking biopic

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France has every reason to be smug about its cultural heritage, but the nation has developed a terribly pious way of commemorating its great and good in biopics. This portrait of YSL, the man behind the monogram, is another luxury ...

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The week when Mick Jagger found the true cost of fame | Catherine Bennett

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Ideally, the British press would have behaved a lot better last week, when it reported the premature death of the fashion designer L’Wren Scott. Who was also the girlfriend of Mick Jagger. Critics of the coverage are correct: it was ...

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Botox: is it starting to show its age? | Eva Wiseman

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Happy birthday Botox, approved in 1989 for treating uncontrolled blinking, again in 2000 for spasms of the neck, and finally in April 2002, for the treatment of lines between the eyebrows. Happy birthday Botox, with your things that you stand ...

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