My family likes to tell an embarrassing story about my approach to presents during the Christmas of 1989. One of my gifts was a set of Tinkerbell lipsticks – a beauty brand specifically marketed to children, and presumably bought by ...
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Your “Mullets we have loved” (In pictures, 17 February) was highly flawed. Half of these “mullets” were actually shags (Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Joan Jett). Camilla JacksonBedworth, Warwickshire • Your front page stated: “All three wore black dresses ...
Read More »Outies out, innies in: the vogue for belly button reshaping surgery
I will never forget my first time. It was 1998, at Camden market in north London, on my lunch break from school: £15 changed hands followed by the blissful scrape of the needle pushing through the flesh of my belly ...
Read More »The big picture: London Fashion Week, February 1998
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Read More »Bold slashes of blue warpaint
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Read More »Let a rail journey speed by with the wave of a mascara wand
What better place to try out new make-up? Gemma Cairney Sun 18 Feb 2018 01.00 EST Last modified on Sun 18 Feb 2018 06.28 EST ‘I enjoyed transforming my eyelashes into the wings of an exotic bird’ I do my make-up on ...
Read More »Is there any hope for truth? I went to a conference to find out | Rhik Samadder
Rhik Samadder From bot factories weaponising misinformation to Twitter trolls polluting online debate, we are all living in a fake news world – unless, it turns out, you are a teen Contact author Sun 18 Feb 2018 11.00 EST Last modified ...
Read More »Umbrellas for all occasions be it wet or fine – fashion archive, 16 February 1956
16 February 1956 The all black design could become a thing of the past going by what’s on display at the first national umbrella fashion show in London From our London staff Fri 16 Feb 2018 00.00 EST Audrey Hepburn posing ...
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