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KRAKOW is finally h a v i n g a moment. Blessed with fairytale cobbled streets, grand historical buildings and Europe's largest city square, Poland's most visited city is now an even bigger draw for families and couples alike. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

UTAH is home to vast expanses of high-altitude desert and very little else — apart from Mormons. Yet even those who have not been there will probably be familiar with it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LAST week I lingered too long over a particularly expensive-looking mink satin bra from a London lingerie shop called Apartment C. The assistant clocked me hesitating and came to talk sizes while artfully letting slip that the delicate fringe of spidery fronds that edged each cup were known as 'eyelash lace'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LAST week I lingered too long over a particularly expensive-looking mink satin bra from a lingerie shop, Apartment C. The assistant clocked me hesitating and came to talk sizes while artfully letting slip that the delicate fringe of spidery fronds that edged each cup were known as 'eyelash lace'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I LOVE clogs. I went to school with a Belgian girl who wore them. She clip-clopped along in purple leather one summer, dusty pink the next. Everything about them — the extra heel height, the sweetie colours — seemed the height of fabulousness for an eight-year-old such as myself, who was stuck in Start-Rite's Mary-Janes. But when clogs hit the fashion radar last summer, I hesitated to buy a pair. It had nothing to do with my 38 years. I hate to admit it — and perhaps this is the real sign of my age — but my clog qualms were less about style and altogether more comfort-driven. I've been wary of wooden-soled shoes ever since Dr Scholl's sandals had a revival around ten years ago, when I shuffled about in a white pair for a matter of hours. How fabulous that such a classic simple shoe has found fashion favour, I thought. Leagues of women have enjoyed slopping about in them, I mused. Sadly, I was not to join them. The sole was hell to walk on, and the leather strap rubbed angry sores on my feet. And then there's the friend of mine who, when consulted, fondly remembered that her father nicknamed her clogs 'neck-breakers'. If you look at the high-rise, peep-toe, sling-back Celine clogs on the catwalk this summer, that monicker looks spot-on. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RUFFLES will be writ large across summer fashion. I was not keen on that fact until this year's Oscars. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHERE does a single mum take her 15 -year-old daughter on holiday - the daughter who runs out of phone credit after week one of her monthly contract, who takes hair-straighteners on Duke of Edinburgh Award field trips, and who often regards her mother as something unpleasant one finds on one's shoe? I could have taken the easy option and gone with her and a friend to a theme park, but I wanted us to have some of that 'quality time' we keep being told we all need, with just the two of us. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I HAVE a problem with printed clothes. I'm drawn to them and my wardrobe boasts some knockout numbers, but I rarely wear them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I HAVE a problem with printed clothes. I'm drawn to them and my wardrobe boasts some knockout numbers, but I rarely wear them. Why? Their very busyness confuses me. Prints interfere with my overriding desire for clothes that look sleek and composed. The only print I feel truly safe with is of the floral variety. So this summer I should be sorted. In a season filled with prints, flowers have found their natural niche. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LAST week, I found myself in Apartment C in London's Marylebone High Street, one of those naughty-butnice new lingerie boutiques that have popped up in the wake of Agent Provocateur's success. I glanced over hangers laden with decadent silk and saucy frilly bits, and found myself lingering over an expensive-looking satin bra whose delicate fringe of spidery fronds that edged each cup were known as 'eyelash lace'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LAST week, I found myself in Apartment C in London, one of those naughty-but-nice lingerie boutiques — think along the lines of our own Susan Hunter in the Westbury Mall. I glanced over hangers laden with decadent silk and saucy frilly bits, and found myself lingering over an expensive-looking satin bra whose delicate fringe of spidery fronds that edged each cup were known as 'eyelash lace'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I LOVE clogs. I went to school with a Belgian girl who wore them. She clip-clopped along in purple leather one summer, dusty pink the next. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I LOVE clogs. I went to school with a Belgian girl who wore them. She clip-clopped along in purple leather one summer, dusty pink the next. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TATTOOS have never really appealed to me. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TATTOOS have never really appealed to me. When it comes to personal adornment, I've always had a problem with the idea of anything permanent: as a teen, I didn't even have my ears pierced in case I went off earrings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LIKE Ugg boots, hoodies offer bags of high-comfort allure. I've worn — and loved — their sporty shape in various styles over the years, from purple printed jersey (long ago) to discreet marl grey cashmere (more recently). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHEN Kate Moss struck a few poses and gave an impromptu gyration for the cameras at a recent awards ceremony, the last thing anyone expected was for some charmer to shout out that she needed a bra. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S unusual, but I haven't lusted after seriously fashionable shoes for a while. I hate all those try-hard 'fierce' shoes that are still knocking about — the ones with platforms, peep-toes and studs alongside skyscraper heels. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THEY might look odd to you now, but soon enough those perky, exaggerated, upward-slanting shoulders that started appearing on celebrities straight after the Balmain summer show will soon become familiar fashion details. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THEY might look odd to you now, but soon enough those perky, exaggerated, upward-slanting shoulders that started appearing on celebrities straight after the Balmain summer show will soon become familiar fashion details. There's a phrase for it in the fashion world — it's called 'getting your eye in'. See enough of this eyecatching item (and as Kate Moss has a penchant for these shoulders, you might soon be seeing them at your local Topshop) and, suddenly, you won't think there's anything unusual about wielding a pair of pointy space-age shoulders. It's easy to spurn new trends when you have to take into account wardrobe re-thinks and that 'seen it all before' feeling. But there's a lot to be said for that magazine favourite, the Must-Have That Will Revolutionise Your Wardrobe. And a pair of slightly crazy shoulders could be all it takes this winter, especially for the woman past 40. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHEN you shop, you tend to gravitate towards those familiar things that your best friends might describe as 'very you'. This experience only intensifies as you age. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHEN you shop, you tend to gravitate towards those familiar things that your best friends might describe as 'very you'. This experience only intensifies as you age. I say this as someone whose friends could spot a frill-free, monochrome piece of clothing at 100 paces and label it mine. Some might kindly call this a style signature. Others might call it plain boring. I've come to agree. It's why some people (me) complain that they haven't a thing to wear, but actually they have plenty, it just all looks the same: dull. Which brings me to sequins. Possibly the least 'me' thing I could think of wearing. Which is probably why I've recently developed a hankering for them. The trouble is, although sequins have been considered appropriate daywear for the fashion conscious for a fair few years, they are still a tricky one to get right. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHEN you shop, you tend to gravitate towards those familiar things that your best friends might describe as 'very you'. This experience only intensifies as you age. I say this as someone whose friends could spot a frill-free, monochrome piece of clothing at 100 paces and label it mine. Some might kindly call this a style signature. Others might call it plain boring. I've come to agree. It's why some people (me) complain that they haven't a thing to wear, but actually they have plenty, it just all looks the same: dull. Which brings me to sequins. Possibly the least 'me' thing I could think of wearing. Which is probably why I've recently developed a hankering for them. The trouble is, although sequins have been considered appropriate daywear for the fashion conscious for a fair few years, they are still a tricky one to get right. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHEN you shop, you tend to gravitate towards those familiar things that your best friends might describe as 'very you'. This experience only intensifies as you age. I say this as someone whose friends could spot a frill-free, monochrome piece of clothing at 100 paces and label it mine. Some might kindly call this a style signature. Others might call it plain boring. I've come to agree. It's why some people (me) complain that they haven't a thing to wear, but actually they have plenty, it just all looks the same: dull. Which brings me to sequins. Possibly the least 'me' thing I could think of wearing. Which is probably why I've recently developed a hankering for them. The trouble is, although sequins have been considered appropriate daywear for the fashion conscious for a fair few years, they are still a tricky one to get right. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JEGGINGS (fashion-speak for the hot new jeans/leggings hybrid) sound a whole lot more exciting than they are: simply a pair of leggings with — wait for it — a denim print. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COMFORT may become increasingly attractive as you age, but, aesthetically, is it a good thing? I ask this because I caught sight of myself on the school run. With a perfectly cut trench and my favourite jeans, I had slung on ropey old trainers. It is becoming a trainers-witheverything addiction. For a grown-up who thinks herself style-aware, this is not a good look. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE'S no question: hair looks better when it's been professionally blow-dried. Or that's what I thought, until I realised that my 'perfect blow-dries' make me look at least ten years older. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE'S no question: hair looks better when it's been professionally blow-dried. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

'I FIND it hilarious that at dinner in the country in the U.S., you're in sweatpants and cashmere, but in Europe you bust out your couture,' Gwyneth Paltrow recently told American Vogue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

'I FIND it hilarious that at dinner in the country in the U.S., you're in sweatpants and cashmere, but in England you bust out your couture,' Gwyneth Paltrow recently told American Vogue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PEARLS traditionally symbolise youth and purity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PEARLS traditionally symbolise youth and purity. Everyone knows they are supposed to add lustre to your skin. So why is it that when I put them on, I inevitably take them off before leaving the house because they add at least a decade to my 37 years? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I'M A great believer in playing to your strengths — it's the best style advice there is. Which is why I have never owned a sleeveless top: my arms are neither gracefully lean or in any way toned. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I'M A great believer in playing to your strengths — it's the best style advice there is. Which is why I have never owned a sleeveless top: my arms are neither gracefully lean or in any way toned. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FASHION depends on women's second thoughts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FASHION depends on women's second thoughts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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HOW do we feel about big bows? Studded onto shoes at Yves Saint Laurent, pleated into fat silky bow ties at Dolce & Gabbana, they were big on the catwalks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FRIENDS and I were discussing our local tribe of groovy mums, distinguished by their Converse baseball boots, skinny jeans, parkas and artfully unkempt hair. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FRIENDS and I were discussing our local tribe of groovy mums, distinguished by their Converse baseball boots, skinny jeans, parkas and artfully unkempt hair. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I'M ALWAYS happy to see a new season catwalk look I know I can pull off. In the case of dangly earrings, I feel I could do it blindfolded. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]