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Step away from that fitting room!

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Guest writer, Gabrielle Utton, has set set herself a big personal challenge: no new clothes for one year. Here she tells us why... No new clothes for a year? What’s your reaction to that sentence? Is it: no problem, just think ...


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Keeping warm the old fashioned way

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This winter has been a humdinger. Some say it's the coldest winter for 100 years and comparisons have been drawn with the big freeze of 1947. But how did they cope back then without the wonders of modern inventions? Read our top tips ...


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How to add some Christmas sparkle to the Little Black Dress

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There are loads of things you can do to ring the changes with your LBD - none of them need to be expensive or time-consuming. We've gathered lots of tips to help your get that little black dress through the toughest of party seasons.


Hang your washing out!

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This month’s cause is Project Laundry List... Many of you will find it hard to believe, but in places around the world - especially the United States, Tashkent and Uzbekistan apparently, people are evicted, fined, and generally ...


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The philosophy of Y-fronts

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A few years ago, while on assignment for a magazine, John-Paul Flintoff got himself a job as a binman. "It was more unpleasant than you can imagine: I particularly remember getting brown goo in my ear. I hoped it was coffee grounds. I ...


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Kate Moss does the green thing

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Kate Moss has thrown her weight (well, perhaps that's the wrong metaphor) behind a green charity that supports Make it and Mend it's passions. She  'stars' in an animation in which a paper doll Kate takes two different lifestyle ...


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Prolonging the life of school clothes

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I'm sure I'm not the only who's been struck by the rising cost of getting their children back to school. Unfortunately school clothes - skirts, trousers, blazers, shirts, gym kit, shoes, that your kids will never wear at any other ...


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Update old footwear

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Even people who love to whip their sewing machine out at every opportunity, will draw the line at updating their footwear. But you don't have to sew to give your old shoes a new lease of life. A great deal can be accomplished with fabric ...


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