I am fat. Not by normal standards - I am a size 12 in most shops and can sometimes squeeze into a generously-cut 10 - but in the eyes of the cellulite-free fashion world, I am Jabba the big Butt, Giant Haystacks without the height, a roly-poly tub of lard... more
Milan Fashion Week opened with Alpine deluxe. D&G made après-ski chic with its chunky reindeer-knitted bodysuits in burgundy and white, and yeti boots ... more
Tamara Mellon is a walking example of having it all, somehow balancing a global company, A-list boyfriends and a stubborn seven-year-old daughter. Here she shares her secrets of success...... more
Year ago the only Jimmy Choo shoes likely to be found near Shepherd's Bush Green would have been packed in an expensive suitcase travelling from Kensington to Heathrow in a cab... more
House of Fraser's flagship Oxford Street store has become the latest target of smash-and-grab raiders on mopeds who have stolen goods worth hundreds of thousands of pounds... more
The London investors who made millions from backing shoe designer Jimmy Choo have bought an $80 million (£57.8 million) stake in über-trendy fashion chain American Apparel... more
For some of us the Olympics are always painful. There are fans - and fairweather fans. And then you have those who require a meteorological explosion of Biblical proportions before they develop any kind of interest at all... more
Malaysian restaurant Satay House opened in 1973 and has recently had a revamp. The prices have crept up a bit but it's worth paying a bit extra to sample the street food on offer.... more
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