savvy women's guide
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| Letters from London | |
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Maggie, a displaced New Yorker living in London regularly writes to her best gal pal Lulu about the city of irony - London, where she now reigns supreme. |
The boys are back, blitzed, out and partying like it’s 1999. Oh those out of hand, at hand, on hand, hands on princes - Prince William and Prince Harry. |
Ah, Christmas in New York. Maggie recounts her first visit back in seven years. Did it give her a headache? |
Over-Paid, Over-Sexed, Over-Here London's Savile Row, famous for bespoke tailoring and assiduous service is being invaded by the US super stores. How will the Brits cope? |
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Post-Christmas Sales - When Push Comes to Brawl Maggie shares her experiences with her best friend Lulu in NY about trying to tackle the post-Christmas sales in downtown London. |
“Always get married in the morning. That way, if it doesn’t work out, you haven’t wasted a whole day”…from the ever-wise eight-time married Mickey Rooney. |
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Newspapers throughout the UK are taking sides in the battle between nasty Paul and fantasist Heather, but who is coming up with the most salacious gossip? |
The massive supermarket chain Tesco has been pressured to withdraw its potential hit of the season: a pole-dancing kit from the Toys and Games section. |
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Good god. What’s the rush? August 9th and Bing was crooning White Christmas piped out onto the street, mystifying those in flip flops and sunglasses. |
If Halloween is your favourite holiday, you are in luck. It could be said that Yohji Yamamoto has seen the future and it’s surely skeletal. |
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Don’t look now, but it’s big money, big houses, big gowns, big hair (extensions); it’s the 80’s all over again. Don’t look back; can big shoulders be far behind? Aagrhhh! |
Sometimes that dead pelt atop the head of the Duchess of Cornwall appears to pay homage-to-Dynasty (appropriately), sometimes it’s just candy-floss... |
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Maggie from London enters the debate over the high end megamarts versus the high street vendors. Read her amusing story. |
Maggie from London ponders the subject of why so many of us are obsessed with keeping a "tidy home". |
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