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Safari chic

RAINBOW brights, florals, tribal, stars and stripes... the high street is crammed with busy prints and bright colours. Read

Retail therapy

DISCOUNT 365 is a new fashion and lifestyle website for the family, strangely similar to a designer retail park, except it's online, requiring minimum physical effort. Read

Gok wants to see your style

GOK Wan has found national fame through encouraging normally retiring women to pose in very little on his show How to Look Good Naked. Read

Beauty therapy

IT’S congratulations all round for the Dead Sea Spa Magik brand which recently won a best new product accolade at the Natural & Organic Products Europe trade event. Read

Shop til you drop

Vicky Pepys gets Northumbria’s clued-up fashion students to unearth the city’s shopping gems as part of Tyneside’s shopping festival. Read

Antiques with a difference

ENTERING the tiny Hini boutique in Durham, your eyes are immediately flickering from shelf-to-shelf, taking in everything from vintage desks to stylish bags and appliqued cushions. Read

Beauty therapy

JUST having your hair cut and blow dried sounds like a wasted opportunity for pampering when you know what the Sassoon Spa experience is within Earl Grey House on Grey Street, Newcastle. Read

Vicky Pepys finds some fairy tale florals

SPRING has sprung and big and little girls alike are finding lots of florals to choose from this season. Read

Beauty and grooming tips with Caroline Donnelly

IT’S the morning after the Bafta awards ceremony. MAC were the official make up sponsors so we’ve had a few busy days getting guests, presenters and nominees red carpet ready. Read

WE all know what London Fashion Week is. A packed timetable of season forward shows; it attracts international attention with the whole of the fashion capital joining in with themed window displays, promotions, and special events. News coverage is a given. Read

Safari style

YOU could call it plain ‘safari’ again, but this year’s ‘safari’ inspiration has evolved to become a whole new luxury dressing travel trend. It doesn’t matter where you’re going, or even if you’re going, just as long as you look as if you’re setting off on one long, stylish adventure. Read

Retail therapy

LADIES don’t do bare legs; it’s so much posher to be sheer and we’ve seen some very fine pairs from the Charnos Simply Bare range at House of Fraser. In five shades, they’re £3.95 for tights and £5 for hold ups. For cocktails try the silver grey sheers from the Elegance range (also HofF), £4 for tights and £6 for hold ups and stockings. Read

Retail therapy

BARBOUR production never stops but this Thursday at 4pm they’re taking a special tea break (with cake!) to celebrate 100 years of the Barbour catalogue. Read

Dear Caroline

FIRSTLY I must apologise to any readers which may have inquired about booking an appointment with me in Fenwick. Read

A brolly good show to beat the showers

Lisa Haynes finds out how to beat the April showers with style. Read

Retail therapy

ARE a Miss Sixty fan? Then you’ll recognise the butterfly emblem from the new fashion collection on this retro style bottle? Due at Boots any day now this light fruity and flowery eau de toilette has been created to epitomise the fun-loving butterfly creature that Miss Sixty is. Read

Faithful mac continues to see off all challengers

MACINTOSH is an odd and old kind of word these days, it’s even caused confusion in the preparation of this page! (You want computers?). Read

Dear Caroline

TODAY I’m a week away from moving back to London. I left London three years ago after spending many years there. I wanted the smaller mortgage, the bigger house and garden and a bit more peace. Read