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Fashion And Pregnancy

When we put on weight we acquire it in places relating to our body type. For instance a woman with a pear shape will put on weight around her hips and thighs first, whereas a woman with an hourglass figure will put on weight in almost mirror image around her chest and hips and a

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Focal Points and Fashion

  ‘If you’ve got it, flaunt it’ has become the inevitable catch-cry when it comes to female fashion. A big busted girl is encouraged to wear low-cut tops that accentuate this feature; a girl with slim, shapely legs is encouraged to wear mini-skirts and hot pants. Makes sense right? Certainly there are a legion of

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Overhaul Your Wardrobe

  We’ve all done it – bought clothes with good intentions and then only worn them once before relegating them to the back of the wardrobe. We open our cupboards and declare we have nothing to wear despite a mountain of clothes staring us in the face. In fact recent statistics show that the average

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The Darcy Effect

We’re all familiar, no doubt, with the character of Mr Darcy from Jane Austen’s classic ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Women the world over, for generations in fact, have swooned over this character in print and certainly the BBC miniseries from 1993 is still a particular favourite. A recent commentary by Jason Evert, who promotes the Catholic

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What Is Your Colour?

  In order to complete this quiz you need to make sure you are not wearing any makeup – we don’t want to confuse your skin tone with foundation! You’ll need an orange and a pink scarf or shirt (you can use pieces of material or other clothing items, you just need to drape them

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Determine Your Body Type

Let’s face it we all admire bodies we don’t have. Looking in the mirror we’re over critical of our appearance and chances are the real reason behind our self-criticism has to do with the fact that often we’re not dressing for our body type. Added to this is the extra scrutiny we place on ourselves

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