THE NEW X EACTOR JUDGES
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There were questions on everyone's lips before this year's X Factor. Is it becoming a freak show? Is this the year it will go pear-shaped? But mostly: can the new judges pull it off? Twenty minutes into the first show ...
THE DUKAN DIET
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Mother-of-the-bride Carole Middleton may have wowed everyone in her ice-blue Catherine Walker coat dress at Westminster Abbey, but it was her neat greyhound pins that really got us whispering, "How did she do it?" The answer was ...
PLEATED SKIRTS
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Once the preserve of schoolgirls and staid grannies, the ballet-inspired buy (just pair your Chloe homage with a flat pump and you're good to go) made us feel appropriately ladylike, girlie and skip-down-the-street chic. When Whistles unveiled its ...
LANA DEL REY
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The voice behind London Fashion Week anthem "Video Games": check out her video, sigh. Then we discovered that, yes, her name is far too good to be true and, pre-poutalicious hipster makeover, she was the slightly more cheerleader- esque
PETER PAN COLLARS
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Call it the Alexa Chung effect or a nod to the new demure, but we rushed in our droves to invest in dresses-and blouses with the chic Peter Pan collar. It's a bit Sixties, a smidge spoilt Victorian ...
THE KILLING
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This year was all about Scandinavian crime thrillers - and taut Danish TV series The Killing he came our national obsession, as did its lead character detective inspector Sarah Lund, with her inscrutable expression, dubious parenting skills ...
THE 15-MINUTE WORKOUT
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For lazy bods everywhere, the 15-minute workout (thus meaning you spend longer in the shower than the gym) is manna from heaven. Sure, you have to do it every day to get results, but only for 900 seconds. Honestly, it ...
HIGH-VOLUME FEMINISM
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This was the year that women became loud and proud. First, we had Caitlin Moran's hilarious polemic/memoir How to Be a Woman - and it isn't all about waxing, by the way. Add in Rihanna's in-your-face sexual confidence and
MILA’S ASCENT
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This is the thing with Mila Kunis: she crept up on us. Despite being an industry veteran - she's been non-stop acting for 15 years, starring opposite Ashton Kutcher in US sitcom That '70s Show, voicing Meg ...
