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/li> 0 shares 46 comments Armani's eye-popping £700 sunglasses Remember how once upon a time shoes were small, discreet, mostly black and plain? Well, sunglasses were once that way, too. I have in my hands my pair of original early Eighties sunglasses by Cutler & Gross, still in their tiny spectacle case lined with blue velvet. The wire and frame are gold and fragile, the lenses oval and blue, barely bigger than my eyes. They are light, and discreet. They keep out dangerous rays, but they are not rude when I am talking to people, as others can still see my eyes. Most crucially, these glasses did not cost the equivalent of the National Debt: in 1983 they were £35. I couldn't find a single glossy ad for sunglasses in my Eighties Vogues, but in my May 2013 edition, there are over a dozen full-page ads for the blasted things. Sunglasses are clearly very big business indeed. This summer, designers have realised that sunglasses are probably the last great

/li> 0 shares 28 comments Teenage girls and Vogue. It’s a difficult, combustible mix. I fell in love with Vogue in 1975, when I was 17. In some ways it improved my life — it made me dream beyond the dull shores of Essex. Yet it also almost destroyed it — because as an unattractive, acne-riddled provincial lump, I wanted the bodies and lives of the women on its pages. But being naive, airbrushing simply never occurred to me. I had no idea it was all artifice, a fantasy world. I thought I had to live out its pages. And so I’m cautious as I open the debut issue of Miss Vogue, which lands on newsstands today: the first offshoot for teenagers from British Vogue.  Miss Vogue: The problem is Miss Vogue seems largely, if not exclusively, penned, directed and styled by women in their 50s A high-end magazine for teens is nothing new. Harpers & Queen, back in the Eighties, published a teenage issue once a year, and was entirely written by teens. The problem is Miss

/li> 0 shares 498 comments Forget the Woman’s Hour Power list that named Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, Natalie Massenet of Net-a-Porter, Victoria Beckham and Stella McCartney as the most influential women in fashion. The person who will dress more of us than any other, and shape our wardrobes over the next few years is 51-year-old Belinda Earl, the new style director at Marks & Spencer. It’s the biggest, most high-profile and high-pressure job, not just in fashion but in all of British retail — hence the hefty salary she will receive. Grey wool tweed dress £159. Pinkwool coat £85. Black Shoe Boot £59. Pendant £15. Zebra tote £99.LIZ's VERDICT: Perfect coat fora wedding and a great dress for the office Ribbon silk cocktail dress, £75. Blackcourt shoes, £49.50LIZ'S VERDICT: This looks designer and is super comfy, too So when we meet for the exclusive unveiling to the Mail of her very first collection, it’s understandable she looks a bit ne

/li> 19 shares 29 comments The catwalks were full of white for this summer. The models were like ghosts - or at least looked as though they were still in their nighties. Stella McCartney showed a white mesh blouson, Victoria Beckham a white blouse and skater skirt edged with orange, Valentino a white cotton blouse and skirt in broderie anglaise. Moschino even sent out a white broderie anglaise jumpsuit, with side cleavage exposed. Now I have a little bit of a problem with a grown woman wearing broderie anglaise, a crisp holey fabric meant only for children. This fabric, especially in a maxi skirt, reminds me of that dreadful fashion trend: boho. Broderie anglaise is meant to look stiff, and clean, as though cut from expensive writing paper, but the boho appropriation rendered it sloppy, tiered and creased. Valentino Spring Summer 2013 Paris Fashion Week, left, and Stella McCartney Fall-Winter 2013/2014 during Paris fashion week., right But white can b

/li> 34 shares 9 comments Warm and nurturing: Mary Berry is wonderful, and I want her to continue for ever Do we really want more ancient women on TV? And if so, perhaps we should examine why exactly? My feeling is that people of both sexes over the age of 60 should be doing different things. David Dimbleby gets more irascible as time goes on, while Sir David Frost's show on BBC4 is positively painful to watch – I have to study him closely because I'm afraid that he has stopped breathing. As with most things, it depends on how long the person in question can keep going in their career. Mary Berry is wonderful, and I want her to continue for ever. But with their loud cries for comebacks, Angela Rippon, Joan Bakewell and Selina Scott, who surely landed their TV careers due to their good looks (and, in the case of Rippon, great legs), remind me why this particular sort of older woman is a turn-off. Berry is warm, nurturing and, occasionally, slightly stern

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/li> 0 shares 82 comments Arsene Wenger's reputation will stand the test of time and he has produced some of the finest teams in Premier League history. But, as he heads in to Sunday's FA Cup tie with Swansea, Wenger is approaching the juncture where he needs a 'Bill Shankly moment' to define his Arsenal career. Let me explain: when Shankly was Liverpool manager, it often gets forgotten that, for all the fantastic work he did building the club up, he went seven years without winning a major trophy. After winning the League in 1966, Shankly had to wait until 1973 for the trophy cabinet to be re-opened after he masterminded a First Division-UEFA Cup double; 12 months later he won the FA Cup again and promptly retired. In certain aspects, there are parallels with Wenger. He has revolutionised Arsenal since he became manager in 1996 and there is little doubt he will be remembered as one of the greats. When the time comes for him to leave, thou