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One of French cinemas' most emblematic faces and and an ambassador of La Nouvelle Vague, Anna Karina was born in Denmark to a dress shop owner and a ship's captain. Having begun her career in her native...

Ever since the late eighties, Danish beauty Helena Christensen has been muse to designers, photographers, and musicians alike (remember 'Wicked Game' by Chris Isaak?). Besides her auburn mane, emerald-green...

Thinking of a perfect day out in London, few things come first on my list than having a coffee somewhere nice in the company of a loved one, followed by a relaxed 'vintage crawl' in search of some precious...

... flock together. In the words of Greek fabulist Aesop, 'It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds', and although I could not agree more, I still take pleasure in looking at exquisite creatures,...

Most of us have a Kate Moss story. Mine takes me back to high school, when - a fresh-faced teen dividing my attention between Nirvana and fashion photography - I first laid eyes on a certain Calvin Klein...

Fragile, beautiful, disturbed, regal, aloof, and positively seductive, the icy blondes honoured by Alfred Hitchcock's movies had complex, intricately woven personalities which puzzled the men who crossed their...

'Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.',...

As a child in sun-drenched Lisbon, one of my growing pains came from the fact that - contrary to everyone around me - my skin was painfully pale, the kind of milky white which, so transparent and devoid of...

'Tis the season to be merry, and by The Londonesque standards, beautiful as well. It may proof difficult to not indulge in seasonal treats such as Christmas pudding and mulled wine, so your figure may be...

Nothing spells the word 'feminine' as loud as the colour pink. From the darkest to the daintiest, pink comes in all shapes and sizes, and - contrary to popular belief - there's a right shade of pink for...

It has been over 60 years since Marilyn Monroe was first quoted confessing she wore nothing but Chanel No. 5 to bed. The legendary French brand went on a mission to discover the source, and the result is...

In what I would call a heavenly marriage, Kate Moss has joined forces with Hugh Hefner's Playboy, in a toast to the magazine's 60th birthday and the Croydon-born model's own 40th. Although I challenge anyone...