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Losing your income is tough, but what about your self-worth? Fabulous investigates the shocking toll the financial downturn is taking on women in the workplace

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February 26, 2012 in Featured, Global, Real Life
Wandering aimlessly round her home, Louise Shoulder-Noble caught a glimpse of herself in a mirror. Pale, with her hair unbrushed, she was unrecognisable from the vibrant, confident mum of one she’d been just weeks earlier. In the wake of the credit crunch, Louise was made redundant from her operations coordinator role at advisory service Business […] Read more

You won’t find these fashions on the high street. We meet the young women who’ve carved out their very own trends

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February 18, 2012 in Fashion, Featured, Global, Real Life
The Lolita Jessica Yskpetaja, 16, is a sixth-form student, and lives in South London with her mum. She says: “Not long ago, by coincidence, I found myself on the same train as Vivienne Westwood, my heroine. We got off at the same stop, and when she saw me she turned and said: ‘Oh my God, […] Read more

A bride, a groom, a white dress… marriage used to be a straightforward affair. Not any more. We met five couples who’ve done things the 21st-century way…

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February 11, 2012 in Featured, Global, Real Life
‘We’re Mrs and Mrs’ Chrisy DeNiro, 32, a contact centre manager, is married to Beks, 35, a sales director. They live in Bristol. Chrisy says: “I still get a bit giggly when letters arrive addressed to Mrs and Mrs DeNiro. Beks and I met through friends in June 2007. I was 27 and knew very […] Read more

Frank, feisty and unafraid – Kelly Brook is on fire right now. Putting her personal and professional heartache behind her, she’s now in the mood for mischief

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February 4, 2012 in Celebs, Cover Stars, Fabulous, Global
Not for the first time in her life, Kelly Brook is causing a bit of a commotion. On the street outside our higgledy-piggledy east London location house, a group of unsuspecting 60-somethings are enjoying a leisurely Charles Dickens tour. Until, that is, Ms Brook, in full exhibitionist mode – hell-bent on mischief and dressed only […] Read more

Charlize Theron’s movie Young Adult hit cinemas yesterday, with the star playing a 30-something who finds herself living at home again. Here, writer Sanjeeta Bains, 33, reflects on her own experience of going back to her roots…

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February 4, 2012 in Featured, Global, Real Life
‘Last night I lay in my single bed, in my teenage bedroom – still decked out in pink and that horrendous Anne Geddes print of three babies dressed as bumblebees that was so popular in the ’90s – wondering if I was the world’s biggest loser. I left my hometown of West Bromwich 11 years […] Read more