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The Weekend Wonder – Kute Blackson
“So if you want to attract the right person, then be the right person. The “right” person is the most authentic expression of yourself that you can access and be in this moment.” - Kute Blackson...
The Way-Late Wonder – Sylvia Plath
Why “way-late”? Well, it’s hardly the Weekend Wonder on a Thursday. ;D “I want to taste glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; and never shut myself up in a numb core of nonfeeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way out. To learn and think: to think and live; to live and learn: this always, with new insight, new understanding, and new love.” - Sylvia Plath...
The Weekend Wonder – Jim Morrison
“Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself – and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.” - Jim Morrison (I know I rarely get ‘personal’ here, but I haven’t seen some of my most beloved in almost two years, and I want you to know I think about you every day)....
Let’s Remake Couture
It is rare to find impeccable fashion shown with a sense of humour, which is why I have fallen in love with “Remake Couture” in L’Officiel October 2011. Definitely one of my favourite spreads of the year. Marie José Jalou‘s fashion styling is magnificent, and Jean-Daniel Lorieux was the perfect choice to snap up Tanya Dziahileva‘s – supremely underrated – beauty. “Emma W, Carmen, and Charlotte” also feature in diverse, Ugly Stepsister-esque roles with perfection. Right-click, set as background....
With Love, Jessica Wright
It seems pretty strange that though I don’t watch The Only Way Is Essex, as soon as I had received the invitation the Jessica Wright‘s boutique launch, I knew who she was. As one of the more fashion-forward and sweet-natured cast members of ‘TOWIE’ (as judged by her media representation), I was very intrigued to see what her boutique ‘With Love, Jessica‘ had in store. It was Jessica to a tee. The lingerie boutique not only features some of the girliest, sweetly seductive undergarments around (from Caprice, Melissa Odabash, Alexis Smith, etc), but it also showcased her brand new clothing...
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Lela is…

Editor. Freelance fashion/beauty/lifestyle journalist. Former (and when industry friends ask) fashion stylist and makeup artist. Media Executive. Currently based in London. Author of She Said Style.

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