Kate Reardon Quotes
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Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion.
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Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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When did you last have fun being dignified?
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The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
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My favourite thing in my wardrobe is my jewelry.
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A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
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There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.
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I have a career I love more than I can tell you, and I have it because I work incredibly hard pretty much every single day.
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Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
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Conrad Black is a picture of a man hugely enjoying himself.
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Personal shoppers in big department stores are seriously under-used.
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Anything looks good if you've got the body of a Victoria's Secret model and the porelessly smooth skin-tone of a piece of glass.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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The Mark Birley fan club, of which epic American socialite Nan Kempner says she's the oldest living member, follows him doggedly.