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Viva the Tomboy!
Whilst Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is perhaps one of the most famous tomboys of her generation, and in no way likely to become BFF’s with Suri Cruise (if I am mistaken, I will sincerely apologise to everyone involved), it’s very likely that she’ll one day embrace a girlier side of herself. Brad and Angelina, watch out, she’s going to be a handful! Whilst I was no great girly-girl as a child, I was certainly no tomboy either… I left that to my sister. But, I had a certain fascination with tomboys in stories – I envied their ‘go get em’ attitude, and self-sufficiency. I mean, Jo was everybody’s favourite in Little Women,…
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“Give a Girl the Right Shoes, and She Can Conquer the World.”
– Marilyn Monroe* Shoes! Glorious Shoes! (If I may be as bold as to twist Oliver’s words a little…) As nearly every teenage girl and woman will tell you, shoes are fantastically important. Mainly, because they’re just fantastic. But think about it, the love of a good or pretty shoe (the best combine beauty and comfort) is reflected throughout history. For the purposes of this blog, history includes fairytales… Where would Cinderella be without her glass slipper? Where would Puss be without his boots? Hermes would have been a great deal less effective as a messenger god without his winged sandals. And the Old woman who lived in a shoe?…









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