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Louise Redknapp: 'I'm not trying to be a supermodel'
Louise Redknapp discusses ageing and why she named a nail polish after her father-in-law Harry Redknapp is a man of many incarnations: footballer, manager and a man perennially touted for the England job in the past. But it seems safe to say that he has never before been a nail varnish. And yet, thanks to his daughter-in-law, Louise Redknapp, he is now immortalised as "Harry" – a dusky-lilac lacquer in her new make-up range. The idea, Louise says, was to identify each product as a friend or family member to make them easier to remember. Her husband, Jamie, a former professional…
16 Jun » GuardianFrance prepares for Zahia trial: a tale of footballers, sex and the Paris catwalk
Stars Franck Ribéry and Karim Benzema alleged to have slept with underage girl Zahia Dehar – now a luxury lingerie designer It's the story of the grimy underbelly of a late-night club near Paris's Champs Élysées, two football stars accused of paying an underaged teenager for sex, and a girl from a poor suburb who first made headlines as a child sex-worker, then found fame as a luxury underwear designer and protegee of the fashion world – which hailed her creations as "courtesan chic". A court case that begins in Paris's criminal court on Tuesday will tackle one of…
14 Jun » GuardianOther News
Barbers make a high street comeback as men go retro and abandon salons
Neat hair is back – one reason why 150 men's hairdressers have opened in Britain in the past year The return of the short back and sides as the must-have hairstyle for fashion-conscious teens and twentysomethings is having a helpful impact on the country's beleaguered high streets: more barber shops sprang up last year than any kind of business other than charity shops. While bookshops, technology retailers and music stores all suffered, barbers have bucked the economic downturn. More than 150 new shops opened in the UK last year, a 6.24% rise, according to figures from the Local Data…
02 Jun » Guardian
