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Malnourished Monday – clothes that make you look thin

Monday, May 17th, 2010 by Met Mum | 24 Comments
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Grazia, I love you. Honestly, you are my favourite glossy mag and I am feverishly looking forward to the all-Tuesday-y ‘thump’ that indicates that yet another edition has been pushed through my letterbox. But ‘new-season buys that […] slim and flatter like no other’? Really? And who exactly are these shapes ought to be flattering? [...]

Malnourished Monday – Let’s hear it for the boys

Monday, May 10th, 2010 by Met Mum | 17 Comments
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Last Saturday I have been on a little shopping spree with Big M. Before you get over excited and demand to be shown the prey of our hunt – it’s been shopping for him, not for me. We have been rather successful but things briefly came to a halt in the underwear department. To begin [...]

Malnourished Monday #18 – Fake your way to self esteem

Tuesday, Apr 27th, 2010 by Met Mum | 18 Comments
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Take: A campaign to raise self esteem in young people. A well-known brand that possesses the funds and the means to support the campaign. A (the) leading youth charity to add credibility and host the campaign. What’s not to like? Try adding a celebrity ambassador that either didn’t get a script or a campaign manager [...]

Malnourished Monday #17: Body to bump to baby and back

Monday, Apr 19th, 2010 by Met Mum | 26 Comments
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Do you remember the moment you slipped back into your favourite pre-baby jeans, buttoning up easily for the first time in what felt like ages? ‘Ages’ meant a year in my case, and I recently had one of these delightful jeans-moments. After all and despite being against all things size zero, I am still a [...]

Malnourished Monday #16: French women don’t get fat

Monday, Apr 5th, 2010 by Met Mum | 15 Comments
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Imagine a special on ‘Big is beautiful’ in a high-class fashion magazine. Now imagine the special to be in the French Elle. Impossible? That’s what I thought, too. So when I read about it on Tish’s blog A femme d’un certain age, I had to dash out, grab a copy and see it with my [...]

Malnourished Monday #15: Fad Diet, anybody?

Monday, Mar 22nd, 2010 by Met Mum | 29 Comments
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The most annoying side effect of spring: every other magazine shouting at you “Loose a stone!” or “Get rid of that tummy!” and “Shift those pounds!”. Not only do they urge you to distinctively decrease your alleged corpulence, they also advise you to do so quicker than you can say “Dunkin Donut”. Malnourished Monday #15: [...]

Malnourished Monday #14

Monday, Mar 15th, 2010 by Met Mum | 23 Comments
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I was pleasantly surprised by the number of healthy looking models on last Fashion Week’s catwalks. Could the unimaginable have happened? Is this the comeback of healthy, strong women in fashion? And when will celebrities follow the trend? I don’t know where the old wives tale of ‘Skinny and Successful’ as the perfect marriage stems [...]

Malnourished Monday #13

Monday, Mar 1st, 2010 by Met Mum | 19 Comments
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Oops, he did it again. Chose a few healthy looking girls. Put them into too tight knitwear. Sent them down the catwalk. And made them look like sausages on the run. Malnourished Monday #13

Malnourished Monday #12

Monday, Feb 8th, 2010 by Met Mum | 23 Comments
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Can you smell spring in the air? No? Maybe I am so tired of boots and cardigans, I am hallucinating tulips and hyacinths pushing their way out of the ground and popping up on my way to the supermarket. Anyway, spring IS around the corner (believing is knowing!), and it’s time to have a look [...]

Malnourished Monday #11

Monday, Feb 1st, 2010 by Met Mum | 20 Comments
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Don’t you just love this spot? Malnourished Monday #11

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