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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 [...]

Occupation: Mum

Friday, Apr 23rd, 2010 by Met Mum | 23 Comments
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Surname, first name, address. Post code, telephone, occupation. Occupation? The worst bit of my recent and otherwise lovely course at St Martins was filling in an A4 form. Or this one little box, to be precise. Occupation. Occupation. Occupation. No matter from which angle I looked at the black little line behind the trigger, the [...]

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 #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

Malnourished Monday #10

Monday, Jan 25th, 2010 by Met Mum | 17 Comments
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I have been on a little break. In a land far, far away from my beloved MacBook, where snow covered mountains seam glistering lakes, where chocolates and cheese fondues warm hearts and souls after a day out in the cold, and where every breath of fresh air you take clears your head a little more. [...]

Malnourished Monday #9

Monday, Jan 18th, 2010 by Met Mum | 20 Comments
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Well, it was too good to be true: last year, Alexandra Shulman, the editor of Vogue, launched her war against size zero with a letter to some of the world’s leading designers, accusing them of pushing for increasingly thinner models. Malnourished Monday #9

Malnourished Monday #7

Monday, Jan 4th, 2010 by Met Mum | 16 Comments
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New year, new you? What about being more feminine this year; loving your body more and trying to get over your body dismorphic disorder?

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