A “much loved” fashion journalist and critic, Suzy Menkes is best known for her Madame de Pompadour style haircut. “Frank” and a lover of “fashion maximalism”, widowed mother of three Menkes played herself in Absolutely Fabulous in 1996 and was once described by Kate Moss as “like a slightly mad auntie”. She has some 20,000 followers on Twitter, believes that “a girl should never accept anything but flowers and chocolates” and thinks the term “luxury” is a “no, no word”.
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Anna Wintour OBE
Her Evening Standard editor father was known as “Chilly Charlie” and she’s become “Nuclear Wintour”. This New York based Brit states that she’s “lost count” of the number of times she’s been attacked by activists and once retaliated by sending anti-fur campaigners a plate of roast beef when they picketed her Condé Nast offices. In […]
Pat Albeck (AKA “Queen of the Tea Towel”)
Hull born textile designer and mother of one Pat Albeck studied at the Royal College of Art in the 1950s and is best known for creating special tea towels for the National Trust.
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Suzy Menkes is wonderful! Fashion is an excellent vehicle in which to express one’s self.
I adore her personal style.
I only hear good things about Suzy from serious media figures