So it used to be that I was jealous of Jessica Alba’s ridonkulous body… now it’s her one-in-every-colour jeans collection. Ok, and her body (the woman’s had two children for chrissakes, there’s gotta be witchcraft involved). Anyway, back to her bright skinnies, they just make me happy. She colour-blocks, mixes with black, white and neutrals, and generally rocks every look. The brightest pair I own are a rather fetching maroon – word of warning though, they’re kind of a man repeller, I think my fiancé finds them a little ‘children’s TV presenter’ for his taste – but Alba really makes me want to take it a step further. What do you think? Are you on board with this trend?

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Who needs vitamin D with these bad boys?

{1. Matalan Papaya coloured jeans – £16 / 2. Topshop Moto Leigh jeans – £38 / 3. Oasis Crop Cherry skinny jeans – £45 / 4. Joe’s Jeans skinny yellow jeans – £103 / 5. Ted Baker Cubba jeans – £79 / 6. Gerard Darel cotton jeans – £135 / 7. Miss Selfridge apple green skinny jeans – £20 / 8. French Connection Poppy slim fit jeans – £82}

As featured in Glamour UK, June 2012

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On looking after her twins: “It takes a village – you do really learn what that means once you have kids. It’s a juggling act, just like any single mom. They just started school, three times a week, I have to travel without them here and there, so it’s really important they’re surrounded by family when I’m not there. They come first, though. I like to wake up with them. I like to put them to bed. That’s how we do it so they feel loved, happy and like what they are – the most important thing in my life.”
On her posse of female friends: “Oh my God, my girlfriends are everything to me. They celebrate with you, cry with you, hold you when you need to be held, laugh with you. They’re always there, a priceless thing to have.”
On keeping a new relationship private: “It matters. Especially at the beginning of a relationship. To give something a chance, to really get to know somebody, you want to do it out of the public eye. The media, they want to rush everything. Give their seedy opinions without knowing all the facts.”
On cosmetic surgery: “I’d like to think I’ll age gracefully, but then I think, ‘Well, what if I do want a little bit of something?’”
On what she’s carried through from previous relationships: “I think I’ve finally learned the biggest lesson of all. You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be ok on your own before you can be ok with somebody else. You’ve got to value yourself and know that you’re worth everything.”

Just when I think I’ve found the perfect decor, I see another home that’s been decorated as if I’d written the brief. Such is the case with the former townhouse of the former wife of Billy Joel. Cookbook author, Katie Lee, sold these Manhattan digs last year (whhhyyyy??) after having it redesigned by guru of understated elegance, Nate Berkus. It’s so beautiful that I just can’t fault a single element of it. The pale walls, the chandeliers, that bathroom. For the time being at least, this house is my new favourite:

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My love affair with New York is no secret, so when I saw that the house made famous in Breakfast at Tiffany’s had been sold, my heart melted that little bit more when I clocked the pictures. The Upper East Side brownstone is currently divided into two apartments, but knocking them together would give you 10 bedrooms. Not that I’d need 10 bedrooms, but I’d be living in Holly’s house, and that would be good enough for me. Clearly I’d also need to invest in a ginger feline named “Cat”. And wear glamourous black dresses round the house. Funnily enough, another New York icon was sold this week… Carrie Bradshaw’s townhouse on Perry Street – see here. Now, although I wouldn’t say no (if I had the spare $9.85 mill), there’s something about it I can’t warm to. So thankfully I would only have had to pay out $5.97 mill for the Breakfast at Tiffany’s dream house. If that’s not being thifty, I don’t know what is.

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Lana Del Rey gets the fashion world’s nod of approval, as she’s the latest starlet to have a bag named after her. And not just any old bag. A Mulberry bag. All that schmoozing with Anna Win-tour, Palermo, the Olsens et al during Fashion Weeks clearly worked a treat. Obviously it’s nothing to do with her effortless style or anything. Nope. Definitely the schmoozing.

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