February
10,
2009
What I Love About Me: London, England
We're keen on the edgy, vintage-obsessed lasses of London — a.k.a. Kate Moss's homegirls.
By Julia Scirrotto
WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT LONDON
Portobello Road Market. Free national health care. James Bond. Mulberry bags. Molton Brown. Brick Lane curry. Cadbury Crunchie bars. Cider on tap. The Eurostar train to Paris. The Evening Standard newspaper. Central Saint Martins (and its fashion alums Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, and Paul Smith). McVities biscuits. Greenwich Mean Time. Rei Kawakubo's shopping mecca, Dover Street Market. Shakespeare. Browns boutique (and brownsfashion.com!). Tea at Queen Anne's Orangery.
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Holly Burrows, 20"My red hair and bangs make my big blue eyes stand out - my friends say I have E.T. eyes."
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Jessica Jacobs, 24"I love to play with accessories and anything vintage. Minnie Mouse is my inspiration."
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Sonia Jesus, 23"I straightened my hair until I was 18. I only embraced my Afro about five years ago, when my ex-boyfriend encouraged me to leave it curly."
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Aleksandra Stec, 26"I got dreadlocks six years ago when I lived in Poland. A lot of people were racist then and I wanted to protest against them."
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Braid Adegbaju, 28"I think my smile's distinctive--I've got big teeth and no interest in hiding them!"
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Beatrice Langberg, 20"When you're young, being the tallest of all your girlfriends means you're the big sister, never the pretty one. But now I can really appreciate my height."
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Touya Yang, 27"I don't have particularly great eyes or a great nose or mouth, but put them all together and it looks good on me."
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Charli Morgan, 27"For years, I lied to my boyfriend that I was naturally blonde. When I was doing my roots, I had to spray perfume so he wouldn't smell the ammonia."
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Tamara Sariachvili, 22"I'm 5'7", but I always wear heels. They give you a sexy, elegant way of walking that flats don't."
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Amy Watts, 31"A friend calls my clothing style 'angry rapper,' so I try to play that down with minimal makeup. I'm too lazy to do more than that anyway."
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