Do you remember back in April, I told you that I was filming with a celebrity for a BBC3 documentary? Well, the show was Danielle Lineker: My New Step Family and it aired last night at 9pm…You can watch it here, I’m about 26 minutes in and as well as hearing my words o’ wiseness as an agony aunt and checking out my cute hair foliage, you also get a sneaky peek at the Mizz magazine offices too – hurrah!

The programme is about how when Danielle Lineker married Gary in 2009, she became stepmum to his four teenage sons. With her oldest stepson George only 12 years younger than her, Danielle finds her new role a challenge. What’s the secret to a successful stepfamily? How should she behave to avoid being the wicked stepmother?

This intimate and honest documentary follows Danielle on her journey to understand stepfamilies, the fastest growing family type in Britain. And on the way, she learns some home truths about herself and her new family.

Inside info: Danielle was quite possibly the nicest celeb I’ve ever met, and I’ve met a fair few. She was funny, down-to-earth and really genuine. Oh and ridiculously pretty, obv.

It’s no secret that I have a total penchant for rockabilly, tattoos and all things 1950s, so I am in total cartoon-heart-shaped love stuff with Dolly Cool. Totally unique and original, not mass-produced, jewellery, accessories, clothing and bags – come meet Clare, she’s the girl behind the label and I heart her and her creations of rockabilly wonder mostest!

Describe the lady behind the label in 5 words…
50s tattooed retro rockin’ redhead!

What is it you do exactly?
I am the designer/maker for my own brand Dolly Cool. I make jewellery, accessories, clothing and bags and I’m also a graphic designer specialising in alternative and punky subject matter.

How did you discover you could create items of wonder and that you were going to sell them?
I have been making things as long as I can remember, and started selling my jewellery at craft fairs about 10 years ago.

Is it difficult to be creative AND business-y?
Sometimes yes! This is because you have to wear many different ‘heads’ – doing accounts is boring, but necessary and all part of running your own business…The rest of it is mostly fun!

What’s a day in the life o’ Clare like?
I get up around 8am, make breakfast and check emails, log sales etc. from the night before (it’s great making sales when you’re asleep!

Then I have a shower, get ready and begin to make my orders. Everything has to be ready to meet the last post at 5.30pm so I’m always a bit stressed from 4.30 to 5.30! The evening is spent updating my blog and website, doing any design jobs and making stock for when I do fairs. I rarely watch TV…my business always comes first!

Who and what inspires you?
Mid century design, tattoo art, other designers/makers who have created and built their own business from scratch.

What 5 tracks would be on a DollyCool soundtrack?
Rancid – Timebomb
Rock This Town – Stray Cats
Sugar Doll – The Jets
Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon jovi
Letter to the Censors – The Peacocks

Whats your life motto?
If at first you don’t succeed, try again!

The Sassy List: What’s your favourite:
Book: Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
Movie: Pretty in Pink
Hang out: Rockabilly Weekenders and gigs
City: Manchester…My home city
Must-have beauty item: Benefit IT Stick concealer
TV programme: Medium

What does the term Sassy Minx mean to you?
An independent, fun lovin’ gal who knows what she wants and works hard to get it!

Go check out her creations o’ fabulousness: www.dollycool.moonfruit.com

I LOVE a ‘To Do’ List.
I fill it to the brim with things like, return this call, write that article, pitch that idea, buy that book, hoover and…well, you get the idea, right? A list helps me get my focus on and stops me feeling so stressy and overwhelmed. It’s like a li’l ritual each morning to kick-start my day…

Thing is, we get so caught up in the things we ought to do, and forget to the add to that ‘To Do’ list all the things we absolutely, positively should do every single day, like:

♥ Laugh out loud
♥ Step outside, take some deep breaths and thank God/Goddess/The Universe/N-Dubz for a rather fabulous day ahead
♥ Look in the mirror and tell how beautiful I are
♥ Call a friend – leave them a happy voice mail if you can’t get through
♥ Send a txt/email to someone you haven’t talked to in a while

What’s on your “To Do” list today?

THIS CARAVAN. I’ve come to my happy place, Glastonbury – the town, not the festival, I mean seriously? Where would I plug my straighteners?! – to finish writing my new book! I can’t give too much away just yet, but what I can tell you is that the main character lives in this caravan…how cool?!!! I want to live there. A LOT. I would do tarot readings and wear a head scarf with jangly coins on it. Sigh.

This brand-spankin’ new Etsy store, Velvet Soul is my go-to shop for all the jewellery I will wear when I own that caravan. Look at the gorgeousness? So many items of deliciousness – I want them all!

I’ve had more ink. It’s really, really freakin’ pretty too. Yes, my name is Lisa and I’m addicted to tattoos.

Something we all need to remember…

I HEART THIS WOMAN. Ana Matronic, I wanna be in your coven.

AIMEE’S LOVIN’ My flat is going to sound like one big gay disco in the next few weeks. The boy will recoil in my uncouth love for cheesy pop, but what with Kylie and The Scissor Sisters new albums out after this weekend, it’s just going to happen. I’ve been a Kylie fan since before I can remember and The Scissor Sisters got me through 20 hour days at uni. Plus, Aphrodite is going to be a HUGE trend next year, I just know it.

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” — Marilyn Monroe

Well who doesn’t? In fact, we here at The Sassy Minx heart all the ‘I Heart..’ books, but that might just be because we are more than a little biased. One of our dearest friends and NY hook-ups, Lindsey Kelk, has her third book released on July 9th, and as I can promise you its a goodun’, because I can’t stop reading it!

We’ve already been on Angela’s adventures in NY and Hollywood, and now she is in Paris…

Angela is in the city of love – but romance is taking a nose-dive…

With London and her old life only a train journey away, Angela can’t decide if should stay and face the music or run away home…

Preorder at Amazon.com now

Nicola Carley is my new idol girl. She’s only worked 7 weeks in the past 9 months, so in a bid to create an income, she has set up the Cherry Picked Pop Up Pamper Parlour with only five pounds in her bank account, a bunch of fabulous friends and experience and skills gained through studies, travel and previous jobs…

The Cherry Picked Pop Up Pamper Parlour will give you the chance to get fruity for a cheap-but-most-definitely-chic pop up event at Anexo in Turnmill Street, London at 7.00pm on the 30th June 2010.

Describe the girl behind the label, Nicola Carley, in 5 words?
Feisty, alternative, arty, intelligent, romantic.

What is Cherry Picked Style exactly?
Cherry Picked Style is a mix of couture and culture, best served chilled. It’s about helping girls accentuate their best side without the pressure of feeling the need to look perfect every day. By the same token, I want to create an environment where women will feel comfortable showing off their best side. And by that I mean not only their looks but; their photography; their artwork; their writing; their producing etc.

I want Cherry Picked to showcase the best in female talent in a fun environment and to encourage female creativity. I’m not talking girl bands here. I want to create a platform for women who have something interesting and important to say. And maybe, now and then, we’ll let the boys in. Just for a peek. But we’ll see.

You’re planning an event on Wednesday 30th June – tell us all about it!
The Cherry Picked Pop Up Pamper Parlour? It’s a cheap, but most definitely chic, pop up event for girls and the aim is to make them feel like pampered princesses for an evening without spending a fortune. With the £11 ticket, they’ll get a glass of bubbly, a cupcake and clothes swap. So if your wardrobe is a little tired and your purse is exhausted, come along to the Cherry Picked clothes swap corner for a revamp.

Or, update your look by getting on the ‘pamper production line’ for a mini-makeover. You’ll have your make-up applied professionally, hair styled by London Fashion Week’s Sonya Howie and you’ll get pictures to take home at the end – all for only £50.

There’s also a mini market featuring clothes from FrockingFabulous.co.uk for those vintage fiends, handmade jewellery from Kei vs Ivy and accessories courtesy of Accessorise-me.com. We’ve also got a beauty boutique where girls can purchase a reflexology taster treatment for only a fiver or an Indian head massage. Julie at www.newvintage.co.uk has kindly loaned me some beautiful pieces to decorate the event and in all this heat, it’ll be a relief to have it set to the background of some cool and summery tracks from DJ KiRA.

There’s more info on my website: www.cherrypickedstyling.com and tickets can be purchased online here: http://www.eventsbot.com/events/eb831958006.

The first 20 people will get a goody bag which includes a bracelet from Kei vs Ivy, jewellery from Accessorise-me.com and more.

Your story is pretty awesome, Nicola – what made you set up Cherry Picked?
Having worked only 7 weeks in the past 9 months Cherry Picked was a bid to create an income and potentially, further down the line: jobs. I am setting up the Cherry Picked Pop Up Pamper Parlour with only; five pounds in my bank account, passion, the help of friends and experience and skills gained through studies, travel and previous jobs.

I was a PR until, one job after another found me struggling either with stress (which actually made me ill at one point) or trying to make myself fit – personality and looks wise – the organisations I worked for.

With a degree in English, five years experience in public relations working on accounts like Microsoft and the best part of a novel written under my belt, along with a good deal of creativity, you could wonder why this might be so. But the trouble is, I speak my mind, I’m direct and I have principles. If I see public money being wasted, unnecessarily for example, I find it difficult to ignore.

A part time role working for a local entrepreneur left me in an even worse position as he failed to keep appointments and became unavailable for weeks at a time. I was left without any income at all and effectively wasted two months when I could have been trying something else.

This has all forced me, like many others, to the point where, having received a number of emails which begin, “Thank you for your application but…” I had no other option but to try making money myself. I was so fed up. I felt let down and my cash had run down to the minus figures with no sign of anything in the pipeline. And so was born the Cherry Picked Pop Up Pamper Parlour. An amalgamation of all the things that I love; meeting people, making people feel good and have fun, all without necessarily spending a fortune. I did a makeover for a friend, which felt so great making her feel good about herself that I wanted to repeat the experience. I realised that clothes swapping was a great hook for getting people to an event and thought, how about making it easy for people to buy cool stuff from cool people, so I added the mini-market and so on. But I want to take it a few stages further.

I draw, write and paint myself but often feel alienated by the big institutions and the fact that I haven’t studied art. I thought, why not make it even more accessible than the affordable art fairs? So I have big plans for the company. I want it to become a brand that people associate with female talent and female fun. A brand that people will look to for great writers, photographers, artists etc. But I have to prove that I can make this event a success first.

Without the moral support of my friends and partner, I’m not sure I’d have the confidence to do this but right now, I feel excited and hopeful for the future. Needing to sell tickets to be able to pay my rent is one powerful motivator!

What songs would be on a Cherry Picked soundtrack?
Funny you should ask that as my partner – DJ KiRA – is putting something together for Cherry Picked and anyone coming to the event will get one to take home. Personally, I’d be a mish-mash as my music knowledge is somewhat narrower. I love everything from Audio Bully to Beach House and back to Drum n Bass but since you ask I would say, somewhere between, fun, emotive and female power:

Tinkerbells – produced by DJ KiRA. (he made it especially for me – unreleased as yet).
Do you want the truth or something beautiful – Paloma Faith
Kid Creme – Austin’s Groove – Fatboy Slim
Minor Swing – Belleruche
Resist - Kosheen
Pretty woman – Roy Orbison
The son of a preacher man - Dusty Springfield
Baby make your move – Dave Armstrong
Sway – Bic Runga

What’s your life motto?
It’s better to regret something you have done, than something you haven’t.

The Chery Picked Sassy List: .
Book: That’s a tough one given I was rarely without a book until the chase for cash began and I spent 3 years immersed in an English degree that spanned the aborigine through to Shakespeare. I think it would have to be A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.
Album: Kicking the National Habit – Grand National
City: London. I just haven’t been anywhere that beats it. Though a trip to NY could change that.
Shop: this may be cheating but… Spitalfields Market.
Make-up brand: MAC
Hang-out: Tart Bar in Clerkenwell.

What’s next in the life o’ Miss Nicola?
To finish writing Who is Petite Nicole? And planning for the next event.

Go buy your ticket for the Cherry Picked Pop Up Pamper Parlour NOW! Tickets are £11 and include a glass of bubbly and a cupcake, courtesy of Cory’s Mum’s Cupcakes, you’d be nuts to miss it. Go to http://www.eventsbot.com/events/eb831958006 for tickets or email cherrypickedstyling@yahoo.co.uk or go to www.cherrypickedstyling.com

We LOVE Clippykit here at SM, so imagine our excitement when we found out that these Clippy make up bags are now available in Superdrug for a bargain price of £4.99 – go get yours now and personalise it ready for your holibobs!

Lisa is new school, she’s punk rock psychic – don’tcha just love that?!!

In her eyes, being psychic isn’t about dazzling others with your skills or using parlour game-type tricks to entertain others, her punk rock life philosophy simply consists of the following: 1) Show up in life as the real you 2) Work to make the world a better place for everyone.

I love her. You will too.

A spiritual punk rock rebel – love it! – what’s one of those and how do I become one?
I define a spiritual punk rock rebel as someone who dares to follow their own spiritual (not religious) path, free of any dogma or fundamentalism. It basically means that you are capable of independent thinking. Some paths can be so exclusionary, even pompously asserting that their way is the only right way.

It’s also about being open to all ideas and people. The only rule is that you have to be loving towards others and hopefully, working to make the world a better place. So much of the world can seem so chaotic and unloving, so I decided to rebel in a way by being loving, positive, and authentic, leading with my heart.

I’d say that you already are a spiritual punk rock rebel. I so resonate with your energy and approach. You’re a soul sister!

What is it you do exactly?
Right now, I’m focused on giving psychic readings to the rebels and non-conformists of the world. I enjoy giving people loving kick-ass, useful, practical, down-to-earth guidance to move forward into creating a life on their terms. I love helping people to get unstuck. I also am a medium. I give people readings where loving messages from their deceased loved ones come through to help the healing process.

You work as an intuitive – how can we tap into our intuition? how do we know what it is? Is it our gut feeling?
I believe that everyone is psychic or intuitive. It just requires some practice and training to build the muscles. It’s not hard to tap into intuition. All it requires is willingness. Since energy or outcome follows intention, all one has to do is to start with the intention to receive intuitive guidance. Usually, your intuition or your sixth sense works in a way that is similar to how you operate in other life areas. Let’s say you’re a visual person in your day-to-day life, chances are, you will get your intuition through seeing things with your physical or inner vision or both. (This is called clairvoyance.) You might see billboards with words, repeated number sequences, animals, or the like. These things can be translated into intuitive guidance. The key is to find out how your own intuition operates and then, practice interpreting the information. There’s intuition that comes through auditory information (clairaudience), through feelings or in physical body (clairsentience), or through your thoughts (claircognizance). Intuition can come via our dreams, either directly or through symbols. Meditation is a great tool to unclutter the mind to access intuition, along with journaling. When you keep track of intuitive hits or guidance in a journal, you’ll attract more of it.

There are many external tools to obtain intuitive insights such as oracle cards, tarot cards, pendulum, runes, and other divination. Divination is a fun, safe way to develop more of your psychic abilities. It’s all a process. The big thing is to tell the ego to be quiet, trusting what you receive. And, well, the other key is to take action on the guidance you receive. Sometimes, people say they are not intuitive, but really they are intuitive. They just haven’t peeled themselves off the couch to take action. Usually, intuition is revealed in a step-by-step way. Until you take one step, the rest won’t come. It’s like the divine is being nice, not giving us too much to do so that we won’t get overwhelmed or won’t stray from our path or destiny.

Angel readings – can you tell us more? What would a reading involve?
Angel readings are similar to psychic readings. I consider the angels part of my divine team of helpers and guides who relay the information that clients need to hear. The information that comes through is loving and is usually about action steps that are needed, including possible changes required to live a more full, happy life. I decided to claim the title “psychic” in early 2010. Even though I have been psychic all of my life, I felt the term had negative connotations and associations due to the charlatans in the field. But, my leadership energy resurfaced, so I thought it was really important to call myself a psychic. I feel a responsibility to be a good role model in my industry and also, to educate the public about the psychic world. I felt really called. But, for a while there, I was calling myself an angel reader and marketing myself with a more watered-down term of Intuitive. I didn’t want to rock the boat, but wow, that didn’t last for long. I took it one step further, calling myself the Punk Rock Psychic™. I had to walk my talk, being the real me in my work. I knew it was necessary so that I could attract the clients I’m meant to help and be of service to with the psychic work. Plus, I was so tired of trying to fit the Lightworker stereotype of flow-y skirts. I know that you relate too!

Is it hard to combine business and spirituality?
It hasn’t been too hard for me, but maybe that’s because I came from a non-profit and helping profession background with some of my work as a younger adult. Then, I worked in the healing field after opting out of attending law school. I did massage and energy work for a while before transitioning into giving psychic readings full-time. I really believe the new model of business is going to be more spiritual, along with more entrepreneurs. I think the biggest challenge in the past for me was being authentic with my business. For a while, I tried to be a clone of everyone else doing spiritual or healing work. This went so against my punk rock nature. I had to return to myself. I’ve discovered that if you’re authentic and real, people will resonate with you and will be naturally attracted to working with you. The old model of a large, impersonal business is so yesterday. Social media and the Internet bring us all closer together, including a more personal connection. It is fun and just rocks!

What’s a day in the life of Lisa Marie like?
I get up early most days to meditate, do yoga, journal, do affirmations, and start my day on a positive note. I enjoy time with nature, especially my backyard birds and squirrels. I make sure that I have some self-care, especially working out. I’m an avid bicyclist. My other passion is playing electric guitar. So, I work on putting my passions first, but I also, work hard on my business. I give many readings, work on my marketing, and writing. I have so much fun that it doesn’t feel like work at all. I usually make a home cooked dinner for hubby and I each night. Then, we’ll relax together, maybe play guitar together. Our life is pretty simple. We don’t have children, but enjoy time with family and friends. I’m so blessed because I have great people in my life. And, I’m a lucky woman ‘cause my hubby also is on the spiritual path. I’m so blessed and so very happy and grateful!

Who and what inspires you?
My hubby inspires me so much, of course. It’s great to be in love with your best friend. Our partnership is inspiring to me! I’m really inspired by music, which is actually quite the understatement. I am in LOVE with music! My favorite genres are rockabilly and punk rock, but I pretty much love it all. If I’m not playing guitar, I usually have music on in the background. I sing around the house. I spend my spare time and money going to see live music, especially local music. Besides, music, I’m inspired by Mother Nature…and, some good coffee now and then.

What 5 tunes would be on a Lisa Marie soundtrack?
Wow, it’s hard to pick only five! But, here goes:
1) “Rebel Rouser” by Duane Eddy
2) “Rumble” by Link Wray
3) “Rebelina” by the Twistin’ Tarantulas
4) “Don’t Dictate” by Penetration
5) “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory” by Johnny Thunders

What is your life motto?
“Be yourself; everyone else is taken.” – Oscar Wilde

All Sassy Minxes have a kit o’ love – what’s in yours? What’s your favourite…
Movie: I am obsessed with music documentaries! Too many to list here!
Inspiring lady: My late grandma Edith, a truly sassy, red-haired Leo who totally rocked!
Book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
City: San Diego or Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii
Hangout: outside in nature riding my bicycle!
Way to relax: listen to music, meditation, reading, gardening, knitting, yoga, seasalt bath, and going to the beach

Final words…

Check out my website, http://punkrockpsychic.com If you sign up for my email list, I give you a free mini email reading. I write a blog there regularly, along with offering a free mini ebook, How to Get a Kick-Ass Psychic Reading. More freebies will follow. I’m also working on some digital products that will be available soon for purchase. I’m on all the social media and I so enjoy connecting with people, so come hang out with me!

Life is short, so you have to show up as the real you to create the life you desire. Don’t follow the herd, be a leader by being your own unique self!

Go visit Lisa at: http://punkrockpsychic.com

Us minxes have A LOT of love for the self-indulgent loveliness that is Bedcrumb. And why wouldn’t we? Just look at this bee-freakin-youtiful new addition to their range – the Marlene Lipstick purse and Pocket Mirror Sets. These sassy li’l purses are your new handbag essential. The purse will store at least 2 lipsticks and comes complete with a matching pocket mirror to check your perfect pout. J’adore.

£15.95 www.bedcrumb.co.uk

Yay – it’s time for me to do my happy dance, issue 5 of Sugar Paper Zine is OUT NOW! 20 things to make and do (with a loose fast food theme) including: 3D cross stitch, burger cake recipe, knitted coasters, word search, crochet necklace, spells, papier mache, latch hook rug and much more. Comes with a make your own shrinking plastic keyring kit. PLUS: a colour in cover illustrated by Bunny Bissoux – yes!

£2.00 http://sugarpaper.bigcartel.com

This feature on one of my favourite websites: Yes and Yes. Go read it, it’s deffo kicked my butt.

I love nothing more than a li’l a bit of controversy and Indian author, Jaishree Misra, is the controversy go-to girl. Her first novel, based on the life of Rani Lakshimibai and set in 19th Century British India, was banned by the Uttar Pradesh state government in India, where there were riots to protest at the book, and an effigy of Jaishree was burned in the streets. For real.

Her latest novel, Secrets and Sins is a love story as well as a study of infidelity and has a Bollywood theme.

While at university, Riva Singh and Aman Khan had a passionate love affair. Despite their attraction, Riva rejected Aman for reliable Ben, who became her husband. Now Riva is a bestselling novelist and Aman is a Bollywood superstar. Seven years later, they are thrown together again at the Cannes film festival. Will they follow their heads or forsake everything they hold dear and follow their hearts?

LOVE. THIS. BOOK.

£6.29 www.amazon.co.uk

AIMEE IS LOVIN’

I blimmin’ LOVE this pictures from the ‘Jump’ exhibition, at the Lawrence Miller Gallery in NY. It features all sorts of famous people from Salvador Dali, Marilyn Monroe and even Richard Nixon, indulging in ‘Jumpology’ and has never been shown before. If you are heading to or are in Stateside, make sure you check them out, as the pictures by Philippe Halsman are only on display until July 1st.

I am dotty about this two piece from Ann Summers. Its retro with the nautical classic blue and red bow detail, and with a slick of red lipstick, its perfect for a spot of summer seduction. Bra and Knicker, 22.00/12.00 at AnnSummers.com

I didn’t end up going to the South of France last week, as the weather was so bad. However, I rebooked the night before and ended up in Ibiza, which was fab! I went to see Biffy Clyro and Bombay Bicycle Club at Ibiza Rocks, and had a (more) chilled Ibiza than ever before. I didn’t know much of Biffy before, but now I’m a complete convert- their band is so charismatic and rock ‘n’ roll-see pics above of them clamoring above the stage, and jumping into the pool! I also loved the lyrics, and this year I think Biffy, Friendly Fires, and my faves The Courteeners, will be the ones I listen to on my dock.

Well, I always knew I was onto a good thing, but apparently the fashion magazines have only just picked up that tea dresses are the summers hit. My wardrobe is full of them – vintage and high-street and they are pretty much my wardrobe staple. I blame it on having a fixation on old Hollywood movies. I have been a fan of Get Cutie prints for years, and this pretty bluebird printed dress, is something to dream for. Dress, 95.00 at www.getcutie.co.uk

Lastly, I am one of those girls that LOVES football, and I have had no choice- thanks, boi – to embrace the World Cup. I am excited to watch tonight’s match, but I hope we play better than last week – I forget how passionate and unfeminine I become when I am yelling at the TV! One thing though, and its an UN-LOVE – those blinkin’ horns sound like bees in my ears!

Who/what inspires you and why?
People generally are a great inspiration, I love just observing the different ways people wear clothes to make them their own. I find the whole calwalk to highstreet cycle very dictatorial, at Connected Generation we prefer to use street trends and real people as our inspiration.

What do you love about being a woman in the world?
Getting my own way!

Where are your five must-go destinations for inspiration, life..?
Dalston Superstore & Trailer Trash are both good nights out in London with plenty of fashion spotting opportunities! Ibiza is also a must for great partying and also good for relaxing – Salinas beach is brilliant for people watching. Sundays in Brick Lane are also usually pretty interesting. Further afield the Far East is always inspiring.

What has been your proudest moment so far?
Winning £10,000 first prize in the E-Factor competition for young entrepreneur’s which enabled me to kick start my business idea for Connected Generation.

Which five tracks make your day?
Florence & the Machine – Rabbit Heart
Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
La Roux – In For The Kill
The Streets – Original Pirate Material
I Compute – I Can’t Behave


What are your five must-have, can’t live without fashion and beauty items?
Origins – Pinch Your Cheeks
Collection 2000 – Volume Sensation Mascara
Topshop – Baxter Skinny Jeans
Primark – £2 plimsoll’s
Padded bra!

What makes you jump-in-the-air happy?
Sundays at Space in Ibiza.

What is your life Motto?.
If you don’t ask you don’t get!

What is next for you creatively?
To grow Connected Generation as a clothing brand and a fashion website. We are currently working on setting up a ‘fashion council’ basically a group of people that love fashion that we can consult and get their opinions. Ranging from general things such as what do they think are the big emerging trends of the season to more specific areas such as what print or colour do you prefer?
We also want to get as many people as possible uploading their “trend spotting” images to the website, this can then become a great free resource for everyone interested in seeing what other people are wearing around the country and eventually the globe, it’s a really exciting project!

Quick fire round: What is your favourite?
Shop: Lazy Oaf
Book: E=MC2
Website/blog: Flying Saucer
Hang-out: Brick Lane on a Sunday
City: London but I’m biased!! Buenos Aires is also a really amazing city.
Must-have beauty item: Mascara
TV prog: Top Gear
Food: Chocolate!

What does the term Sassy Minx mean to you?
A girl that knows how to use her feminine charm to her advantage!