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Fashion and Beauty: Nicola Bear rocks Ibiza style

NICOLA BEAR, the Huddersfield-born DJ, is enjoying some real summer sunshine in one of Europe’s clubbing capitals – Ibiza.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Fashion inspired by motherhood for Claire Harper

Claire Harper gave up a high-flying career when her second daughter was born but couldn’t stay away from the business world.. Today the Kirkburton mother is the founder of a new home-based fashion venture. She talked to HILARIE STELFOXRead

Fashion and Beauty: Pro Body in the Imperial Arcade

APOLOGIES to the tattoo team at Pro Body in Huddersfield’s Imperial Arcade.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Addicted to body art

Body art, or tattooing, has become so widespread that most of us either know of someone who has a ‘tat’ or have one ourselves. And while it was once mostly men who sported a tattoo, now men and women of all ages are choosing to undergo the needle. They may even meet a female tattooist, as women have started to make their way into this oldest of artistic professions. HILARIE STELFOX reports.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Catherine Hodginkson has designs on a new career

HUDDERSFIELD-BORN textile designer Catherine Hodgkinson has scooped a coveted place on an industry mentoring scheme and will be showing her work at a major textile exhibition in Paris this autumn.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Catwalk students

A GROUP of 15-year-old students from Holmfirth High School took to the catwalk at Ripon Races Ladies Day.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Fake tans for a fake summer

With the sun failing to shine so far this summer it’s been a bumper year for sales of self-tanning products. HILARIE STELFOX reports on the fake tan phenomenon and finds out how to get the perfect streak-free bronze lookRead

Fashion and Beauty: What are we putting on our faces?

CALDER Valley masseuse Zoe Greenwood has her own range of organic skin care products, created in Hebden Bridge from essential oils and other natural ingredients.Read

Fashion and Beauty: How Diane Hall embraced her natural Afro style

Model Diane Hall spent her teens and twenties attempting to get to grips with her unruly Afro hair. She tried extensions, chemical straightening and tight braids. Then one day she decided to help nature along instead of trying to tame it. The result was long, healthy hair and a long-awaited book to help others with Afro-textured hair. HILARIE STELFOX reportsRead

Fashion and Beauty: I was bullied because of the way I looked, says Kate Hardcastle

Singer and businesswoman Kate Hardcastle knows all about ‘glamming-up’ for her performances with the Charity Dreamgirls, but her public persona hides the fact that as a geeky teenager she was bullied for how she looked. She’s now fronting a new national campaign to challenge the way today’s celebrity-driven, appearance-focussed culture is affecting young people. HILARIE STELFOX reportsRead

Louboutin sees red

YOU might not know much about Christian Louboutin the man, but his shoes are world-famous.Protected even, like a rare exhibit. Around the time I meet the Parisian heel designer, he's fighting a court case against a major high street brand which has ‘imitated' his trademark red sole design.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Here come the girls - prom princesses enjoy a sparkling make-over

We are in the middle of the high school prom season – an exciting time when the nation’s teenagers celebrate the end of exams and, for some, the end of school. For Netherhall Learning Campus prom organiser Vesmira Krkic and her friends it was also time to enjoy a £300 pre-prom makeover. HILARIE STELFOX reportsRead

Birkby make-up artist Melanie Lenihan to oversee Olympic ceremonies

SHE has done the make-up for film and TV stars around the country.Read

Fashion and beauty: Our fat loss volunteers win the battle of the bulge

After just two weeks, our five fat loss volunteers, who have been taking part in a supervised programme of diet and exercise, lost an astonishing 41 lbs in weight between them and reduced their body fat percentages by an average of 9%. Hilarie Stelfox reportsRead

Crosland Moor's Jill Yvette wins beauty industry award

CROSLAND Moor holistic therapist Jill Yvette is the winner of the Beauty Industry Entrepreneur of the Year Award.Read

Fashion and Beauty: A midsummer night’s magic as Huddersfield University students excel

They are the theatrical costume designers of tomorrow – graduates from the University of Huddersfield’s costume with textiles course. And they’ll be parading their highly imaginative creations at their final collection show on that most magical of evenings, Midsummer’s Night, one week today. HILARIE STELFOX reports Read

Fashion and Beauty: Hardy Punglia returns to show with new collections

FASHION designer Hardy Punglia will be unveiling a unique collection of re-worked second-hand clothing which will support the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show.Read

Fashion and Beauty: Fast-track designers

TWO FASHION graduates from Huddersfield University, Laura Tomlinson and Becky Milne, will see their designs make a catwalk debut at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show.Read

Photography winners at Kirklees College's Batley School of Art

PHOTOGRAPHY students have swept the board at a top contest.Read

Fashion and Beauty: The final countdown for Huddersfield University’s young designers

It’s that time of year when fashion and design students complete their final collections. The work will be seen in shows attended by industry representatives, family and friends. Hilarie Stelfox previews the University of Huddersfield’s graduate fashion showRead