Woman's Own 21-Apr-2014

Editor’s LETTER Move over Kate, it’s your son who’s now the trendsetter! Little George’s cute kangaroo rucksack (below) has already sold out, just hours after the young royal family began their tour of Australia and New Zealand. And when he wore a powder blue jumper with his name on the front in a recent portrait (far left), a website sold over 1,200 personalised tops in the four days after the shots were released. He may be just eight months old, but he’s a style icon already, bless him!…

Peaches and cream Victoria Beckham, 40, is wearing a dress from her own label, but we think it’s Amanda Holden, 43, who looks like a winner here. It’s time to ditch those black shades, Victoria! Feeling blue It’s close, but Reese Witherspoon, 38, just about clinches it with her higher knee-grazing hem, while Sigourney Weaver, 64, could have done with choosing a more glamorous handbag. Lady grey sometimes simple is best. Take Gillian Anderson, 45 – she accessorises her pewter dress with black peep toes and matching clutch. Helen Mirren, 68, goes a little OTT with pearls and brocade boots. Suits you, madam Another toughie but we reckon Miley Cyrus, 21, just beats actress Lena Dunham, 27, to the top spot this time. why? That classic red lipstick finishes off…

Fern UNDER FIRE Fern Britton has been branded ‘fake’ by her fans. The presenter, who currently hosts The Big Allotment Challenge, has come under even more fire following a recent interview in which she blasted her time on This Morning. As we reported last week, Fern, 56, is relieved to be away from the show that made her famous, claiming she ‘doesn’t miss it at all’. But some viewers aren’t impressed with her comments. ‘Bitter much?’ asked one, while another said, ‘I can’t stand this woman! So fake!’ ‘She’s ASHAMED’ Scandal hits actress Barbara Knox Corrie star Barbara Knox was driven away from a police station in tears after being charged with drink-driving. Insiders say the star, who plays Rita Tanner in the soap, is ‘feeling ashamed’ and had hoped…

Vanessa Feltz stepped out sporting a slimmed-down figure recently and is looking better than ever. So what’s brought about her fab new shape? Woman’s Own had an exclusive chat with the presenter, 52, where she revealed she’s loving her role as grandmother to her daughter Allegra’s first child, Ezekiel, and why he’s a reason she’s determined to keep the weight off this time… You look great! Have you been on a new diet? I had my gastric band in 2010 and lost a lot of weight, because it’s impossible to eat a lot. Even if I’d wanted chips and pudding, I physically couldn’t have eaten them. Unfortunately a gastric band is a flawed method though, because you can gobble down quite a lot of chocolate mousse, crème brûlée and trifle. But…

Nigella Lawson endured fresh embarrassment recently when she was barred from entering the US, the result of her drug use confession last year. The TV cook admitted to taking cocaine on several occasions as well as smoking cannabis in front of her children, Cosima, 20, and Bruno, 17, during a very public trial involving her two former personal assistants, who were cleared of fraud against the star and her ex-husband, Charles Saatchi. Nigella, 54, was stopped from boarding the fight from Heathrow to LA by officials and was forced to have her luggage removed from the plane. ‘She didn’t say much, but she didn’t look happy. She could not get on the fight so she had to turn around and leave,’ said one onlooker. A source told Woman’s Own, ‘Nigella…

Like most mums, Judy Finnigan is used to the odd row with her kids, but a recent argument with daughter Chloe Madeley left the author reeling. Describing the barney, in which Chloe, 26, accused her mum of hiding a pair of shoes, Judy revealed the war of words the pair became embroiled in. Explaining her reasons for putting her Ugg boots away and out of reach of Chloe, Judy, 65, told her daughter, ‘I haven’t been able to use them for weeks because you’ve always got them on,’ to which an angry Chloe replied, ‘God, Mum, you are SO selfish! I need them now!’ when Judy refused to hand over the shoes, telling Chloe, ‘Tough luck, darling, I’m keeping them under lock and key,’ Chloe hit back, ‘You’re the most…