AS SOME posh duchess once said (or was it Eddie from AbFab?), you can never have enough hats, handbags and architect-designed homes. Which is why we are showcasing the talents of six leading creative Scottish women including London-based bespoke handbag genius Susse Andersen, thoroughly modern milliner Sally-Ann Provan and brilliant thought-provoking architect Andrea Faed.
Marc Jacobs HandbagsThere's also a strong international flavour this week as Peter Ross interviews banned Chinese writer Wei Hui who has seen her book Shanghai Baby burned by the authorities and then published in pirated editions. Up to 13 million copies of this semi-autobiographical tale are now circulating in China.
The Bangles EternalNick Meo also reports from Bombay where the colourful, cartoonish world of the Indian film industry, aka Bollywood, is reeling from gangster involvement behind the scenes.
Finally it's Viva Las Vegas, time. So curl your
embroidered patches lip, shake your hips and affect a sneer as fashion goes for the quiffed-up Elvis look. In this stuff we can all be Memphis belles. Thang ver much.
JANE WRIGHT
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