Innholdsfortegnelse for Vol 1324 i HELLO! magazine

In one touching gesture Simon Cowell has proved that his complex 36-year relationship with Sinitta isn’t faltering. By asking her to be godmother to his eight-week-old son Eric, he’s proven that their bond is for life. “We have always been close and always will be close,” said Simon last week. “Things are back to normal. It is a happy ending.” Now, in this exclusive interview with HELLO!, singer Sinitta proudly shares her joy in her new role and explains why she and Simon – who’s godfather to her adopted children Magdalena, eight, and Zac, seven – are like family. “I feel so honoured,” Sinitta tells HELLO! as she celebrates in style with her close friends and fellow mums – including her own mother Miquel Brown, TV presenters Konnie Huq, Angellica…

‘I never thought I would find myself in 2014 trying to put into words my feelings on hearing about the death of Peaches. Firstly, simply disbelief; Peaches was just 25. And then shock. It seemed like only a few weeks ago that we were chatting while she was having her make-up done before her wedding to Thomas. I was taking her photographs and she was radiantly happy, vivacious, full of joy. She was wearing a ring that had belonged to her mother – one that Paula had worn so often on the many times I had photographed her over the years since we started working together in 1977. She spoke with pride about Paula, her dad and her sisters, her journalism and her modelling. And all the time she was…

Vic Reeves’s latest venture has more than a ring of success around it. The former Shooting Stars host – whose real name is Jim Moir – has nipped to the other side of the camera to photograph his wife of 12 years Nancy Sorrell (below right) as she showcases the designs of jewellery designer Justine Cullen. “Jim has taken my picture thousands of times, but this time it was professional,” Nancy, 39, told HELLO!. “He’d like to do more professional photography. As this was his first shoot, he felt he might have to prove himself and make a good impression, but we quickly fell into it. Jim is an amazing photographer. ” The couple met Justine through their children, twins Lizzie and Nelly, now eight. LA-born Justine has a jewellery…

Most youngsters seem to run a mile if you mention exercise – Donna Air is certainly hoping daughter Freya will. The TV presenter is taking part in Race for Life and is hoping the 11-year-old will join her. “I’m definitely going to encourage her,” Donna told HELLO!. But it’s not just Freya who Donna has set her sights on to help the cancer charity, which is holding events around the UK. “It’s a female event so we need to grab our mums, daughters and girlfriends to make sure everybody takes part,” she said. “It’s such good fun. You just have to give yourself that initial push. I’m definitely going to get my sister to do it and I’m surrounded by women all the time so I’ll see who else I…

She has already bagged herself one of golf’s top players and persuaded him to putt a ring on it, so who better than Rory McIlroy’s fiancée Caroline Wozniacki to act as his caddie at this year’s Masters Par-3 Contest? The Danish tennis star is, after all, an old hand at the job, having acted as Rory’s bag-girl during last year’s competition, too. Caroline, 23, proved a smash hit at the Augusta National Golf Club, where she sank a 30ft putt after Rory lined up the shot for her – much to their delight (below left and right). “It’s such a nice tournament, the Masters,” she said. “I’m happy he took me. I was glad to be his caddie again.” In fact, she was tickled pink, showcasing fuchsia locks dyed especially…

‘ We drove to the Phelisanong Centre, a community-run organisation in the foothills of the Maluti mountains. Funds from Sentebale helped the centre expand to treat 300 vulnerable children, as well as house orphans and those who are HIV positive. Lesotho has the world’s third-highest rate of HIV and there’s a real stigma attached, so they need to be educated and given support. As we walked down the hill, we could hear echoing round the valley the children singing Newborn, a song I wrote when I was in the SuperHeavy band with Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, AR Rahman and Damian Marley. I’m in Lesotho hearing them sing my words. It was incredible. After a big welcome from the village chief, the kids read poems and danced, even those with physical…

‘#Lovers, due to timing of my tour I won’t be back next season for The Voice UK. Thanks to all who supported!’ Kylie Minogue (left) leaves fans Shocked as she confirms via Twitter that she is leaving the BBC1 show after one series ‘It wouldn’t bother me if I never worked again and all I did was fly’ Carol Vorderman would like to Countdown to a career in the clouds ‘I’ve just got one of those faces. The first time I ever flew on a private jet, the pilot thought I was the cook’ High-flying comic Ricky Gervais is brought back down to earth ‘The truth is – and I am not being rude – I wouldn’t hire Gary Barlow to run my record label’ Simon Cowell on why the…

It was his first major role, the start of what will become a lifetime of royal engagements, and bonny Prince George pulled it off with aplomb. From the moment he arrived in Wellington at the start of his and his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia, the nine-month-old Prince stole the show. His father Prince William was only one month older than George is now when he made his own royal debut in New Zealand back in 1983. With the same cute nose, rosy cheeks and head of fair hair, the similarities between George and his father as a baby are clear. But the way in which George will be brought up to become King couldn’t be more different to William’s upbringing.…

CELEBRATING A LIFE IN FILM Film director Amanda Eliasch was again in charge of the action as she played the role of hostess at a private screening of her award-winning docu-drama The Gun, the Cake and the Butterfly. Acclaimed artist Duggie Fields and designer Lucy Tamman were among the cast of well-connected friends enjoying champagne and canapés at the Bulgari Hotel in London’s Knightsbridge before Amanda directed her guests to settle down and enjoy the film that tells the story of her extraordinary life and her search for love. IN THE MODE FOR DANCING Party-loving Londoners put on their dancing shoes to head to the opening of nightclub Mode in fashionable Notting Hill. The VIP clubbers, including Sarah-Ann Macklin, Zara Simon and Hugo Heathcote, were treated to some of the…

CROWNING GLORY Royal brides such as Princess Claire of Luxembourg (above, in the 19th-century Vine Leaves tiara) or aristocrats like Matilde Borromeo (above left, with a Von Furstenberg family heirloom) crown their gowns with some serious diamond dazzle. But you don’t need historic stones to ensure you look regal on your wedding day. From big-name brands to small specialist firms, there’s a huge array of designs on offer, such as Rainbow Club’s delicate 1920s-inspired band (below, centre) and Patricia Avendaño’s head-piece (left), made especially to match the label’s jewelled dress. SOMETHING BLUE Brides often slip something blue into their wedding outfit, thanks to a 19th-century English verse encouraging them to include “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in their shoe”. But how about going all…

Flowers and caterers to organise, dress fittings to attend and seating plans to sort out – wedding planning is exhausting and it’s all too easy to put your health on hold in the run-up to your nuptials. But a few simple steps are all you need to be a healthy and happy bride. Here are the ten essential pointers to follow if you want to tie the knot with both mind and body in tip-top shape. 1 Skip the starvation The pressure is on to lose weight and slip effortlessly into that wedding gown. However, skipping meals and going hungry is not the long-term solution and it could leave you a slim bride but a less-slim wife. “It doesn’t matter if you call it a detox or a cleanse, any…

Don’t let the stars lead by example. If you fancy getting there first, take a best guess at the honeymoon destinations of this year’s favourites for superstar nuptials. Will Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finally say “I do”? If so, insiders suggest they may choose the Galapagos Islands – Earth’s natural Utopia – for some romantic time with an eco-flavour. Meanwhile, if and when Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux make it up the aisle you can be sure Cabo San Lucas will feature somewhere in their honeymoon plans. Jennifer has already introduced Justin to her favourite Mexican resort and is often snapped there with close pal and fellow ex-Friends star Courteney Cox. And as for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, well, the Palace of Versailles has been mooted, as has…

Ex-EastEnder Jo Joyner has a health warning for anyone watching her latest foray into comedy on Sky Living’s hilarious new series Trying Again, in which she stars alongside Chris Addison as the cheating half of a couple who hope to put her indiscretion behind them. “It will definitely make people think about their relationship,” says Jo, 36, who has been happily married to actor Neil Madden for seven years. “Here is a couple in their 30s and that’s when the big questions start looming: do you want to get married? Do you want to buy a house? Do you want to have kids? Are you with the right person?” Jo’s character Meg is trying to repair her relationship with soulmate Matt six months after she had an affair at work.…

Most Cameron Diaz movies end happily ever after, but the rom-com favourite says she has first-hand experience of it all going badly wrong. “At some point in your life, everybody has been cheated on,” she says. “I’m not saying that you’re going to get cheated on in the relationship you’re in currently, but eventually, or maybe in the past, it’s happened.” It’s what happens in Cameron’s latest film, The Other Woman, in which the 41-year-old joins Kate Upton and Leslie Mann as three women who forge an unlikely friendship after discovering they’re all romantically linked to the same man, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Here, Cameron, who’s dated A-listers including Matt Dillon, Jared Leto, Justin Timberlake and New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and whose reflections on health, fitness and body…

It was time to meet some new members of the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel when HELLO! caught up with Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams last week. Not their children but their other babies – their pet pooches. Enjoying walkies at the launch of the new series at St Luke’s Church, London, were Simon’s Squiddly and Diddly in Union flag jackets, Amanda’s Rudie, Alesha’s Prince and David Walliams’s terrier Burt. Simon reckons it’s his pups rather than two-month-old baby Eric who helped him be a “little” bit nicer. “My dogs got me warmed up for appreciating the younger acts on the show,” he told HELLO!. But he’s not holding his breath that either would ever make it on to the show. “I can’t even get them…

After less than a year Stateside, it seems life in the Big Apple suits Princess Eugenie to a tea. Since landing an internship at New York-based online auction house Paddle8, the young royal has become a regular at social events in the city and last week saw her attend a lunch at French tea salon Ladureé, which has opened its doors in trendy SoHo. At the event, part of the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt charity initiative, Eugenie chatted to fellow guests including Lexi Bowes-Lyon (left) and celebrity stylist Mary Fellowes. Nibbling macaroons and enjoying some of the salon’s celebrated brews, the 24-year-old royal blended in effortlessly with the stylish crowd. Despite once describing her dress sense as “generally being more understated”, Eugenie has well and truly found her fashion feet…

Coleen Rooney admits she felt as if she had plunged into the deep end by signing up for a swimwear shoot so soon after the birth of her second son Klay 11 months ago for this newly released picture (left). Despite her enviable post-baby figure, she told HELLO! she was terrified at the prospect of baring nearly all. “I really didn’t want to do it,” said the Littlewoods fashion designer as she launched her new range on a floating catwalk on the Thames (below). “They really had to convince me that it would be fine. “It’s not the same when you’re on holiday and you’re down the beach. But everyone made it so comfortable and it was okay in the end.” Her sons Kai, four, and Klay showed off their…

Unlike his Britain’s Got Talent boss Simon Cowell, David Walliams isn’t keen on whipping his shirt off in public. “I’m better with my clothes on than off,” David told HELLO!, as he geared up to promote a new bid to get Britain back in the swim (left). “I’ve never been in good shape,” added the 42-year-old comedian, presenter and BGT judge, whose efforts for Sport Relief include swimming the English Channel in 2006. “Put me next to Tom Daley and I’m about twice the weight he is.” The two met recently at the London Aquatics Centre, where Tom was in training while David and Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington (above) were launching the British Gas SwimBritain 2014 campaign. “I was very starstruck to meet Tom and he gave me some…

Joss Stone is not one to do things by halves or conform to the norm. To most musicians, the phrase “world tour” means visiting a few countries on each continent. However, the British soul singer – who has sold many millions of records – has decided that she’s going to attempt to visit every country on every continent over the next couple of years on her Total World Tour. Some have said it’s mission impossible, a suggestion HELLO! puts to Joss as we sit with the singer by a roaring fire in a lodge in the breathtaking Drakensberg Mountains in North Lesotho – the first leg of her epic quest. “I’ve been planning this trip for such a long time,” smiles Joss, 27, who’s buzzing from the adventures she has…

THEO AND MELANIE WALCOTT Baby boy for footballer and wife England star Theo Walcott became a first-time dad last week when his wife Melanie, 24 (left, with Theo), gave birth to a baby boy, Finley. “So over the moon. It’s amazing to be mummy and daddy! Love him so much x,” the 25-year-old Arsenal forward – who has been ruled out of the World Cup because of injury – wrote on Facebook. The couple were married in a lavish wedding at a castle in Tuscany last June, covered exclusively by HELLO!, and just six months later announced they were expecting their first child. TOM FORD Designer reveals secret wedding Fashion designer Tom Ford has tied the knot with his long term partner Richard Buckley. The 52-year-old, who has a son,…

Emotions ran high last week as Oscar Pistorius – the so-called Blade Runner – took to the stand for the first time during his trial on the charge of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The Paralympic athlete, who claims to have shot the 29-year-old model after mistaking her for an intruder, began by publicly apologising to Reeva’s mother June (above, centre). “There’s not a moment… since this tragedy that I haven’t thought about your family,” he said, fighting back tears. “I can’t imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness that I’ve caused you and your family.” His words left his sister Aimee (left, centre) in tears, although Mrs Steenkamp herself appeared unmoved. But the drama reached a peak when Pistorius broke down, howling hysterically and forcing the court…

When it comes to love, Emma Thompson has never forgotten the advice her grandma gave her. “She used to say, ‘Your heart’s no good as a heart until it’s been broken at least ten times,’ and I know what she means,” the actress says. “It shapes how you navigate all your relationships and I think that particularly in long-term relationships you go through all kinds of weathers.” Resolutely private about her personal life, 54-year-old Emma won’t elaborate, although she does admit that – unlike her character in new comedy film The Love Punch – she doesn’t harbour resentment. “Maybe I ought to… but I’m rubbish at it because I fear conflict of that kind,” she says. “I don’t at all hold grudges and that’s one of my better qualities.” Instead,…

She often became embroiled in physical tussles as feisty DS Sandra Pullman in hit detective series New Tricks and now Amanda Redman is up to her old tricks to play the partner of comic legend Tommy Cooper. “I had to get physical and fight,” says Amanda, who plays Tommy’s long-suffering but fierce wife Gwen in ITV’s Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This. “Gwen’s nickname was Dove, which conjures up someone placid and peaceful, but she wasn’t like that at all. Tommy’s act involved an exploding dove, which is why he called her that. She killed first, asked questions later, and she and Tommy, who had a stormy marriage, would hit each other. “When I did the same [with actor David Threlfall, who plays Tommy] I felt as if I…

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Rather than trying to explain to your make-up artist how you would like to look, why not show them a picture? It is not often that you can take a make-up look directly from the catwalk and make it work in real life, let alone for your wedding day. However, this spring the designers we associate with full-on glamour gowns sent their models down the runway wearing romantic make-up that is perfectly suited to brides. Carolina Herrera, Dolce & Gabbana, Zac Posen and Hussein Chalayan all showcased winning wedding-day looks. Here they are for you to cut out and keep……

When it comes to planning their big day, very few couples call in the professionals. Instead, most brides- and grooms-to-be prefer to be involved themselves, coming up with ideas for choosing and arranging the flowers, dressing the tables, making thank-you gifts for the wedding party and deciding on the cake. But it doesn’t matter whether it’s a full-blown wedding with an army of guests or a simple knees-up at the local with close friends and family, a few imaginative and elegant finishing touches and details will turn your special occasion into an unforgettable one. Even among the hustle and bustle of organising a wedding, making an effort to create original ideas for such things as name cards, napkins, flowers and table-settings is time well spent. None of these following ideas…

THREE-TIER VERY VANILLA SPONGE BUTTERCREAM ICED CAKE “You don’t have to have amazing baking skills to create an elegant tiered cake as there are so many gorgeous cake stands in various styles,” says baker extraordinaire Juliet Sear. “I love the one I’ve used here (left) as it has a vintage vibe. I’ve used it before and sprayed it in different colours to suit the day – for a bridal feel you could entwine flowers through the frame. “Cake stands come in various sizes, so check the width of each base before you start baking (see our chart, below right, for quantities for each tier). “To decorate, ice each tier in fondant sugarpaste. Even easier – and some may say more tasty – is to use buttercream, as I have here.…

The final chapter of glam ad-driven drama Mad Men dawns this week marking the end of one of the most influential and compelling series in recent memory. With Don Draper (Jon Hamm, above with Christina Hendricks as Joan) confessing at the end of the last series that he had been living a lie, fans have been left agog as to how the show will end – just like Jon. “Whenever I try and guess I end up embarrassing myself,” says the 43-year-old. This final series – which is being split, with the last seven episodes airing in 2015 – opens with Don on leave from work while his protegée Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) wrestles with the cost to her personal life as she soars up the career ladder. “It’s definitely starting…

It might be hard to believe, but Elsa Pataky gave birth to twins only three weeks ago. Yet the Spanish model looked as slender as ever last week as she enjoyed some family time in Malibu with her husband, actor Chris Hemsworth, and their 22-month-old daughter India. Elsa, 37, and 30-year-old Chris welcomed boys Tristan and Sasha last month. The mother of three clearly stayed fit during her latest pregnancy and showed off her slim legs as she strolled along the street in white hotpants. The three later bumped into Wedding Crashers star Owen Wilson and had a brief chat with the father of two, whose second son Finn was born in January. In an interview with HELLO! last month, Elsa told how she was keeping trim during her pregnancy…

Peaches Geldof, it seemed, had finally found happiness. The smart, vivacious, eloquent and witty media personality had only recently described her life as changing from that of “wanton wanderlust” to one in which, as an “earth mother”, she “had it all”. It was, she said, “the perfect life”. Speaking to HELLO! shortly after the birth of her second son Phaedra she said: “I’m so happy now. I wouldn’t change a thing.” It’s no wonder that her tragically premature death last Monday at the age of just 25 so shocked and saddened the world and that her father Sir Bob Geldof’s tender and heartbreaking tribute to his adored daughter resonated so widely. “Peaches has died. We are beyond pain,” wrote the rock star and humanitarian, who had been in San Francisco…

Wimbledon champ Andy Murray has a reputation for being reserved – and reservations must be on his mind at the moment, having opened his own hotel. Close to the tennis star’s home town of Dunblane, the renovated Cromlix hotel (top right and above right) is set in 34 acres of secluded Perthshire woodlands and garden grounds, with its own chapel and house loch. Fittingly, it also has two tennis courts, resplendent in the British Open’s purple livery. Restoring the hotel was a labour of love for Andy’s family as well as his girlfriend Kim Sears (with Andy, left), who led the refurbishment of the 15-room country house. “I’ve had a lot of input, but Kim has been the creative director so she has actually been the one in charge of…

Leaving the cobbles of Wetherfield behind, the Coronation Street cast went a-Rover-ing to see Debbie Rush renew her wedding vows. The 48-year-old actress, who plays loud-mouthed mum Anna Windass on the soap, was joined by almost the entire cast from the iconic show, including HELLO! online columnist Catherine Tyldesley (below left), Jennie McAlpine (below centre, with boyfriend Chris Farr) and Sally Dynevor (below right, with husband Tim). The day of celebrations marked Debbie’s silver wedding anniversary with husband Andrew and started with an emotional service at St Michael’s Church in Bamford, Rochdale. Adding a touch of fun to the proceedings, the star arrived at the church with her children, Will, Poppy and Tom, in a bright yellow hummer. Swapping her cafe apron for a glamorous Ono Uno gown, Debbie was…

‘I arrived in Lesotho from Mauritius, which was the third ntry I performed in on my world tour, and went straight to one of Sentebale’s 12 centres – St Bernadette’s in the capital Maseru. It provides primary education and boarding for children with visual impairments. I got such a warm welcome from Mary Pitisi and Prince Seeiso – it was great to see him again after the concert in Dubai and see what his charity with Prince Harry is doing. He’s incredibly hands on; Lesotho is really lucky to have someone like him and he has such a good relationship with Prince Harry. Most of St Bernadette’s 70 children were sitting waiting to sing with me and my band. It was amazing; they’d learnt my song Newborn and were reading…

Tributes poured in last week for film legend Mickey Rooney, who died of natural causes at the age of 93. Broadway star Carol Channing said: “I loved working with Mickey. His stories were priceless and I love them all, each and every one. We laughed all the time.” Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin tweeted: “He is with his dear friend Judy Garland putting on shows in heaven.” Mickey was nominated four times for an Academy Award and was given a lifetime achievement Oscar in 1983. He had his first taste of showbiz aged just 17 months, playing a mouth organ as part of his family’s stage act, before making his film debut at five. He went on to become one of America’s most famous film, TV and Broadway actors in a career…

BRAD AND ANGELINA TAKE TIME OUT FOR LOVE Ever the gentleman, Brad Pitt lugs the bulk of the bags as he and Angelina Jolie head into a hotel in Beverly Hills for a romantic weekend getaway, having left their six kids at home. The couple, who’ve spent several months apart while working on their respective movie projects, looked eager to spend some time focused on each other. They may also have chatted about their nuptials, which are tipped to take place this summer. CHRIS AND GWYNETH RING THE CHANGES Two weeks after announcing their “conscious uncoupling”, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow also appear to have gone their separate ways in terms of wearing their wedding rings. While Gwyneth’s was clearly visible as she gave son Moses a loving hug, Chris’s…

Like most little boys, Prince George would probably be just as happy playing with a cardboard box – but he has nonetheless been showered with gifts from well-wishers since he arrived Down Under. There were the usual cuddly toys, including a kangaroo backpack given to him as he and his parents landed in Sydney en route to New Zealand (below left). A favourite – certainly as far as his dad was concerned – was a tiny vintage flying helmet, given to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (right) during a tour of Sir Peter Jackson’s Knights of the Sky exhibition in Blenheim. It had been specially made for the little Prince out of leather and lined with possum fur. The previous day, during George’s first “crawl-about” at Government House in…

Partners on screen and off, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone took to the red carpet in London’s Leicester Square last week for the world premiere of all-star sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The couple, who met on the set of the first film, were both awed by the scores of fans who had come dressed in costume as the wise-cracking web-slinger and his nemesis Electro, played in the film by Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx. “The cast is incredible,” Emma – looking picture-perfect in a yellow Atelier Versace gown – told HELLO!’s Inside Entertainment. “The second movie was a lot more fun to make, knowing and trusting everybody. It was really exciting.” Andrew had spent the day in South London, entertaining children with the Kids City charity and arrived with them on…

VINTAGE TOUCH High-society looks from both sides of the Atlantic – a tea-length dress with faille floral embroidery and tulle skirt by New York-based Carolina Herrera (right) and the Valerie gown with appliquéd embroidery and silk cord embellishment, by Temperley London (left) LACE APPEAL This fine fabric doesn’t always have to look traditional. Amsale’s Carnegie column gown (left) comes complete with a cascading organza train, while Naeem Khan’s ivory dress (right) looks both demure and sensual thanks to an illusion bodice and blush lining, set off by a floor-length veil SO SIMPLE Of course, you don’t have to wear a big dress on your big day. A smart combo works just as well. Wool tweed tailored dress and jacket with fringe detail, by British royal favourite Stewart Parvin (left); silk…

Win your wedding Thomson Holidays is giving one lucky couple the chance to win a dream wedding in Cyprus. Not only will all the organisation be taken care of by Thomson’s expert wedding planners, but everything from the wedding dress to the colour scheme will be chosen by Thomson’s Facebook community and provided courtesy of Thomson. For more information visit facebook.com/thomsonholidays True blue Are you craving an indulgent beach honeymoon featuring powdery sand, azure skies, crystal-clear seas and glorious sunshine? The stunning Grand Lucayan resort in the Bahamas offers the perfect setting for couples to start married life in style. For more information visit grandlucayan.com Honeymoon beauty essentials…

Bursting with sensual white flowers and mouthwateringly fresh citrus blossoms, these fine fragrances mimic the scents of a wedding-day bouquet and will bring back special memories for years to come. (Clockwise from bottom left) Bella Bellissima Perfect Day, £48, conjures up the scents of summer in Paris with fresh citrus and green leaves over white flowers Bottega Veneta Essence Aromatique, £78, gives a modern twist to a classic scent with a white rose heart, fresh herb and bergamot top notes and a patchouli and sandalwood dry-down L’Atelier de Givenchy Néroli Originel, £140, exclusive to Harrods, combines the citrusy white flowers of neroli with musk and powdery iris in a floral tribute to Audrey Hepburn Jo Malone White Jasmine & Mint Cologne, £78, is a fresh take on a traditional white…

“Your wedding day is one of the most important events in your life, the biggest party you are likely to have, so the wedding cake needs to be a show-stopper,” so says Juliet Sear (right), baker to the stars and owner of the fabulously decadent Fancy Nancy bakery in Essex. “I make thousands of wedding cakes. When I first started out, the options were relatively narrow, but now you can have practically anything in cake, thanks to all of the amazing trends from America – we’ve even been making 3D figures of people.” As well as beautiful cupcakes, Juliet specialises in more bold and experimental creations (see below for some of her best). “We often take inspiration from fashion trends or interiors. For example, I recently made a gorgeous airbrush…

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