Body Talk: 10/10/11

MARY PORTAS has, this week, launched her Clarkes shoe range in Manchester. The ‘Queen of Shops’ made an appearance at the Market Street store on Wednesday 5 October, welcoming 500 customers who attended the free event to ask Mary their style questions. The La Magdalene shoe has proved to be the most popular from the range, with a waiting list of over 1,000.

Mary said: “The most important thing I have tried to do is create a modern shoe collection for every part of a modern woman’s life today. Life is not about teetering about painfully on top of a pair of heels –we’ve got the kids to run after and work to get on with. The collection is about being able to look fashionable and fabulous whilst getting on with the daily grind.”

Mary Portas For Clarkes

WARDROBE ANGEL IS HERE TO HELP:  If your wardrobe is in need of a touch of divine intervention, Wardrobe Angel has been devised to try and make your life easier. Stephanie Roper, a 30-year-old wardrobe merchandiser and stylist set up the company in a bid to make wardrobes work harder for us.

She said: “Women can be irrational about clothes. It is madness to think that around 50 per cent of women don’t have a pension, yet we happily go out and spend an average of £1000 per year on clothes. If women change their thinking around their clothes and their wardrobes they can make a positive effect on their financial future."

Stephanie visits people’s homes and works her way through their entire wardrobe, from shoes and clothes to bags and accessories, putting outfits together and removing anything that doesn’t work. Her aim is to maximise hidden wardrobe potential.

For more information visit www.wardrobeangel.co.uk

Wardrobe Angel

BALI HEALTH LOUNGE OPENS: Based in Manchester’s China Town, Bali Health Lounge is a new spa offering a range of exclusive treatments, a relaxation garden and tea house. Bali Health Lounge includes ten treatment rooms with treatments including head and body massages, Thai yoga, facials, hand and foot treatments and exclusive i-Treatments. Products used include French beauty line Payot and organic brand, Ystara. 

Jonathan Pitayanukul, owner of the Bali Health Lounge, said: “We are really excited about opening Bali Health Lounge and hope customers take the opportunity toenjoy true relaxation in a setting which radiates Balinese charm.”

Visit www.balihealthlounge.com

Bali Health Lounge

LA SENZA, the lingerie brand, is on a nationwide hunt to find the cutest and most beloved British pets. If you think your pet has what it takes, La Senza want you to send in a photo and the winning entries will be featured on a pyjama set as part of their bestselling ‘Animal Pyjama’ collection. The sets will available to buy in La Senza stores across the UK next year.The competition is open to all pets and there are four categories to choose from including dogs, cats, small furries (hamsters, rabbits etc) and other pets (fish, snakes etc).

To be in with a chance of seeing your pet featured on a pair of La Senza pyjamas simply submit their picture onto the La Senza Pets on Pyjamas website www.petsonpyjamas.co.uk  

La Senza Pets On Pyjamas

LEVENSHULME ANTIQUES VILLAGE, is where Body Confidential editor Lynda Moyo will be this Saturday. One of the few Antiques Centres in the North West of England, the ornate building is itself an antique.

The maze-like emporium is full of really interesting finds at cheap as chips prices, such as decorative ornaments, pine antiques, reclaimed bricks and tiles, elaborate fireplaces, stained glass, and quality hardwood antique doors. There’s even a greasy spoon café – although they call it the tea rooms. Either way, it’s certainly something for the weekend. There will be a full review on Body Confidential soon.

Located on the A6 (Stockport Road) at 965 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, M19 3NP, four miles from both Manchester and Stockport centre, Levenshulme Antiques Village is open Monday – Saturdays, 10am-5pm and 11am-4pm Sunday.

Visit www.theantiquesvillage.com

Levenshulme Antiques Village