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Manchester United Christmas Party at the Great John Street hotel goes horribly wrong. But girls, are you seriously surprised?

So today we read of shocking antics and allegations of rape at the Manchester United lads' Christmas Party held last Monday. Cue streams of indignant reports on the sordid state of moral depravity found in our sporting heroes and shocked statements from girls at the bash, complaining of being treated like "pieces of meat." Well, quite frankly, what did they expect? Conversation?

They'd pitched up to a christmas party given by a bunch of footballers who'd already had a boozy lunch in a casino and swerved by a pub and a lap dancing club before stumbling into the hotel they'd hired - bedrooms and all - for the evening's main event: a party to which their WAGs were specifically not invited. And on top of that, you're talking about a bunch of hosts best described as overpaid, champagne fuelled lads not famed for their sharpness of wit or steadfast moral values, and whose colleagues the world over are no strangers to accusations of rape and roastings and other such venerable, hotel corridor friendly pursuits.

Clearly any accusations of rape must be taken seriously, and one can only feel sympathy for the poor girl involved and hope that if any crime was committed, those involved are charged. But for the rest of the silicone pumped, money hungry wannabe WAGs that might turn up to a footballers' party described as being filled with "wall to wall babes," the ones that have since come out of the woodwork with feigned surprise at their party role as token totty, their complaints should fall on deaf, or at the very least sceptical, ears.

Stupid girls for going to the party in the first place, and stupid footballers for thinking they can get away with inviting a hundred people to it and expect it to all go quietly.

The Luella sale starts today. Ruuunnnn!!!

The Luella sale starts today. Yes, she of the London comeback, new Brook street shop, and perfect party dresses with decent price tags worn by celebs from Thandie Newton to Chloe Sevigny to Lily Allen.

With 30% of stock like this mabel dress (normal rrp £325) you'll find a bargain - well, a designer bargain at least.  So. Put down the nasty smelly soap, ditch the discount DVD, for gods sake return the nasty novelty socks you thought she might find amusing, and get your ass down to Brook Street if you want to make a lady very very happy.

25 Brook Street, W1K4HB, London, W1K 4HB  www.luella.com

Time to Shine....

...is a competition Miss Selfridge are running.  Its like a self styling competition and what they're after is a pic of you out having fun, partying.  The only catch is you have to be wearing Miss Selfridge gear (very clever).  They want to see how you've styled the outfit and how you're wearing it.

What you get in return if you win is 'The Ultimate Miss Selfridge Experience' which is a £500 shopping spree (get yourself kitted out for the new season) with a style advisor (although you probably wont need one, cause you won the competition) along with first class travel to London, accommodation at a top London hotel and dinner for you and a mate.

The Competition ends 11 Jan 2008. Log on to www.missselfridge.com for more info.

Theres no excuse to not do this. It's christmas so go out, party, look hot to trot, strike a pose and win a fab a day out on Miss Selfrdige.

Here's what I DON'T want for Christmas.

A T shirt complete with hairy looking armpit...

For those odd bods out there that do, check out www.missandladysboutique.de .

Style PS email 14 December 2007

Irina

Favourite Eye Candy!

Check out Jimmy Choo's new range of eyewear.  Designed in conjunction with Safilo group and inspired by 70's and 80's styles, they are going to hit the shops in February.  So get saving that Christmas money girlies!!  www.jimmychoo.com

Sara Hassan

Butt plugs please, we're British

Our friends at Sam Roddick's sex deli, Coco de Mer, reveal some most interesting news.

"British women are the most naughty in Europe." Well, well, well - who'd have thought. Store manager Sarah-Louise tells Style: "I get lots of different nationalities coming into the store [in Covent Garden, in London]. The Americans are the most prudish. French women are quite too. British women, though, are really into spanky anal sex toys." And Coco de Mer's best-seller? This glass butt plug. The small one is £59, the big one £69 (no sniggering). And why is it selling so well? Well... for her: it pushes against the back wall of her "ladylair"; for him: it tightens said lair and he can also feel its hardness through the wall. No sniggering, I said. Praise hallelujah for internet shopping.

Twenga.co.uk

Who?  (thats what i said)

Twenga.co.uk a new un-biased shopping search engine launched just over a month ago. They have about 9 million products on their website, everything from designer labels to loo roll.

Why go there - why not go directly to Brownsfashion for designer wear or Sainsburys for loo roll? (that's what I thought)

a) Twenga may have the same dress from different retailers but not necessarily with the same price tag.  So you can get it for less.

b) They offer a vast range of products so you may see something similiar you prefer.

C) The site gives you lots of product info on everything. So useful for things you may feel too embarrassed to ask the old man at the Boots counter i.e. a pregnancy test.  Yes they sell those too (apparently one of the top 20 best-sellers).

Dont get knackered. Save yourself some valuable time and log on to Twenga.

Did Kate Moss's no-show at last night's Chanel spectacular have anything to do with Irina Lazareanu?

Fans disappointed by the non-appearance of Kate Moss at recent Babyshambles' gigs might have enjoyed last night's performance of Pete Doherty's reported new fiance, model Irina Lazareanu, instead. Lazareanu, who was supposedly "discovered" by Moss and modelled the first Kate Moss for Top Shop collection at Moss's request, unveiled her voice to a very fancy fashion crowd at Chanel's Paris/Londres fashion show. Jefferson Hack, Daphne Guinness, Natalie Imbruglia, stylists, editors, designers, and a giant gang of young blonde London socialites (almost universally clad in black) watched the 25 year old Canadian saunter onto the stage in a long silk Chanel dress and clumpy boots, and nervously take the mike. Models who want to be singers can be a worry, but by the third song, and accompanied by her musical collaborator, Sean Lennon, Lazareanu seemed to have won the audience fair and square. Her and a parade of models, including Devon Aoki and Daisy Lowe, who wandered the room wearing exquisite clothes from Lagerfeld's annual Métiers d'Art collection, created specifically to showcase the skills of Chanel's Parisian ateliers. This was a fashion moment, that's for sure. Karl Lagerfeld's patronage will give Lazareanu and Lennon a career boost. But Moss: where was she?    

Style PS email 7 December 2007

Agyness Deyn

Sharon Osbourne

Avoid the trials of Christmas Shopping and save your soul and sanity...

So, it's close enough to my Christmas to finally galvanise me into a spot of shopping for others.  And the thought is filling me with dread. I haven't even set foot on the high street and already I fell panicky and sick and stupid and conned, and all things generally associated with this merry old time full of good old cheer. Thank the lord (for this is what we do in December) for The Shop Floor Project. There, I can shop without feeling like a total mug for several reasons:

1. It's online - www.theshopfloorproject.com - so I don't have to go outside and see the world going mad with plastic bags and novelty socks. I can concentrate on going to my christmas parties instead.

2. It's a website that stocks limited runs of items from a network artists and designers hard to find anywhere else - which means that, not only is it exceedingly unlikely that my sister will get the same present from me, my aunt, my mum and the dog  (again), but also that I am much happier to give them my hard (well, hard enough) earned cash.

3. It is run by a mother and daughter team totally committed to putting carefully edited, fabulous collections on it, and I like them all a lot - especially these Bird in a Cage earrings

and this teacup by Tina Tsang

Seriously, I won't be buying my presents anywhere else, and niether will my Mum if she knows what's good for her...

All I want for Christmas... is a pug

As we enter December and Christmas approaches, a pug is number one on my Christmas list. In fact, a pug is the only thing on my list. I have already named my pug to be; Percy on a good day, Percival when he misbehaves. I can't think of a better way to spend £1,000. If I had £1,000 to spare that is.

Lucikly, Dogmob.co.uk and Sophie Dahl have linked up with an initiative to placate pug addicts everywhere. You can sponsor a dog like Dali, pictured with Sophie, for just £3 and in return you receive canine wallpaper, an animated screensaver and ringtone.

There are four dogs you can seletc from, each from Battersea dogs up for grabs; though why you would look beyond Dali is a mystery to me. With at least £1 from each download going directly to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home you can revel in your charitable spirit this yuletide too.

You will also be contributing to the resurrection of pugs everwhere which is no bad thing. For some reason pugs have become a symbol of noughties vulgarity but with Mr Clooney. Jessica Alba et al being proud pug owners I feel the tide is turning.

Feeling a little avant garde? Buy this bag

Is it normal to wear a polka dot puff ball dress and bunny ears to a mince-pie-and-mulled-wine evening at a department store, even if the department store is the maverick Comme de Garcons concept store Dover Street Market, in Londons' Mayfair? One girl did (sorry no photo, the camera was dropped in a jug of gluhwein). You could hear appreciative sighs from assembled fashion eccentrics, including Zandra Rhodes, all the way down the street. Want some flamboyance too? Buy this silky leather number, a £70 limited edition from criminally expensive, highly coveted Japanese label, Toga, available exclusively (and fleetingly - until Christmas) from Dover Street.

Agyness IS the new Kate Moss. Or Lady Di. Or something

You should have seen the scuffle outside Koko in Camden last night when Agyness Deyn, newly annointed supermodel and queen of quirk, arrived to host a party to launch the new Burberry fragrance. "Agyness! Agyness!" shouted the assembled paparazzi frenziedly as the gorgeous alabaster twentysomething gave them a twirl. Did I notice a Burberry rep wipe away a tear - or smother a gleeful smile?