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Customise your own Havaianas at Selfridges, Birmingham
For most people, summer means sun, sea and Havaianas! The fabulous Brazilian sandals have been around for more than 30 years now and are the flip-flops of choice for the rich and famous, from Jennifer Aniston to Sienna Miller, who pound pavements all summer long in the stylish and comfortable flip-flops. But if you have always had a hankering to design your very own pair of Havaianas, then you need to get yourself along to Selfridges, Birmingham. There you will have the chance to design your very own pair of Havaianas in the ‘Make your own Havaianas’ pop-up shop which is now open until September. Havaianas are giving their customers…
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JB’s in administration – teenage fashion memories.
I popped into Sainsburys on Saturday to pick up hair colour, having made a knee jerk decision that I needed to go blonder, and whilst there I noticed that lots of the October style mags were out = Marie Claire, In Style, Harper’s Bazaar etc. So, obviously I grabbed them and got into the long Saturday Lottery queue. And there, on the front of the local Express and Star was the emblazoned headline ‘JB’S IN ADMINISTRATION’. Legendary Dudley venue under threat of closure. I instantly felt sick. JB’S couldn’t possibly close, it’s an institution,where bands like the Wonderstuff, Neds Atomic Dustbin and Pop Will Eat itself had started out. The…





