Daily Archives: October 26, 2011

Downing Street thinks pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The famous black door of Number 10 has turned pink in a bid to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer.

Yesterday morning, one of the country’s most iconic buildings shone brightly to help bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Prime Minister David Cameron said he hoped the gesture would inspire more people to get involved in combating the disease.

Each October breast cancer charities join forces for a month-long campaign to generate recognition and raise vital funding for research.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with over 48,000 people diagnosed and around 12,000 dying of the disease each year.

Mr Cameron said: “I’m delighted we are able to help raise awareness of breast cancer, a disease that affects thousands of women every year, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

“Tackling cancer is a priority of this Government and we want to raise survival rates to be among the best in Europe.

“Early detection can massively increase the chances of survival which is why fantastic campaigns like this are so important. I hope seeing 10 Downing Street go pink will inspire other people to get involved.”

Baroness Delyth Morgan, Chief Executive, Breast Cancer Campaign said: “We are delighted to be working with Downing Street to promote breast cancer awareness and think pink is definitely a colour it can carry off. Great progress has been made in survival rates thanks to advances in research, but we must continue to work together in order to beat breast cancer.”

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Meet footwear’s latest fashionista: The Slipper…

 

Another day, another fashion debate.

 

This time, I find myself trying to understand the soon-to-be fashion phenomenon that ares slipper.

 

And, no I’m not talking about the Homer Simpson faces made from 10 inches of foam we wore when we were children (you may still do, no judgement…), I’m meaning the stylish slip on like so:

Image from Topshop

 

That icons such as Alexa Chung and Elizabeth Olsen are sporting at the moment.

 

On the one hand I’m thinking I quite like them.

 

Simple

 

Stylish

 

And the same as a slip-on loafer, only inspired by the slipper.

 

At the moment, this is a relatively new trend concept, but there is no reason why this will not take off (S/S 2012 prediction alert), they work with most outfits and styles and if they are being endorsed by the style big guns then they’re bound to get a rave review and strong following.

 

This is not the first time that evening wear has inspired fashion, as silk and lace nighties have motivated the nightwear daywear look, seeing frills, thin straps and lace tops pop up a while ago.

 

It makes sense that it would mean footwear was next.

 

Ok, so there is very little to object to (at the moment). It’s just another flat shoe isn’t it?

 

But, I will be reviewing my opinion if the felt and fluff style slippers start making their way onto the highstreet. There’s no need for the picture of sleeping animals to be on our day to day footwear.

 

I don’t care how desperate designers are for ideas!

 

Jen.xox

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Question time for local people affected by Breast Cancer

We’re drawing to the end of October, and that means the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month – but this by no means suggests that we should forget about the disease and the effects that it has on people’s lives.

Breast cancer is still the most common cancer in Britain. Research shows that there are around 550,000 women living with it in the UK today.

Avon cosmetics is hosting a live web chat with a Macmillan Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist to allow local women, their friends and families to receive expert advice about breast cancer.

It’s easily accessible through avonconnects.co.uk and tit will take place on Thursday October 27 at 1pm.

Angela Sheldrick, a Macmillan Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist with over 12 years experience at Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, will be on hand to give people living with breast cancer, their friends adn families, exert advice and support from the comfort of their own home.

Emma Salt, Charity Partnerships Manager at Avon Cosmetics, says: “As Avon celebrates 125 years of improving women’s lives, our commitment to the breast cancer cause is stronger than ever. We’re delighted to be working with Macmillan to harness the reach of Avon Connects – a unique, online social network – to offer support to more people affected  by breast cancer.”

Research also shows there are around 30,000 women living with secondary breast cancer in England in any one year. The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade has raised and awarded over £15 million for vital breast cancer research, education and care in the UK.

Francesca Insole from Macmillan Cancer Support says: “Breast cancer is an issue close to the hearts of women everywhere. This is why Avon and the Macmillan team have set up the web chat to give women and their loved ones the chance to seek information, advice and support through a new channel. You don’t have to face cancer alone.”

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W.E. Clips

Madonna returns to the director’s chair with her new movie offering W.E. – a film that has been the festival circuit for the last few weeks.

W.E. is a romantic exploration of the mysterious connection across decades between two women confronting the consequences of desire.

Caught in a loveless Manhattan marriage, abused and frustrated Wally (Abbie Cornish) obsesses over Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough), the stylish American divorcee who captured the heart of Edward the VIII (James D’Arcy) who abdicated the throne as King of England.

As the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis spends the rest of her life in the glare of celebrity exile. Inspired by the Duchess’ determination to pursue love in the face of social exile, Wally escapes into the arms of another man (Oscar Isaac) whose love sets her free.

W.E. is released 27th January 2012.

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Magic Trip Trailer

In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair.

He was joined by The Merry Band of Pranksters, a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s On the Road, and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.

Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen.

With Magic Trip, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family. They worked to restore over 100 hours of film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history.

Magic Trip is released 18th November.

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