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Category Archives: Beautiful Women
Phew
Both of my regular readers (I’m just kidding, nobody reads this blog regularly) may recall this primal scream at “high fashion”. But it’s not all bad in fashion-land. Apparently some photographers actually play to their model’s strengths. For example, see … Continue reading
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Guilty pleasures
Australia’s Next Top Model is back. I recommend following each episode with bracing doses of Bland Canyon and Jo-Jo Blogs.
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What The Fashion
One of my main guilty pleasures in life is to watch Australia’s Next Top Model. I took up the habit because of the recaps in those august blogs of humorous record, Bland Canyon and Jo Jo Blogs. The former also … Continue reading
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