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ImagineFashion.com features interactive fashion films where you can click on pop-up credits and be directed straight to the designer's site to purchase instantly the clothes and make-up seen on screen. It is not an e-tail site, more like a clever, interactive, moving glossy magazine shoot.
Music
Inside the mind of a composer
Think-Work-Play.com is a video content site that attempts to get inside the creative process of people working in London today. They have just uploaded a short film with Daniel Pemberton, an Ivor Novello-winning and multi-Bafta-nominated composer whom they consider to be a national treasure.
DIY
Make a tree lamp
With summer on its way, why not try to bring a bit of the outdoors inside? This clever gallery explains how to make a lamp out of the branch of a tree. In 15 simple steps, the process is explained. Not only do you get a design piece on the cheap, but you'll impress your friends – and yourself – along the way.
Shopping
How shop layouts make us fat
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Celebrity
Zooey's precocious feminism
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How to pack like a pro
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Politics
McCain Jr thwacks Glenn Beck
Blond, stylish and young, Meghan McCain often gets written off as a flibbertigibbet. In fact, she's articulate and intelligent – as this open letter to right-wing shock-jock Glenn Beck shows. After he insulted her appearance on his radio show, she asks what legacy he wants to leave his daughters.
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