Talking your language

An interview I arranged with the new manager of a city store resulted in this interesting news story.

Queen for a Day

I love a challenge- and when I was asked to give Glasgow Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus a Royal make-over to celebrate the fact she was singing for The Queen I swung into action. Using my contacts and my imagination, I organised and styled a successful shoot, and wrote the accompanying copy.

Style

As well as covering my weekly shopping spread Shopping Times, I now also compile a daily Style page, which gives me more opportunities to show off my talent for writing about celebrity style as well as local fashion-related events, new products and how readers can 'get the look'.

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Quiz Master

For my weekly fashion page, Shopping Times, I come up with exclusives like this story about the Glasgow-based international retailer.

Mary queen of shops, frocks and Glasgow

When Mary Portas visited to open a store in Glasgow, as well as covering the event, I suggested to the PR I could return to the shop and take a more in-depth look for our readers. It was very well received and also made the story more local as I featured Glasgow staff.

Valentines treats

As part of my weekly shopping spread for the Evening Times, Shopping Times, I produced this gift guide.

Shoppers flock for French collection

I cover retail stories for the paper, from hard news to softer tales like this.

Dawn's designs sweep people off their feet

Model crowned most stylish is "too thin"

I came up with this exclusive story though contacts; it was picked up the next day by all major Scottish press.

Shop Style

I came up with this feature idea to promote city shops- and to try and persuade them to back us with advertising- as well as to make an interesting story for the reader.
I worked with a photographer to style the images, and came up with the theme and questions to make it an good read, rather than just an ad feature.

Door to door fashion

Tat-too crazy

After noticing Jessie J's snazzy lip gear on TV, I set about finding what they were, and managed to find out 'lip tattoos' were about to go on sale in Scotland. I persuaded the New York-based PR to let me try them out for an original feature which has never been covered anywhere before.

Hot for £100

Festival fashion

I have a natural flair for styling fashion shoots under pressure and to tight deadlines without any help, like this one on festival fashion. I'm also good at coming up with ideas for locations and specific shots.

Holiday fashion

I'm good at coming up with ideas for themes to offer a different spin on fashion, like this feature for my shopping supplement.

Let them eat cupcakes

When the cupcake craze reached Glasgow I was ready to write about the city's first dedicated shop, another story I brought in myself.

Alexa starts a style rush

A Glasgow spin on the latest Mulberry must-have.

Movie star brand for Glasgow

Through contacts, I came up with this exclusive story on Belstaff's new city store.

Be a class act at prom

As part of my weekly shopping supplement, Shopping Times, I have arranged fashion shoots, like this one.

Suited and Booted

When I started the Shopping Times supplement, I introduced the Inside My Wardrobe feature- which follows celebs as well as real people. I write the words and style the pictures An early subject was Darius Campbell.