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beige is back

eige has always been my go-to, and it is so synonymous with me that the ‘Hoppen Style’ became an adjective. Many a tongue-in-cheek headline has been written about it, calling me the ‘Queen of Beige’ and putting me on ‘Beige Watch,’ and when I got my MBE in 2009 Rory Bremner did a speech where he said the award stood for ‘Makes Beige Exciting’. How did I feel about it? Honestly? It’s always made

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