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The creator of the Hérve Léger "bandage dress" has some seriously messed up ideas about fashion… and women in general.

Designer and Hérve Léger London MD Patrick Couderc has come under fire for some seriously controversial comments he made in a recent interview with the Daily Mail.

Hérve Léger's iconic bandage dresses have been imitated countless times by high street retailers, but the real deal will set you back at least €1,500… and you should steer clear if you're not the perfect Hérve Léger specimen, says Patrick.

Firstly, he insisted that "voluptuous" women and those with "very prominent hips and a very flat chest" should avoid wearing his creations. "You women have a lot of problems. You will lose the plot. You will come and you will put a dress on and you'll be in front of the mirror, like, 'Argh, I'm so fat,'" he continued in an effort to explain his views.

The fashion house's bandage dresses have been worn by everyone from Beyoncé to Katy Perry, with plenty of curvy women among their fans:

Of course, even if you are a slim size 8 you still might not fit Patrick's ideals, as he says "committed lesbians" shouldn't be seen in a bandage dress either.

"If you're a committed lesbian and you are wearing trousers all your life, you won't want to buy a Léger dress. Lesbians would want to be rather butch and leisurely," he said.

Speaking about the comments yesterday, the BCBGMAXAZRIA group, who own Hérve Léger, said that Mr. Couderc was not an authorised spokesperson for the brand.

"The statements made by Mr. Couderc are not a reflection of Hérve Léger by Max Azria or MJH Fashion ideals or sentiments. The Hérve Léger by Max Azria brand celebrates sensuality, glamour, and femininity without discrimination," they said.

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Most of us – at some stage or other – have delved into the just fine and dandy fake tans readily available in supermarkets and pharmacies.

You read the instructions carefully and give it your best try. Most of the time it works out great, and for those other times… well, we just won't talk about them. 

So when we recently discovered that you can use an old tea bag to self-tan, we pondered over whether it would work or not. 

Yes, we make face masks and hair masks from products in our kitchen cupboards but tanning is a whole different story. No one wants to end up a weird brown or orange hue when they wake up in the morning!

So, we found beauty writer, Cheryl Wischhover's account of how she used the delightful tea bag to tan herself. 

The results may surprise you.

Cheryl first tells us that there is an active ingredient in tea called tannic acid that gives it its colour, so the stain is perfect for tanning. 

She used Twinings English Breakfast tea for the DIY project. Recipes vary online but she used one tea bag for every one to 60mls of hot water. Cheryl split the difference and used 12 teas bags in 475ml hot water. 

She left it soaking for about 20 minutes, wringing all the bags out individually to make sure she got all the concentrated liquid out. 

She ended up with the most powerful looking mug of tea she has ever seen!

Cheryl then poured the liquid into a mist-spray bottle and tested it on her arm. It dried in quite quickly but she had to spray a lot of it to get a dark colour. When she woke up the next morning it was still there. Result!

She then decided to go to the gym and it all heads downhill from there. Within 20 minutes of running on a treadmill, pockets of brown liquid were falling by her side. The smell of tea filled the air and she had to rub the remainder onto her towel. Not a very good look!

It all started so well but as a durable tan, we think we'll still with our regular stuff, thanks all the same.

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When we first met Stephanie Pratt is was through her fairly out there brother Spencer as they crew did their time on The Hills.

Now the current cast member on Made in Chelsea and soon to be published author, the 29-year old is opening up about how her troubled past goes further make than we imagined.

In her new book Made In Reality Stephanie talks about how she first started using drugs when she was just 14. The Reality TV star says that when she was just a teenager she was using crystal meth.

An extract of her book, seen in New! magazine discusses her drug addiction while she was attending a prestigious school in Santa Monica, the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences.

She says that she was “14 or 15 (when I first smoked crystal meth).. I was on the extreme level and addiction developed instantly.”

Stephanie says she would even take meth during the school “snack breaks”. Her cocaine addiction also developed at the same time.

The Made In Chelsea star says that her drug use made her feel “rebellious and grown-up.”

She said that while in the depths of her potentially deadly addiction, she would also frequently risk her life, and that of others; by getting behind the wheel of her car while under the influence.

She says her willingness to risk her life came from a deep-rooted depression, “I didn’t care about anything. I could live or die. I didn’t care.”

Stephanie said that it was after her 2006 arrest and stint in a Texas rehab facility that she felt ashamed for embarrassing her family. Joining her brother Spencer on The Hills that year however proved to be a struggle for the former addict.​

“I lost about six pounds in two weeks but bulimia made my face very puffy so I freaked out and began going on crazy little diets, like I’d only at Tic Tacs,” she said about the pressure she felt as a cast member at the time.

Now the almost 30-year old is living in London as a series regular on Made In Chelsea and has learned to embrace her body and a life free of addiction.

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This news has hit us hard today. The Office is one of our favourite Netflix series to binge watch for a few hours, or ya know, an entire weekend. 

But those beautiful marathons are set to be a thing of the past unfortunately, and we are devastated. 

A Netflix fan site which monitors the expiry dates of television shows and movies on the website has shared the latest casualties and the US Office is in there. 

Also featured are The Rugrats, This is 40, iCarly and The Undateables. These ones we could probably go without, but how are we supposed to live without our fix of the greatest love story of all time, Jim and Pam. How Netflix??

But it seems there may be a glimmer of hope, Netflix may choose to renew the show closer to the date. But for now, we'll be in our internest enjoying as many hours of Michael and Dwight as we possibly can. 

We had just gotten over the blow of Modern Family being removed from Netflix last year, you guys are toying with our emotions. 

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Well, while we may not find be able to get around our dodgy summer weather,  we can certainly talk ourselves out of almost any other situation.

While we have long known that Irish people were given the gift of the gab, it may have more to do with how we sound than we first realised.

No doubt we are all in possession of very charming personalities, but our accents are apparently the most appealing in all of the British Isles.

YouGov conducted a survey which asked British adults to say which of the 12 “main accents” they find most attractive or unattractive.

Southern Irish tones are seen as the most appealing when the 2,018 adults were asked to weigh in.

YouGov have said that the area is “highly peculiar in its linguistic variation”, and the differences in “cultural contours” can make a small country seem very large.

The Welsh accent, which came in second place to our own, is also very popular with Twitter users.

In a separate study, a University of Cardiff professor Mercedes Durham collected almost 90,000 tweets over the course of eight months. It was found that there were far more tweets written in praise of the Welsh accent than against it.

"People on Twitter are much more likely to think that the Welsh accent is sexy rather than ugly,” explained professor Durham.

The YouGov survey also uncovered which accents people are not so wild about.

Those from Manchester and Liverpool are probably not too happy about their ranking. However it was the Birmingham accent that came in at the bottom of the poll.

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Uh oh, if you're offended easily, then look away now. A group of American's have watched Irish television series Father Ted for the first time and they really just didn't grasp it. Like, at all. 

Fair enough, it is extremely Irish humour, but they had a bit of trouble trying to wrap their head around it. Buzzfeed asked some of their staff to sit and watch the iconic television series for the first time and according to them, Irish people wearing a lot of turtle necks. 

Once the episode started, they got more confused. Asking "Were we supposed to laugh at that?" and saying "I don't think it's funny at all" in an innocent manner without realising that they are basically insulting our entire heritage. 

They were most confused by the mention of a watching a film on the TV show to which they asked "What's filum? What's filum??"

And the attempt at an Irish accent? Please stop. 

The most odd part of the video was probably the pair that said they were attracted to Father Dougal. He wasn't exactly a sex symbol when the series first aired, but now that you mention it… 

 

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You did it: you sat and survived your Leaving Cert – even nabbing a miraculous B1 in Honours Irish in process. You collected your results and held tight until yesterday morning when CAO tallies were released. 

In short, you’re now a proper adult; ready and willing to embark on your third-level education.

In fact, you reckon you have a whole host of challenging matters totally sorted: Sixth Year holiday; Debs date; term-time accommodation… not to mention a few mean dance-floor moves.

Still, have you considered the essentials? You know – like things to actually cook food with? Or devices on which to study?

No? Well, at least from next week Aldi is releasing a load of AMAZING kitchen essentials, gadgets and technology items to make the transition to college as hassle free as possible.

On sale from Thursday August 27 (stick the date in your phone), we reckon that a load of returning second, third, and fourth years will be updating their kitchens and their desks too with a few of the bargains.

 

 

Mini oven; €27.99

Accessories include baking tray, grill rack and tray handle – available in black, red or white. 

Double hot-plate; €29.99 

Super handy as it means you can have two pots cooking at once. Comes with an adjustable thermostat. 

Table-top fridge; €89.99 

This has a 45-litre capacity and an icebox with two fixed door racks with a removable wire shelf. Available in black or white.

One-cup coffee maker; €19.99 

Yes! One of our favourites, it features a reusable mesh filter and also includes a stainless steel thermo travel mug with a lid, so you can bring your morning coffee to lectures with you.  

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Kitchen basics, from €1.99

Don’t forget about Aldi’s oven dish (€4.49), colourful wok (€5.99), chip and pizza tray (€3.49) and kitchen tools (€1.99 each) including a slotted turner, spaghetti spoon, masher, ladle or slotted spoon.

Kitchen gadgets, €1.99 each 

Get a cheese grater, peeler, pizza cutter, tin opener, garlic press or corkscrew. Available in five colours.

Sandwich box, €2.99 each 

Keep your sandwiches and snacks fresh in Aldi boxes – a must-have for anyone on a budget. Available in blue, pink or green.

 

And away from the kitchen, Aldi also has some handy, great-value gadgets for study…
 
MEDION AKOYA notebook; €229.99

An ideal budget-buy. It’s lightweight and features Windows 10 Home and Intel HD graphics. It also has a HD display, 32GB of flash memory, and 2GB memory. Then there’s the high-definition audio with two loudspeakers, an integrated webcam and microphone, and up to nine-hours of battery life.

 

Multi-purpose powerbank; €14.99

The pocket-sized power bank is the perfect accessory for travel or when you know you’ll be out all day and will need to charge your devices at some stage.

 

Bluetooth headphones; €24.99

High-quality sound on the move! These headphones are nice and light and allow you to stream music and phonecalls wirelessly. Available in four colours.

 

For all of the above and more to make the transition back to college even easier, head to Aldi on Thursday August 27 while stocks last. 

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Ed Sheeran seems extremely down to earth so it's no surprise that he took that approach when trying to woo his new rumoured love interest Nicole Scherzinger. 

It has been reported that Ed captured her attention with low-key nights involving Pizza Express takeaways and orange squash.

Apparently the pair are spending a lot of time together since Ed invited Nicole to one of his sell-out shows in Wembley Stadium last month. 

A source told Heat magazine: "Ed's a man of simple pleasures. After the gig, he ordered Pizza Express takeaway for him and Nicole and they drank supermarket brand vodka mixed with Fruit and Barley squash. It doesn't sound like much but she loved it."

The unlikely couple are reportedly in the early stages of dating after they were friends for a long time. 

Nicole broke up with long-term boyfriend Lewis Hamilton back in February after they dated on and off for seven years. 

We think this may just be the perfect match for Nicole as she spoke before about wanting to settle down in the UK. "I do feel like an honorary Brit. I could see myself having a home here, definitely. I love the people here. I get a warm feeling from them," she said.

"Settling down is definitely in the picture for me, but everything at the right time."

According to The Sun the former X Factor judge accompanied Ed to his local pub in Framlingham, Suffolk and the pair were seen drinking G&Ts and eating pork belly. 

We're sure this would also work perfectly if we ever bumped into Ed. 

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We'd usually be pretty chuffed with ourselves if we ended up with an empty seat next to us on a busy London-Dublin flight.

However, in the case of one recent Ryanair flight from Gatwick, an empty seat was reportedly not the only thing one passenger had next to him.

Noel O'Hare, a marketing student, boarded flight FR113 on Sunday morning, bound for Dublin. On arrival, he says he was greeted with a pile of vomit on the floor in front of the seat next to him – supposedly from a passenger on a previous journey.

He claims to have asked staff for it to be cleaned up, but was told this wasn't possible.

Taking to Twitter before take-off to express his anger, the 24-year-old posted a picture of the alleged offending mess, writing: "@Ryanair boarded flight FR113, looking forward to next 1.5hrs looking at vomit, was told will NOT be cleaned #filth."

Afterwards, Mr O'Hare told Mail Online: "It made me feel uncomfortable to sit next to and my attention the entire flight was directed towards the vomit."

He also explained: "I asked a male cabin crew member what was the mess was, he replied it was vomit and someone got sick on the previous flight.

"I asked is it going to be cleaned and he replied no, it would not be cleaned until the aircraft had reached Dublin."

A statement from Ryanair said the issue arose due to a shortage of staff at Gatwick – something which meant there was no time to have the aircraft properly cleaned.

"We sincerely regret this incident which was caused by a shortage of cleaners at Gatwick Airport, which would have delayed the return flight by more than one hour," they wrote.

"We apologise for any inconvenience caused."

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There are probably not many things worse than being fully prepared for a big night out only to open your beloved make up bag and realise you are fresh out of concealer. Or lipstick. Or mascara, or any other of your favourite beauty products.

It happens, and it can be a nightmare. We have busy lives and while we love our cosmetics, sometimes they can be touch pricey.

Next time you are running low on your must-haves, make sure you give these handy hacks a read because they could save you millions. Ok not millions, but enough to put a smile on your face.

Broken powders (eyeshadows, blushers etc.) can be repaired with a few drops of rubbing alcohol.

Use a lighter to reattach your broken lipstick.

When you come to end of your favourite lippy, scoop it out and pop it in a pot for extra uses.

Use warm water to help your mascara loosen up.

Any dried out gel liners can be brought back to life with eye drops.

​Eyeshadow primer will make colours pop and stop you using excessive amounts to get a decent colour.

A dried out eye liner can be rejuvenated by running it under cold water.

Perfume nearly empty? Add the last few drops to your body lotion. Not a very intense scent mind you, but better than nothing!

Put your nail varnish into a glass of hot water upside down if the lid is stuck.

You can use a reasonably priced bar of soap to clean you make up brushes instead of buying expensive specific cleaners or sacrificing your shampoo.

 

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SHEmazing! presenter Lisa Kavanagh goes behind the scenes at Unilever’s Personal Care Summer Festival and gets a load of tips and tricks for looking great this season.

We first chat to vlogger sensation, Melaine Murphy, who tells us of her YouTube rise and how YOU too can get to where she is now.

Meanwhile, beauty guru Liz Dwyer reveals a heap of her summer product favourites.

Finally, OPSH co-founder Jennie McGinn, also hostess on the night, has plenty of don’t-miss-it insider info.

So for all the summer beauty secrets you’ll probably ever need, take a look at the video now…

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Not too long ago it appeared that ladies (and possibly some men) the world over were completely infatuated with none other than ourselves.

Actually, to be totally truthful, it’s the Irish men they fancy. A dating and travel website, MissTravel.com has even recorded Irish lads to be the best looking in the world.

Well, tell us something we don’t know. If you haven’t exactly been feeling the love for the home grown talent lately, allow us to refresh your memories.

We gathered up a list of Ireland’s most eligible bachelors.

 

​Micheal Fassbender

The Kerry-native is a BIG hit in Hollywood. We’re not all that surprised, what a lovely smile you have got there Michael.

 

Niall Horan

Our most favourite member of 1D. Seeing one of them is already set for fatherhood, it’s only a matter of time before the rest follow suit so we better get to tweeting this Mullingar guy soon.

 

Domhnall Gleeson

The 32-year old is not just a one trick pony; he writes, acts and directs. Bonus points for being besties with Brad and Angelina.

 

Hozier

That album; that guitar; THAT voice. Need we say anymore? Nope, didn’t think so.

 

Cian Healy

Not just a rugby player either. He also loves dogs and he's a DJ.

 

Rory McIlroy

The Co. Down local spent 93 weeks as the world's number one ranked professional golfer. That's an awful lot trips to Dubai, and Florida, FYI.

 

Dave Kearney

Brother Rob might get more attention, but we reckon Leinster star Dave is every bit as desirable. He seems to hold babies well too. #swoon

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