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POPPI SMITH Contributing Fashion Journalist

1.Aims in terms of your career

To edit my own magazine.To edit my own magazine.

2. Biggest achievement in terms of your career so far

Creating Slap magazine (a beauty fanzine) from concept to print.

3. Favourite designer

Jonathan Saunders for his prints, Vivienne Westwood for her punky Englishness (and what those tops do to your boobs!), Nicholas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga, Veronique Branquinho, Cacharel and Chloe, to name but a few.

4.Favourite fashion high street store

Topshop flagship store without a doubt.

5. Favourite fashion publication.

I used to religiously buy them all: Vogue, Elle, Dazed, The Face, Pop, The Fashion, Nylon, Nova, until it got too much moving house with them all (5 times in as many years) and I had to bid them farewell to the Doctor's surgery. At the moment I've surprised myself by buying and enjoying Grazia, even if it does have Victoria Beckham on the cover.

6. Favourite fashion find

My fake ivory and gold bangles, found for £2 in a little Indian shop back home in Gloucestershire, they get so many compliments.

7. Most memorable fashion show (please state season)

My first Alexander McQueen show: Voss, Spring/Summer 2001. Often referred to as 'the one in the glass cell'.

8. Favourite home comforts

Porridge, camomile tea with honey and my boyfriend, all at the same time.

9. Favourite Book

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.

10. Choice stating the most important movement in fashion

90's androgyny and grunge. Kate Moss, Corrine Day and The Face released us from the shackles of shoulder pads, power hair and bad taste.

11.I believe in………….

Happiness. When you find it everything else slots into place.