Dear Kez, Hello! It’s me! Your 43 year old self! I have so much to tell you, but first thing’s first: Don’t worry. The haircut will grow out. I know it looks crap but your hair will look fabulous again very soon. Just stop trying to cut fringes. They never work on us. Ever. Also, [...]
Dear Hazel, It is May 1987. Starship’s ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now’ is Number One in the charts and you have just turned sixteen. You can’t stand the Starship song, even though you secretly liked the movie it was from, Mannequin. You like Kim Cattrall’s nose. You can’t really enjoy movies or music at the [...]
When I was asked to write a letter to my younger self, I did wonder if I wanted to. I believe that life is to be experienced. Through your choices, your successes, mistakes and stumbles you create your own extraordinary life and ……to be totally honest …..I still don’t like being told what to do [...]
Our Editor-in-Chief Gaynor Alder, reveals what she would say to her 16 year old self. A Dolly Magazine reading, hair bleach and strawberry lip gloss addict, who was always agonising over the unrequited love of a high school crush. Dear 16 year old Gaynor, I’m nearly 20 years older than you now (yikes), I guess [...]
This is a regular series whereby we will be asking women to write a letter to their 16 year old self. Our first fabulous post is from internationally acclaimed author Jenna McCarthy. The concept for this column comes from a book called ‘ Dear Me by James Woods. He asked celebrities to write letters to [...]
