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DESIGNER SIGNATURES: Zandra Rhodes

Exciting news! The undisputed queen of exuberant colour and print in the British fashion scene, and certainly an international fashion legend in her own right, is coming to your sewing room. She’s ready to swathe you in soft, feminine, floating and oh-so-flattering silhouettes (and we mean flattering to any age or

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