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Article: Thunderbird: How you can also look absolutely F.A.B just like Lady Penelope; It's the new look that's inspired by a cult classic. Lifestyle Editor CLARE McVEY reports on the refined retro that's come to the international rescue of ladylike chic.
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- November 19, 2000
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Byline: CLARE McVEY
DRESSING up like an aging puppet wouldn't normally get you many points in the style stakes - but if that character is Lady Penelope of Thunderbirds fame, you're sure to look FAB.
It may be 35 years since the much-loved show was created but, as it returns to BBC2, so the look of its leading lady is back on catwalks, fashion pages and shop rails everywhere.
The androgynous clothes, unstructured floaty numbers and informal look which dominated the 90s is getting a handbagging from the proper madam.
And if you need a bit ...