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Harriet Walker

@harrywalker1

Harriet Walker is a fashion writer and columnist for The Independent.

Cartoonish and cool: The £135 high-heeled Hunter
Features

Hunter wellington boots are reaching new heights thanks to a serious

Cartoonish and cool: The £135 high-heeled Hunter
Features

Hunter wellington boots are reaching new heights thanks to a serious

Barack Obama and Joe Biden putt on the White House putting green
Voices

Leaders like Obama can't be workaholics as well as family men

Shooting from the hip: the ‘True Detective’ star was quick to defend his use of the bumbag
Features

Matthew McConaughey has been singing the praises of bumbags (shame he

Commentators

Harriet Walker: A personal column like this is tomorrow's

Commentators

Harriet Walker: I thought the chintz pattern on the sofa was an

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Eventually you have a whole table of people watching

By design: L’Wren Scott lived off her own name
Press

L'Wren Scott: How the media views women

By design: L’Wren Scott lived off her own name
Comment

L'Wren Scott lived off her own name - don't let it be subsumed into

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Karl Lagerfeld's Kash-and-Karry at Chanel's Paris show

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Someone saw a dapper fellow from US Vogue nipping to

Commentators

Harriet Walker: There is no such thing as living in the moment any

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Time's always there, till you think about it; at which

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Time's always there, till you think about it; at which

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'I will be in her life forever - because I fell over

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Someone really successful wouldn't be bothered about

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Christmas is as close to crawling back into the womb

Commentators

Harriet Walker: You can eat the pasty, but you know full well that no

Commentators

Harriet Walker: You can eat the pasty, but you know full well that no

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'I understood with crashing clarity that I was old'

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Being polite and going down well is what the middle

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'My enthusiasm for clock museums in foreign lands

Commentators

Harriet Walker: I think I'm dying, I tell my mum. 'You've had a

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Never look in the goody bag while you're still in the

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Pretending to be a grown-up is the most clanging way

Independent Plus

The best and worst of London Fashion Week AW 2013

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'I log on to Facebook and see nothing but new houses,

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Pretending to be a grown-up is the most clanging way

Independent Plus

The best and worst of London Fashion Week AW 2013

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'I log on to Facebook and see nothing but new houses,

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Heartbreak is like living with a scarecrow'

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Heartbreak is like living with a scarecrow'

Commentators

Harriet Walker: It's strange how alien your voice can sound given how

Commentators

There are good things about turning 28

Commentators

There are good things about turning 28

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'This is part of the complex process of becoming a

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'This is part of the complex process of becoming a

Commentators

Harriet Walker: You can do a roaring trade in selling posh people the

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'I will be going to the theatre more often. Covered in

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'Adjust your fun-dar. You are a human being not an

Commentators

Harriet Walker: It may sound trite, but sun and smiles are natural

Commentators

Harriet Walker: 'I'm the world’s most neurotic narcissist'

Commentators

Harriet Walker: You can't beat being in charge of the music

Dynamic duo: the designers Carol Lim and Humberto Leon
Features

Kenzo: it takes two to make a brand go right

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Missing people is a lucrative industry

Maier says: 'A full-time job is not for me - it gets too repetitive, too boring. I'm very active'
Features

'Simple design is always complicated': How Tomas Maier made Bottega

Commentators

Harriet Walker: Why I don’t like to let go of anything

Artwalk: Peter Jensen, The Hepworth, Wakefield
Features

From sculptor's studio to catwalk collection

Features

From sculptor's studio to catwalk collection

Artwalk: Peter Jensen, The Hepworth, Wakefield
Features

H&M & Other Stories: A new chapter for the British high street

Five years ago, Posh Spice (pictured) was taking LA by storm in a sexy bandage dress
Features

Fashion statement: Live-streamed shows, blogs, Posh Spice: a lot has

Rihanna's capsule collection for River Island
Features

Ri-ri for River Island: how much does Rihanna's capsule collection

When it comes to new rules, just stick with the old ones
Features

Fashion statement: when it comes to new rules, just stick with the old

When it comes to new rules, just stick with the old ones
Features

Fashion statement: when it comes to new rules, just stick with the old

Malene Birger is one of Denmark’s (other) greatest exports – and she’s celebrating 10 years in the business
Features

iStyle: The designer is making a killing

Danish designer, Malene Birger
Features

Malene Birger: the Danish designer who's making a Killing

Commentators

Harriet Walker: There are only four types of jeans-wearer

A style all his own: 'I don't like po-faced fashion', says Deacon
Features

Kitsch grandeur: How Giles Deacon became the most adored designer of

All beauty product avaialble at Birchbox
Fashion

Birchbox: Boxing clever

Actress Jessica Chastain arrives at the Oscars
News

Oscars fashion: The red carpet verdict

Features

London Fashion Week - a sexy but strong vision for autumn: who are you

Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman
Features

Harriet Walker: Fantasy sex – as well as the normal variety – is

'She knows exactly how to pose': Renée Zellweger wears Carolina Herrera at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' gala in New York, May 2011
Features

Oscars style: Carolina Herrera reveals the secrets of the perfect

Features

Digging trenchcoats: What makes Burberry our boldest brand?

Actors Will Ferrell (L) and Sacha Baron Cohen accept their award (and a grope) for 'Best Kiss' onstage during the 2007 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on June 3, 2007 in Universal City, California.
Comment

The Rennard allegations pose a question: What do you do when your boss

Comment

The Rennard allegations pose a question: What do you do when your boss

Actors Will Ferrell (L) and Sacha Baron Cohen accept their award (and a grope) for 'Best Kiss' onstage during the 2007 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on June 3, 2007 in Universal City, California.
Features

The best and worst of London Fashion Week

Christopher Kane autumn/winter 2013 show during London Fashion Week
News

Brains and beauty on display in a sumptuous showing from Christopher

TOPSHOP UNIQUE AW13
News

Topshop Unique autumn/winter 2013

News

Video: Orla Kiely's typing pool presentation for London Fashion Week

News

Video: Orla Kiely's typing pool presentation for London Fashion Week

Michael Polish, Kate Bosworth, Louis Tomlinson of One Direction and Eleanor Calder attend the Topshop Unique show at the Tate Modern
News

Front-row eyes for a high-street bargain

Jerome Dreyfuss is the toast of French fashion
Fashion

Jerome Dreyfuss: bags of simple Gallic chic

Harriet Walker: our London labels mix initiative with idiosyncrasy
Features

Fashion statement: Our London labels mix initiative with idiosyncrasy

Features

Rihanna at River Island: collection is urban in flavour

Commentators

Harriet Walker: The Avocado app knows if you're faking

Rihanna launches her River Island collection
News

Rihanna puts her clothes on: Star launches River Island collaboration,

<p>Josephine de la Baume wears dress with cut-out detail , £513, fenwick.co.uk; shoes, £450, by Manolo Blahnik for Richard Nicoll, richardnicoll.com</p> <p>Richard Nicoll wears Leather bomber jacket, £1,350, thecorner.com; striped jumper, £283, from a selection, richardnicoll.com; trousers, £284, matchesfashion.com</p>
Features

Small and perfectly formed: Nicoll and de la Baume are a fashion

Features

Fashion statement: Think pink

Designer Olympia le Tan's literary luggage is an A-list favourite
Features

Olympia le-Tan and the world's coolest book club

Baseball, biker, or bomber: Which of the season's most trendy jackets will you opt for?
Features

Baseball, biker, or bomber?

A nurse tends to a patient in the recently opened Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital on February 7, 2011 in Birmingham, England.
Comment

Stop complaining about hospital 'service'. NHS Nurses aren't

Bomber jacket £155, jogger trousers £125, pouch bag £65 Whistles, 30 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NB, 0207 629 7437, whistles.co.uk
Features

High-street heroes

The Local Firm, at Stockholm Fashion Week
Features

Stockholm Fashion Week: is Swedish style having its own Ikea moment?

Barbra Streisand's sheer Arnold Scaasi tunic and trousers became almost transparent under stage lights
Features

Fashion statement: red carpet rules the roost, but real life can

Commentators

I simply love being in transit

Features

Hat trick: How milliner to the stars Philip Treacy gets ahead

Barbra Streisand's sheer Arnold Scaasi tunic and trousers became almost transparent under stage lights
Features

Fashion statement: red carpet rules the roost, but real life can

Commentators

I simply love being in transit

Features

Hat trick: How milliner to the stars Philip Treacy gets ahead

Vivienne Westwood Gold Label a/w13
Features

Hard as nails

Vivienne Westwood Gold Label a/w13
Features

Hard as nails

Jennifer Lawrence suffers a wardrobe malfunction as she takes to the stage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
News

Video: Jennifer Lawrence suffers wardrobe malfunction

Harriet Walker: The high street is a grounded constant amid the catwalk carry-on
Features

The high street is a grounded constant amid the catwalk carry-on

Porn producers are threatening to quit filming in Los Angeles after voters approved a measure requiring adult-movie actors to wear condoms
Comment

Pornography is corrupting our youth, and good on Diane Abbott for

£445, Isabel Marant, matchesfashion.com
Features

Court up in the power pump

Alexander McQueen, £7,990
Features

How much?! The rise of the £6k dress

Features

Harriet Walker: Kane’s French windfall is great news for British

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