UK Literary Luvvies #2 Vital reading

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Yeah that suit is actually the kind of thing Dolly would wear but it wouldn’t look good on her/me as she isn’t stick thin. There’s nothing wrong with her build at all, she has a lovely figure! But she’s not a clothes hanger.

She’d actually look lovely in like an off the shoulder classic bombshell dress rather than these edgier looks she does
 
Do people actually pay for this?!
@jenmarks how much were your VIP tickets last time babe, saw this and thought of you
 

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I cant figure out if this thread or the Primrose Hill Gang thread is right for this, but has anyone else seen a bunch of these sorts had an orient express trip? Alexa Chung, Jack Guinness, Pixie Geldolf et al. I presume a free trip for all of them but there’s very little properly declaring the trip as an ad. Just one of Chung’s posts has paid partnership labelling.

Then Laura Jackson has had a free trial on the Pullman train and chucked a #pressinvite on the end of the post which I don’t think meets ASA requirements?

it often seems like the socialite adjacent and lovvie sorts rather resent having to adhere to something as boring as ad regulations like all the influencers.
 
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mindlessness said:
I cant figure out if this thread or the Primrose Hill Gang thread is right for this, but has anyone else seen a bunch of these sorts had an orient express trip? Alexa Chung, Jack Guinness, Pixie Geldolf et al. I presume a free trip for all of them but there’s very little properly declaring the trip as an ad. Just one of Chung’s posts has paid partnership labelling.

Then Laura Jackson has had a free trial on the Pullman train and chucked a #pressinvite on the end of the post which I don’t think meets ASA requirements?

it often seems like the socialite adjacent and lovvie sorts rather resent having to adhere to something as boring as ad regulations like all the influencers.
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Not really for here as they’re not literary but not really Primrose Hill either? Maybe we should start an 00s gang thread. There’s a lot of millennials on this thread and I sometimes feel too young for the Primrose Hill one as I was in nappies in their heyday :)

You can have some replies here though as we’re nearly at the end of the thread :)
 
soph30 said:
Not really for here as they’re not literary but not really Primrose Hill either? Maybe we should start an 00s gang thread. There’s a lot of millennials on this thread and I sometimes feel too young for the Primrose Hill one as I was in nappies in their heyday :)

You can have some replies here though as we’re nearly at the end of the thread :)
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I would happily join a 00s thread :p
I reckon the people that get offered those kinds of press trips feel like they're being given personal gifts/favours to just drop in and keep it very 'low key' as they know the PR people, who are often just as rich and part of those gangs anyway, so they don't ever think too critically about needing to declare it as an ad - which is all by design and doesn't excuse it at all!
 
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I never understand what the deal is with Laura Jackson honestly...
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Laura Jackson has her own thread. I veer between really liking her and finding the whole relatable schtick disingenuous. Another one who did up their house and became an overnight interiors expert.

Belmond gifts a lot to the London “cool set”. Portia Freeman and Pete Denton went the other year and I can’t imagine their influence was really that impressive or the correct audience for the product.
 
I may have speculated about this before but does anyone else think Dolly borrowed heavily from her friend Sara Pascoe and her break up with John Robbins ? There are a few character quirks that made me think about John (who is so lovely and who I love) like being quite dry, drinking a lot (not anymore for John R who quit drinking last year ) and revelling in the past. He anlso refers to the Dance floor as the ‘d floor’ which is v much something JR would say. Also the cross fit thing. It’s all a mash up I realise. She wrote about her eating disorder and has said how she is v nostalgic but it all made me feel quite protective of john. Seemed quite exposing. Might be reaching.
 
Love_hate_small_town said:
I may have speculated about this before but does anyone else think Dolly borrowed heavily from her friend Sara Pascoe and her break up with John Robbins ? There are a few character quirks that made me think about John (who is so lovely and who I love) like being quite dry, drinking a lot (not anymore for John R who quit drinking last year ) and revelling in the past. He anlso refers to the Dance floor as the ‘d floor’ which is v much something JR would say. Also the cross fit thing. It’s all a mash up I realise. She wrote about her eating disorder and has said how she is v nostalgic but it all made me feel quite protective of john. Seemed quite exposing. Might be reaching.
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I haven’t read the book but I can tell if the main character is dry, sardonic and literary (playwright) he’s probs a manifestation of Dolly’s dream man. She knows as well as we do how thick and scruffy men in their twenties and thirties are 😂 that personality type does NOT represent the typical man who’s out there
 
Love_hate_small_town said:
I may have speculated about this before but does anyone else think Dolly borrowed heavily from her friend Sara Pascoe and her break up with John Robbins ? There are a few character quirks that made me think about John (who is so lovely and who I love) like being quite dry, drinking a lot (not anymore for John R who quit drinking last year ) and revelling in the past. He anlso refers to the Dance floor as the ‘d floor’ which is v much something JR would say. Also the cross fit thing. It’s all a mash up I realise. She wrote about her eating disorder and has said how she is v nostalgic but it all made me feel quite protective of john. Seemed quite exposing. Might be reaching.
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Not sure if you know but there's a PCD group in the rave thread in case you want to join us :) x
 
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