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Jan Shure

Jan Shure

Former JC fashion editor Jan Shure is co-founder of www.sosensational.co.uk the fashion website for women over 50.

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Blazing a trail for springtime

Jan Shure's pick of the blazers

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Blazing a trail for springtime

Celebrate! The Yomtov outfit is back

Celebrate! The Yomtov outfit is back

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BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 25: Israeli police and emergency vehicles surround the scene of a Palestinian suicide attack December 25, 2003 at a bus stop in the central Israeli town of Bnei Brak, outside Tel Aviv, Israel. Three people were killed in the attack while dozens of wounded were evacuated to local hospitals. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Why did the BBC's flagship news bulletin ignore murdered Israelis?

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Get her style: Iris the 100-year-old style icon

Get her style: Iris the 100-year-old style icon

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Parties are back! But what to wear?

Jan Shure picks out the clothes to make you shine at a simchah

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March 4, 2022 11:41

Parties are back! But what to wear?

Juice it up with a splash of orange

Inject some Jaffa into your wardrobe this spring

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February 17, 2022 14:08

Juice it up with a splash of orange

It's time to belt up

Waistlines are back - here's Jan Shure's pick of the best buys

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February 3, 2022 17:21

It's time to belt up

We need to be clear that the BBC is not institutionally antisemitic

Criticise it for its failings, but do not tar the whole organisation with the label antisemitic

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December 13, 2021 11:58

London, UK - July 3, 2014: BBC head office and square in front of main entrance with walking people

A stranger in your spare room? Yes!

Could a new scheme to find lodgers be the answer to a boomer's dreams? Jan Shure finds out

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July 8, 2021 11:11

Mixed Race Adult Daughter Teaching Elderly Mother to Use Laptop at Home. Older People Can Learn a Laptop Computer and to Use Gadgets

Dressing Princess Diana

As an exhibition opens showcasing the clothes of the late Princess of Wales, Jan Shure talks to David Sassoon, one of Diana's favourite designers

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June 3, 2021 00:18

Dressing Princess Diana

Fashion’s gone circular

Why buy expensive designer items? Renting fashion is on trend, reports Jan Shure

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October 11, 2020 17:15

Fashion’s gone circular

Sasha Swire's 'Jewish Lobby' trope is so very revealing

But not as she intends, says Jan Shure

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September 29, 2020 17:31

Sasha Swire's 'Jewish Lobby' trope is so very revealing

Book review: 'Franci's War' and 'Paris Fashion and World War Two'

Rescued and mesmerising

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August 20, 2020 10:14

Book review: 'Franci's War' and 'Paris Fashion and World War Two'

Add some sparkle to go back to the ’80s

It's party time, and you need to think retro and shiny

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December 5, 2019 14:33

Add some sparkle to go back to the ’80s

Designs on The Crown

Series Three will pick up the Royal story in 1964, when David Sassoon, the son of Iraqi Jewish immigrants, became the first — and arguably most prominent — of a coterie of Jewish fashion designers to 'dress' most senior Royal women

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October 28, 2019 10:29

Designs on The Crown

Yomtov trends: midis, maxis and blazers

What are you going to wear to shul? Jan Shure's guide to A/W style

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September 16, 2019 08:59

Yomtov trends: midis, maxis and blazers

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