There are a lot of things I miss about the UK (and a lot of things I don’t!) but one thing I defintely long for is the newspaper supplements.

For those of you that don’t know about how UK newspapers work, I’ll give you a bit of background info. The UK is pretty unique in that it has four daily broadsheet newspapers (and that’s not counting at least six crappy daily tabloid newspapers.)  They are The Times, The Guardian, The Independant, and The Telegraph. I think the high number of papers has to do with its dense population. The newspaper you read says a lot about the person you are, and you generally don’t read a newspaper that doesn’t match your political views or opinions. The only exception to this rule is the supplements.

The supplements are the lovely little magazines that come free with the newspapers on Saturdays or Sundays. The magazines have various subjects, some are focused on current affairs, others are mini fashion magazines, and you also get monthly music or food supplements. They are great little publications, short and easy to read, and better than most fashion magazines.

From left to right: Guardian Weekend Magazine, Observer Woman Magazine, The Telegraph's Stella Magazine and The Sunday Times Style Supplement.

Anyway, I miss those little magazines, and was very excited when my cousin came back from London a few weeks ago, and brought me a whole pile of supplement magazines. In fact, I have been reading them slowly, so I can savour and enjoy them. (Even though some are as old as September. Whatever, it’s still new to me.)

ES Magazine (a weekly magazine that comes with the Evening Standard newspaper on Fridays) had a London Best Dressed list, and I thought it was worth a mention. These were the 20 women on their list.

1. Freida Pinto
2. Sienna Miller
3. Dasha Zhukova
4. Rosie Huttington-Whiteley
5. Jemima Khan
6. Sam Taylor-Wood
7. Natalia Vodianova
8. Kate Moss
9. Thandie Newton
10. Stella McCartney
11. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld
12. Lily Donaldson
13. Agyness Deyn
14. Tilda Swinton
15. Emma Watson
16. Peaches Geldof
17. Daphne Guinness
18. Alice Dellal
19. Andrea Riseborough
20. Alexa Chung

I didn’t quite understand this list, its obviously not just English people, as as far as I know not just people who live in London, because I thought Julia Restoin-Roitfeld lived in New York. Anyway, here are my comments…

1st PLACE Frieda Pinto, actress. She is fabulous. Even though I thought Slumdog Millionaire was overrated, and I am disgusted to see that some of the child stars from the film are still living in slums, she always looks great and totally deserves this. Image source.

2nd PLACE Sienna Miller, actress and now fashion designer. Boring, she was fashionable five years ago when we were boho. She hasn’t changed her look, isn’t exactly what we call inspiring, and although maybe deserves a spot on this list, not a top spot. Image source.

3rd PLACE Dasha Zhukova, editor of Pop magazine. Yes, she looks good, but is it hard to dress well when your boyfriend is a Russian bazillionaire? With that much money, there is no excuse. Image source left and right.

8th PLACE Kate Moss, model. She deserves some sort of hall of fame spot for dressing well, but I haven’t seen her do anything interesting in the last year. In fact, poor thing, she is getting old, and I’m afraid she may be just not be as exciting as she used to be. Image source.

11th PLACE Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of famous person. How hard is it to dress well if your Mom (Carine Roitfeld, editor of French Vogue) is one of the best dressed women in the world, and probably gets free clothes from all the good luxury brands? I feel sorry for Carine’s kids, it would be hard to be in the shadow of a mother like that. Both are trying to do things, but since neither has a real job (or formal training as far as I know) they both look like they are “Carine’s kids doing fashion stuff.” Image source right and left with her mother and brother.

13th PLACE Agyness Deyn, model. Well, she definitely has her own style, but as far as I am concerned, its terrible. Image source left and right.

14th PLACE Tilda Swinton, actress. Thank you Tilda for not being predictable, for not wearing makeup and for being so un-Hollywood and so fabulous. Image source, left and right.

15th PLACE Emma Watson, actress. I am bored of her too. She always looks nice, yes, but I imagine she has never put together her own outfit, so I don’t think she deserves any style awards just yet. Its hard to dress badly when you are given piles of free Burberry and Chanel. Maybe when she is out of her teens and begins to get her own personal style… This Youtube video from the Burberry channel makes her look a bit flaky and not very smart. I can’t comment on her acting skills since I don’t watch wizard movies that aren’t full of good looking guys (Lord of the Rings vs Harry Potter.) Image source.

I laughed so hard when I read this text.

16th PLACE Pixie Geldof, daughter of famous person. This is wrong, so wrong, and I think this image and comment from Go Fug Yourself sums is all up.

17th PLACE Daphne Guinness, heiress. Fabulous, I love her, and here’s an example of a filthy rich woman who buys fantastic clothing and has amazing personal style. There aren’t many of those. Image source.