The lady crush is intriguing. Far more so than the man crush. The woman you'd love to be says so much more about you than the man you'd like to kiss. And contrary to what Just Seventeen used to assure us, you don't grow out of it. You just transfer your crushes from 'The Prettiest Sixth Former',   to a celebrity, or a woman at work.

'Girl hot' is a subtle quality.  Women who magnetise other women come in all shapes and guises, but they tend to have this in common — men don't get it. Where males gawp at long hair and va va voom bodies (Kelly Brook), women go gaga for something subtler (Audrey Hepburn). The usual suspects are tall rangy women (oooh you wish you looked like her in jeans), tiny doll like women (sigh, she's so dainty), perfectly groomed girls (if only you had her energy) and 'couldn't care less women' (oh, for her confidence).

And what does your girl crush say about you? Answer the question below, to find out. Which of these famous women makes you coo? Olivia Palermo, Kate

Poor old Joan Collins came over all queer at an Oscars bash last week, and had to be whisked off in an ambulance. The culprit? Nothing more rock and roll than a tight dress — so tight, that it inhibited Joan's breathing and left her too faint to stay at the party.
 
Extreme, perhaps, but we've all done it. There's super tight pencil skirt that feels fine all morning, but after lunch become an agonizing tummy-tourniquet. The Herve Leger style sheath that hugs so neatly you ignore the fact that your breasts are bandaged down, and your breathing is scarily shallow. Not forgetting cheese-wire underwear, crippling heels and jeans so skinny you can barely sit down. 
 
The French have a saying  'Il faut souffrir pour être belle' (one must suffer to be beautiful), but surely wearing clothes that make us ill, or inhibit movement is a step too far? Doctors agree. There are real health risks associated with too tight clothing, many of them positively Victorian.
 
We may no longer lace ourselves into

Ask a model for beauty tips and she'll likely spout something about 'plenty of water and sleep.' Well, what did you expect? She's hardly going to say: great genes and being 18. But there's nothing like a backstage pass to fashion shows to discover the tricks of the trade: the inside knowledge you'd never find out otherwise. After weeks on the catwalk even models need a bit of help because: A) they're knackered - you'll see many a sleeping beauty backstage and B) they often turn-up caked in make-up and hair product from the show before, which the poor stylists have to work on top of. A bit like you, the morning after the night before. So, these are three secrets you should have up your sleeve.

1)   Facial massage

Much underrated, this is your fast track to glowing skin. Make-up artists revive peaky models with an express facial massage, while they apply moisturiser before foundation. You can do it yourself though — just warm a little facial oil between clean palms then sweep them up and