VOLUME IBy

Siona McClenaghan

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AcknowledgmentsAuthor’s NoteThe StapleThe Ugly DucklingThoughts On A Night SkyMiss MThe Owl and the PussycatCredits

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For my Mother, the greatest of storytellers and for my Father,

whom the stories are always about

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hank ouTo my wise and supportive tutors Stephen Lee and Sarah McDonnell. To Leon Maurice and Fiona Cone for their photographic assistance and to Vicky Paisley and Craig

Graham for knowing how to do everything I could ever wish for on a computer. To Jessy and Bee for listening to me analyse

every step of the process. You are my edit buttons. To all my beautiful models and everyone else who has helped me along the way. And finally, this book is dedicated to the North East, my home from home. Thank you for giving me room to grow

and time to find my voice.

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“Some day you will be old enou gh to start reading fair y tales again.”

C.S. Lewis

AM not sure at what age people lose interest in fairytales. Do we reach a stage in our lives when their beauty and simplicity is no longer appealing? Perhaps it is the familiarity of the stories combined with our loss of innocence as we age that mean they no longer seem so relevant. I certainly hope that I will always appreciate them and the lessons they teach. Fashion Tales has taken influences from the worlds of art, fashion and literature and combined them in modern depictions of age old classics. I hope they remind you why you loved them so much in the first place.

Siona x

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ARY had an LBD That made her look divine,She paired it with some gorgeous heels,And turned heads every time.

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AM the Ugly Duckling. Unconfident.Unloved.Uncomfortable in your company.

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USE a mask. layer upon layer,I drown in toxic products.I

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AKE them away and I am worthless.T

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BUT am I?

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AM the beautiful swan. Pure.Composed.Comfortable with who I am.

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WINKLE twinkle little star, How I adore what you mean, what you are.A declaration of love forever,My heart soars, light as a feather.

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ITTLE Miss Muffet was chilling out on the sofa admiring her new shoes and dayL

dreaming about the cute BMXer who lived down the street.

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UDDENLY, out of nowhere, a huge spider dropped down next to her. Being a bad arachnophobe she totally freaked out and ran off crying, tripping on her heels as she went.

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The Owl

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ENT to sea in a beautiful pea green boat.They took some honeyand plenty of moneywrapped up in a five pound note.

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HE Owl looked up to the starsabove and sang to a small guitar:T35.

lovely Pussy, O Pussy my love

What a beautiful Pussy you are,

You are!What a beautiful Pussy you are.”

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USSY said to the owl,

“You elegant fowl! How charmingly sweet you sing! Oh let us be married, too long we have tarried; but what shall we

do for a ring?”

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O they sailed away for a year and a day to the land where the Bong tree grows

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ND there in a wood a Piggy-wig stoodWith a ring at the end of his nose,His nose!With a ring at the end of his nose.

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EAR Pig are you willing to sell for one shilling your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.”“D

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EAR Pig are you willing to sell for one shilling your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.”

o they took it away and were married next day by the Turkey who lives on the hill.S 48.

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HEY dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with aruncible spoon;

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ND hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,They danced by the light of the moon,The moon!They danced by the light of the moon.

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The Staple - Words, photography and styling by Siona McClenaghan. Model - Harriet Ziegler. Location - Billabong Bar, Newcastle-upon-tyne.

The Ugly Duckling - Words and photography by Siona McClenaghan. Styling by Jess Spurling. Model - Grace Lovelady. Location - private bathroom.

Thoughts on a Night Sky - Words and photography by Siona McClenaghan. Styling by Jess Spurling and Edward Hunter. Models - Jess Spurling and Edward

Hunter. Location - West Jesmond Dene.

Miss M - Words, photography and styling by Siona McClenaghan. Model - Francesca Pizzolon. Location - private sitting room.

The Owl and the Pussycat - Words by Edward Lear. Photography by Fiona Cone. Styling by Siona McClenaghan. Models - Megan Andrews, Peter Gill,

Thomas Fone and Chris Lee. Location - Tynemouth beach. With special thanks to The Tynemouth Rowing Club, particularly Chris Dixon.

Book layout by Siona McClenaghan with editing guidance from Stephen Lee and Linda McClenaghan.

Printed at ProntaPrint North Shields. Bound at Newcastle University Library.

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