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Suitorland novelist Freda Shafi talks to the Yorkshire Post about the inspiration behind her fictional novel
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27/02/2024
Suitorland novelist Freda Shafi talks to the Yorkshire Post about the inspiration behind her fictional novel about a family of Yorkshire It girls and her love of '70s fashion.
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Hi everybody, I'm Frida Shafi, artist and author of new book Souterland. Souterland
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is a fictional novel which is set in 1970s Yorkshire, an era that I love so much about
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from culture, music, style and obviously fashion. You'll find lots of pieces in my wardrobe
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saved from the 1970s and when looking for new pieces I'll often try and look for vintage
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finds. Here's a snippet of some of the things I wear on a day to day basis which I still
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feel are very current and very relevant and I wear effortlessly in my day to day life.
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