STYLIST SICKNESS CRISIS HITS SNOPPER

Our Fashion Editor reports....

After a five-weeks wait, Snopper arrived on time on Tuesday for his regular appointment with ace crimper Chris of Larkfield. On arrival, he was told that Chris was indisposed and there was no indication as to how long she would be away. Quite understandably, no-one else was willing to see to Snopper`s needs and Chris`s own appointment book was full to overflowing until after Christmas, leaving Snopper with a serious dent to his style-guru status.

This has led to an unprecedented amount of panic on Snopper`s part, since he has a hectic social schedule leading up to the holiday period; well, a dinner last evening and a lunch next Tuesday, but he does like to present a distinguished image when out and about. Sadly, however, this is not possible at the moment as our illustration above left shows.

Frequent and increasingly frantic phone calls are being made to the Larkfield Hair Studio, where Chris plies her trade, in the hope that she might be restored to fighting fitness and that she will have lost none of the deftness of touch so vital to the preservation of Snopper`s follicle wellbeing.

For all of our sakes, Chris, please get well soon so that the fashion world can get back to normal in the knowledge that one of its most prestigious icons can show his face in public once more.