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Paper Monitor is having a fashion moment - a number of stories caught its eye that focus on the sartorial.

First up are the six-inch heel grey ankle boots worn by Hayrunnisa Gul - wife of the Turkish president Abdullah Gul - during a meeting with the Queen in London. The Daily Mail claims the monarchby the killer heels.

A number of papers have printed a picture of the Queen staring down at the boots. But the Daily Mirror - under the headline "Queen's Turkish deheight" [geddit] - draws a dotted line from the her majesty's eyes to the said shoes. Always good to help the reader along with the story.

Speaking of shoes, the Sun's "exclusive" is the story of Carl with the "Largest Hooves" in the UK. gets up-close and personal with a wide-angle lens, to show off his size 21 trainers - American-made - because no-one else in the British Isles needs shoes so big - in all their glory. But Carl needs no sympathy, according to the paper - the ladies are tripping over themselves (and Carl's feet, presumably) to get a look.

Now, will the Olympic fashion chiefs heed the advice of the Laura Craik, The Times's oracle on all matters fashion? to be worn by the 2012 volunteers. However, she does concede that red and purple are tres a la mode - although, unlike the polyester Olympic jackets, colours not usually seen together on the same outfit. However, it's the outfits for the technical officials that really get her goat.

The blazer with its turquoise piping (since when was turquoise ever a good idea for an accent colour?), the too-small pork-pie hat and the messy 2012 logo on the breast don't so much scream "sporting event of the millennium" as "bargain bucket Wimbledon".

Let's not go there with the fabric, she says. Too shell-suit for her liking. .

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