the_celebrity_and_style_department [Scoop!]

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======The Celebrity and Style Department======
> No. I expect you to treat your work with the severity it requires. You're not writing features or watching eight-hour livestreams from Parliament, but you hold in your hand a deadly weapon. It can make them, or it can unmake them.
Katherine Fletcher, Editor of the Celebrity and Style department.

=====Celebrity=====

Stylish. Tacky. In. Dated. Hit. Miss.

They aren't exactly big words, but perhaps that's why they hold such power. Everyone understands the language of fame and fashion, and everyone --- from the up-and-coming reality star doing a photoshoot and interview to the royal caught in the midst of marital scandal --- knows what it can do to them.

Life in the Celebrity and Style department can be strange. One week, you're doing award-winning photography at the investiture of Charlotte, Princess of Ovind. The next you're nursing your fifth coffee as the sun rises over the car park outside a hotel hoping to catch evidence of some singer or another's affair.

=====Style=====

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Everyone knows that celebrities would be much more boring to talk about without fashion.  And the Royals would be much less regal without all of their finery and expensive clothing.  That’s why the style subsection of the celebrity and style department is so important. 

Here at The New Glabe Gazette we cover everything essential; current trends, celebrity looks, fashion failures, and tips to help the everyday citizen look their best.

If you want to spot the writers working for Style, just look for the best dressed people in the room.  Or ask Nova, they know everything about fashion and style.

===== Relevant NPCs (At the Gazette) =====

^ Name ^ Pronouns ^ Description ^
|Katherine Fletcher|she/her|Head of the Celebrity and Style Department. A woman who is cognisant of the power the press wields, but has little concern about it beyond using it to further her --- and the newspaper's --- interests.|
|Nova|they/them|Responsible for dressing people for photoshoots and provides input on fashion articles.  They also run their own indie fashion house outside of work.  Don’t ask them about work life balance.|
|Acheron "Ronnie" Faraday |they/he |Opinionated reporter that floats between the [[the economics department|Economics]] and Style departments. Be careful around them if you happen to be wearing yellow.|

===== Relevant NPCs (In the Wider World) =====

^ Name ^ Pronouns ^ Description ^
|Her Royal Highness the Princess of Ovind|she/her|Charlotte Ava Mercy Anne, Princess of Ovind, Duchess of Gleesheel, Keeper of the Three Lakes, Lady of Chylde, Most Honourable Grandmistress of the Order of the Waters of Minerva, heir apparent to the throne of Seldona. She has plenty of other titles, too, but this is a newspaper and space is at a premium.|
|Argos Strand|any/all|An actor most famous for portraying Lanagore, the protagonist's adoptive father in the //Princess of the Dragons// saga. Struggled to score new roles after becoming so tightly associated with the character, and has spent several years removed from the limelight. Looking to break back into the industry, having scored a role as Lanagore's mother in the soon-to-be-released prequel trilogy.|
|Rebecca 'Skyward' Skye|she/they|A singer/songwriter known for her eclectic style of music: Poppy beats, folk instrumentation, and operatic singing. Commonly attracts controversy for being impossible to work with, as well as her tumultuous love life. Soon to embrace on a publicity tour pending the release of their new album --- GOΔΔESS GARΔEN.|
|Altona Price|he/him|A famous stylist known for popularising the Altona - a pennanular brooch used as a fastening in much of his couture. Often in the papers outside of the style section for his outspoken political views, or embroiled in controversy for the health consequences of his fashion, much of which involves sky-high heels and tightlaced corsetry.|