Caroline Kellett (1960 - 26 August 2014), usually known just as Kellett, was a British journalist who was fashion editor of ''

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'' and held a number of other positions in British fashion journalism.Accomplished style journalist Caroline Kellett dies aged 54.
Geordie Greig, ''London Evening Standard'', 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014. Kellett was born in Buckinghamshire and attended

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, graduating with a BA degree in History in 1981. Known for her distinctive personal style, she once arrived at an Oxford party in a

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outfit of tartan

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with a cannon ball chained to her ankle. She spent two years in

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studying

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. After graduating, Kellet worked for ''

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'' as fashion features editor for five years. She commented on the latest trends, describing the Dreadshock look adopted by Posers as "the most inspired expression of teenage individualism yet". She was supportive of Karl Lagerfeld's updating of the

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look in the early 1980s, saying "All the stuff pre-Karl was so-o-o square." She was fashion editor for the London ''

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'' in 1988 and later of ''Tatler''. In 1989, she represented ''Tatler'' in an article in ''

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'' looking at the personal style of four fashion professionals."More chains than Chanel", Nicola Jeal, ''The Observer'', 3 December 1989, p. 37. In 1997 she was the society editor of ''

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'' magazine and she also worked for ''British W'' magazine. She was an active freelance writer. Kellet married the French banker Jean-Marc Fraysse in 2002.

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