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Dressed up
Vanessa Friedman’s blog deals with the fashion/luxury industry from both a corporate and consumer point of view
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Mrs Moneypenny is a former investment banker and has an MBA from the London Business School and a PhD from the University of Hong Kong. She is a visiting 
professor at Cass, City University Business School, and a trustee of a major educational charity. She is married to a wine merchant who plays a lot of golf, and has three children who she refers to as the Cost Centres.
Mrs M began writing for the Financial Times in 1999 while still based in Tokyo. Subsequently, she returned to the UK and bought into a small but profitable business in the West End of London, where she was the youngest and worst-groomed of four owner-directors. She later led a management buyout and is now the majority owner. She is the author of Mrs Moneypenny: Survival in the City (2003), and Mrs Moneypenny: Email from Tokyo, (2006). Her column appears every week in the FT Weekend Magazine. - -
Why my son won’t be getting his bonus either
CC#2’s cash incentive is unpalatable during tough times and, anyway, he doesn’t need it, explains Mrs Moneypenny
A break with tradition
Despite breaking an arm after slipping on ice, Mrs Moneypenny gains an object lesson in Swiss courtesy and efficiency from her Davos experience
A rare appearance, undone by a cheesecake
Mrs Moneypenny finally manages to attend a dinner for the parents of children in her son’s class, but finds herself in a tricky situation...
Davos in an age of austerity
As she prepares for the World Economic Forum, Mrs Moneypenny wonders if she should be setting herself a budget
Who’ll bid me high self-esteem?
Mrs Moneypenny’s competitive instincts are brought out at auctions and being auctioned off herself for the FT’s annual seasonal appeal, is no exception
Ambition with style
Mrs Moneypenny meets clothing designer Eileen Fisher, one of the ambitious businesswomen who inspired her new careers advice book
For the men in my life? A list…
Mrs Moneypenny lives in hope that Mr M will buy her a Christmas present that is something that a) she wants and loves and b) she didn’t ask for
Give generously – your CV will thank you
Are business schools the answer to getting more women ahead in their careers, asks Mrs Moneypenny
Making (radio) waves on high pay
Mrs Moneypenny is invited for an interview about executive compensation but her views cause a storm on Twitter
Hat’s entertainment
Mrs Moneypenny spends a day cycling, complete with her orange Orvis hat, and contemplates the mysteries of teenage dating
