In a season all about love we thought we'd get all soppy and
speak to two couples about love at first sight, winter style and
going home for Christmas.
Kim Taylor-Bennett & Davo McConville
Kim laughs as she recalls her and Davo's 'cliché' introduction;
the couple met when Kim, a successful journalist and presenter,
video interviewed Davo's band "I got so excited talking about a
shared love of Arrest and Development that I accidentally pressed
stop on the video recorder". Now five years on and one engagement
ring later we meet the contagiously happy pair in their London flat
where they reside with a teetering stack of books, vintage
furniture and a gold fish called Dion. Timeless style is Davo's
signature look which he insists is easy, "my wardrobe is made up of
multiple white t-shirts and black jeans, I'm never wondering what
to wear and I'm always comfortable," while Kim has to regularly
dress-up for her T.V. show 'From the Red Carpet' which she pulls
off effortlessly with the aid of her mother's impressive vintage
wardrobe and loans from her fashion designer mates.
James Willis & Jade Gough
In a twist-of-fate that wouldn't be out of place in a rom-com,
James and Jade grew up one street away from each other in Grimsby
but only officially met in London two years ago at a Halloween
party, 'James was wearing a cops and robbers mask but I vaguely
recognised him as a Grimsby boy so we got talking and I offered to
show him around town," tells Jade who moved to London five years
ago to study photography at xxx. James, a film director who's made
films for the likes of Mark Ronson and The Maccabees, looks forward
to going home for Christmas, "living and working in London can feel
really hectic so going back to Grimsby together is amazing, it's
become our tradition to pack mince pies and a flask of mulled wine
for the train journey."
