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Why I live in Ladbroke Grove: fashion designer Olivia von Halle's guide to her vibey, diverse west London area

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We moved to Ladbroke Grove in 2017. I grew up on a farm in Kent and then I went to Leeds for uni for five years. I did a year in London and then I moved to Shanghai for two-and-a-half years, then came back to London in 2012.

So, I only really started living in London properly when I was 27.

My husband, Hugo, and I were living in Islington, which we loved, but we had one child and wanted more. We wanted to be

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