Yesterday I received the latest issue of Shop Til You Drop magazine in the mail and after looking at the cover, I found myself irrationally angered by the cover image of Lindsay Lohan.

Now don’t get me wrong, STYD is a good magazine with some great shopping tips in it, and I don’t usually fly into a rage over their choice of cover star. It was just this particular photo of Ms Lohan really triggered something in me.

I am so sick of Lindsay Lohan and I don’t understand why anyone is interested in seeing or hearing about her anymore, let alone reading about her style in a shopping magazine. Because let’s face it, she has none.

I am not just referring to her well-documented bad behaviour, though that is a big part of it. Multiple trips to rehab, drink driving incidents, drug scandals and sex tapes, all before she reached the age of 21 - definitely not stylish. However add to that the fact that her look is just - well - tired, and I am seriously having issues wondering why anyone would go out and buy something in a magazine just because La Lohan wore it.

A few reasons why I am sick of Lindsay Lohan:

1. I am not the first person to note that she has barely been seen out of a pair of leggings in the past 12 months. I am not a big fan of leggings at the best of times, but wearing them every day is beyond ridiculous. One has to wonder, does she have a whole wardrobe full of black leggings, or is it the same pair? Does she ever take them off? Are they chemically fused to her legs? If she was in a car accident would they need to be cut off with surgical instruments? Note to Lindsay Lohan: at least put on a skirt over your leggings. They’re not pants. They’re leggings. Hence the name.

2. The infamous Lohan dirty face. I really want to grab a face washer and clean it for her. Another note to Lindsay Lohan: if you’re going to put fake tan on your face, you should also scrub off some of the layers occasionally. It makes you look at least twice your age.

3. That insipid blonde-coloured hair she insists on getting around with. It’s all a bit last decade, really. In fact I’m almost sure she took in a photo of the entire cast of Models,Inc to her hairdresser last time for a copycat colour and cut. She used to have a really lovely natural auburn colour. Why not embrace it?

I guess what I’m trying to say is that it’s time for the media to realise that celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and the like no longer have a place on our fashion and shopping pages - if we must hear about them at all, let’s save it for the gossip rags where we can all experience a healthy dose of schadenfreude as we read about their latest personal misfortunes.

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By Caroline Warnes