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Byline: Emily Flynn, Sandy Lawrence Edry

Style: The Bachelorette Pad

By Emily Flynn

Bridget Jones isn't the world's most enviable style icon. But if you can overlook her bunny ears and granny underwear, the hapless, overindulging heroine of Helen Fielding's hit novels does celebrate women's singledom. So with the sequel's film version premiering this month, trendy home-decor shops are selling to the bachelorette. After all, the well-heeled singleton is far more likely to commit to a cerise satin bedspread or a pink laptop than to a man. "The spirit of the moment is to do whatever you want with your home," says Michelle Ogundehin, editor of Elle Decoration. "It's a space you get to curate." tip sheet surveys the rise of bachelorette chic:

1950s retro: In the days of Patty Duke, the kitchen was woman's terrain. Now that's truer than ever: check out the pink Aga stoves (4,980 pounds), pink Dualit toasters (145 pounds) and Philippe Starck polycarbonate plastic chairs (137 pounds; conran.co.uk ). Add music with Roberts Radio's portable leatherette radios in lilac and pastel yellow (100 pounds; robertsradio.co.uk ). The kitchen's must-have finishing touch: matching sugar, coffee and tea canisters, in baby-blue tin from Urban Outfitters (40 pounds; urbanoutfitters.com ).

Traditionally feminine: Knitting is chic again; so are frills and ruffles. From Urban Outfitters to Liberty (liberty.co.uk ), antique-looking mirrored dressers are a bedroom's best friend (from 80 to 6,995 pounds). Laura Ashley's ruffled lamp (50 pounds) goes perfectly with Between the Sheets' opulent velvet and satin linens (30-115 pounds; betweenthesheets.co.uk ). For knitted homewares, try Kelly Jenkins's wall tapestries (from 1,000 pounds; kelly.jenkins@rca.ac.uk ) and Louise Loeck's yarn-covered chairs (made to order; louiseloecke@rca.ac.uk ).

Pink everything: The easiest way to create a girly flat is to think pink. Heals has lovely wool and mohair "dovetail" rugs in two-tone pinks (4,450 pounds; heals.co.uk ). Or dress up an unused fireplace with Habitat's feather string lights in hot pink ...