SHIRLEY BASSEY - BASSEY GIVES AWAY DRESSES - AND HER SECRET

Diva singer SHIRLEY BASSEY's gift for style is the reason she's remained popular for so many decades.

The GOLDFINGER songstress' collection of super-glitzy dresses are to be auctioned for charity next week (18SEPT03), and the Welsh star claims her consistently glamorous image has kept her successful.

Bassey says, "To last that long is incredible, and still to have success is just mind-boggling.

"My kids didn't inherit either my glamour or my talent. I mean, where did I get mine?

"Being a star is very hard work, and I don't think the kids today want to put that in.

"They think you can become famous overnight. But keeping yourself famous... that is the secret."