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Sarah Siddell's avatar

I love this! You partially inspired not to wear black all week. 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Isabel Mohan's avatar

This is such a wonderful read and I found it really relatable but from the point of view of the opposite body type! I remember not having a clue what to wear when I started work experience at Heat in 2002 and was at least four dress sizes bigger than everyone else in the office (in fact on my first day I wore an absolutely awful purple trouser suit from Dorothy Perkins and everyone else was in "jeans and a nice top"). I suspect a lot of people in a supposedly stylish industry have secretly felt similarly - I think most people come to journalism because they're good at writing, which in most cases means they were probably a nerd at school and not one of the cool girls! My body has changed a fair bit over the last 20 years and so have my clothes (I mean, I try and change them most days...) but now I'm in my early 40s I feel the most confident about what to wear and also give less of a shit. Recent development was buying a thick, warm "unflattering" coat without panicking that it wouldn't show my waist off, which is what I've felt programmed to do my whole adult life (a bit like you covering your legs!). I've actually had quite a few compliments about it it and it turns out it's nice being warm and comfortable - who knew?!

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