Wardrobe must-haves to get my Style Show started - The Jewish Chronicle

I remember my first day at the JC, I was in my early twenties, which was more than ten years ago. I wore a high-waisted mini triangle black leather skirt paired with a black top with shoulder pads and a pair of high-heeled boots. My hair was in a Black Swan-like top knot and my lips a scarlet red. It was what is called “a look”.

I also remember a comment from a colleague at the time that the JC was not the sort of place to stand out, sartorially or otherwise.

Linen set, £55 for adults, £34 for kids, Aura Soul[Missing Credit]

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They were, of course, wrong. However it is true that, despite being a lover of fashion, things have changed for me since then. As a thirtysomething mother of two, I don’t have the time to put together those sorts of outfits, not for work anyway, and my go-to items now probably favour comfort but not, I like to think, at the expense of style.