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Post baby and a new job, I tried a personal stylist: Here’s how it went


by Lauren Heskin
22.01.24

An extended attachment to those remote working sweats, a new job or a changing body got you in a fashion funk? Try all of the above.

In January of last year, my stress levels would have been significantly lower had I been an owner of the Clueless wardrobe selection machine. With an imminent return to work, a new post-maternity leave role and a few years in lockdown, I found myself staring into my wardrobe and, rather than seeing a collection of outfits and colour palettes, I saw a series of odd shapes and clashing objects. “Does this go with this?”, “Does...

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