CALCULATED CURVES

UNLIKE many women, Rachel has no fear of being caught in an unflattering stripe. Using her maths skills, she has come up with a fail-safe solution.

She wears dresses with vertical, mirrorimage stripes that are curved slightly inwards to show off her enviable hourglass figure.

not only do the stripes lengthen her torso, but they’ve got just the right degree of curvature (70 degrees) to create the illusion of a nipped- in waist and womanly hips.

it’s no wonder she owns several stripey dresses, from hot pink to chic black — the latter with vertical stripes on the top and horizontal below. it all adds up to something that looks both striking and flirty.

and 7. So whether it’s a pair of earrings and a statement ring, or earrings, two rings and a bracelet, she sticks with the sequence. And if it’s a choice between one piece of bling (not a prime number) or nothing, then Rachel goes without.