AMANDA WAKELEY

A favourite with Angelina Jolie on the red carpet, Amanda Wakeley is adamant she wants to make clothes for real women.

So how well does the British designer’s store cater for size 16 customers?

At first glance things don’t look promising. Nothing bigger than a size ten can be seen on the rails on the ground floor.

upstairs, we look at evening and cocktail dresses and ask to be shown anything available in a size 16.

Poppy detects a look of panic in the sales assistant’s eyes as she goes off in search of bigger sizes.

She is gone for what seems like an age (perhaps all the size 16s are kept in a dusty vault somewhere) and reappears with just two dresses.

one would require Poppy to go braless, which would hardly be comfortable or practical with her GG cup breasts. So we are left with a £1,200 fitted orange dress with cap sleeves and a swishy skirt.

it fits Poppy beautifully. She says: ‘it’s a really vibrant colour that i wouldn’t normally go for and it’s very flattering on the bust as there’s a hint of cleavage.’

the staff are apologetic about the lack of size 16s, explaining that they tend to sell out quickly. So why not order more to start with?

Amanda Wakeley did not respond to a request for comment.

LARGEST SIZE IN STOCK: SIZE 16 (TWO DRESSES)