THE RESULT

Shoot done and I’m feeling 100 per cent more confident about colour. However, to ensure I don’t end up looking like a children’s entertainer, I ask Stephanie for a few final pointers.

‘Stick to three colours maximum, keep the cut and shape of pieces clean and simple and avoid anything too girlish such as puffs, frills or Peter Pan collars,’ she tells me.

Noted. I’ll still never buy a pink suit (there are fashion traumas you never get over) but I am saving up for the Edeline Lee dress. And I’ve reappraised which colours suit me (based on looking in the mirror, not ideas from years ago). I’ve also realised experimenting is key to feeling good in clothes. As is being a bit brave.

By embracing brights again I’ve rediscovered the risk-taking, fashion-loving girl I was before that fateful day at

Vogue. Let the sunshine in…