HOLLY GOSH!
As Holly Willoughby celebrates her 40th birthday, EMMA JOHNSON takes a look at the presenter’s style
HOLLY WILLOUGHBY has certainly come a long way from her days presenting kids’ TV. She has grown up before our eyes to become the queen of daytime telly, not to mention one of the busiest women on the box.
Whether she is hosting This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield, wearing high street buys, or dazzling us with showstopping gowns as the pair present Dancing on Ice, the mum-of-three, who turned 40 last week, always looks perfectly put together. But that wasn’t always the case.
The former model is less than impressed by how she dressed in her early days of fame.
“For a long time, I was pretty clueless,’ she revealed in an interview with Red magazine. “There’s a picture of me on the red carpet when I first started in TV and I’m wearing a brown belted cord skirt, a brown cord jacket, fishnet tights and a weird round toe shoe. What was I thinking?
“But I’ve grown to like clothes more the older I’ve got and I now recognise the importance of having key staples that fit well in your wardrobe.’
Holly started as out as a model, before making her television debut on CITV’s S Club TV in 2000. Just a few years later she landed the job presenting Ministry Of Mayhem alongside Stephen Mulhearn. She started on This Morning in 2009 and has hosted and appeared on numerous other shows, from Celebrity Juice to Play to the Whistle, The Voice UK, Surprise, Surprise and I’m A Celebrity... where she stood in while Ant McPartlin had some time out.
She chronicles her TV looks on her Instagram each day much to fans’ delight. For This Morning she favours affordable brands like & Other Stories, Zara, Mango and
French Connection, alongside higher-end labels such as Whistles, Rixo, Ghost and Kate Spade.
On the red carpet, with the help of celebrity stylist Angie Smith, Holly never puts a foot wrong, favouring elegant silhouettes or fairy tale frocks by designers including Safiyaa, Suzanne Neville and Monique Lhuillier.
And where Holly shops, others follow. Her I’m a
Celeb... stint sparked a mini rush on hiking boots as women rushed to get their hands on her Grenson and Topshop ones, while Marks & Spencer snapped Holly up as an ambassador a few years ago and she has just unveiled a trio of spring looks.
Holly recently revealed she had to cancel her 40th birthday party due to the coronavirus lockdown.
However she celebrated, we are sure