Woman’s Own – 02 September 2019

Micro-cheating

JoanCollins

stillwearswhat

she likes

LizHurleyalso

flauntswhat

she’s got

‘I wouldprobablykill

thepersonwhotriedto

prisemeawayfrommy

vintage denim hot pants’

Picturepawfect

It’snotasecretthatpeople

choose

holidaylocationsforhow

good

they’regoingtolookon

Instagrambut

nowwe’rechoosingpets

forthesame

reason.Rescuedogsconsidered

‘ugly’

are struggling to findhomes

asthey

justdon’thave

thecutepuppy

powerforsocial

media.Man’s

bestfriend

thesedays

reallyishis

mobilephone^

andit ’s

absolutely

barking.^

T

elevisionpresenterAnthea

Turnerhasrevealedshe’s

clearedoutherwardrobeofall

‘skimpy’clothesbecauseshe

fearedbeingmuttondressedupaslamb.

Well,holdthemintsaucebecausethis

scragendis stillhopingtobefrolicking

ina miniskirtuntilthecowscomehome.

It’s 2019 not 1919 andsurelythere’sno

suchthingas‘ageappropriate’dressing.

ButaccordingtoAnthea,59,thereis.

Sherecruitedhertwentysomething

stepdaughterClaudiatohelphercleanse

hercloset.‘I didn’twanttoworrywhether

a skirtis tooshortforme,’sheadmits.‘I

feltrelievedafterandnowI haveplentyof

roomin mywardrobefornewclothes.’

OK,sopointnumberone.Antheais still

dropdeadgorgeous,slimandtoned.She

canstillwearclothesaimedatmuch

youngerwomenandbeproud.Because,

point number two, it’s not age that

dictateswhatyouwearbut

confidencein yourownbody.

I wouldprobablykillthe

personwhotriedtopriseme

awayfrommy‘vintage’denim

hotpantsbecauseI love

them.Theymakemefeel

goodeventhoughI’m54.

ButI wouldn’tweara floral

playsuitbecauseI’dlooklike

anovergrowntoddler.Not

becauseofagebutit just

wouldn’tsuitme.Solongas

you‘own’yourlookyou

wearwhatyoudamnwell

like.You’regoingtotell

JoanCollinstostop

wearinghighheelsandsexy

sunnies?Nope,cosshelookshotashell

still.OrLizHurleytostopshowingoffher

figurein littledresses?Accordingto

experts,womenreachtheir‘style

crossroads’at 40 whilemen

starttofindclothesshopping

trickierat37.Thisis whenthat

‘dressingyourage’thought

firstpopsintoyourhead.

Well,it canjustpopstraight

backoutagain.Wearwhat

makesyoufeelgoodand

everyoneelsecanhangtheir

outdatedthoughtsup.Bitlike

thetwinsetsandtweed

youimaginearenow,sadly,

in Anthea’s wardrobe.

S

lidingintosomeone’sDMsnow

makesyoua lovecheat,evidently.

Yes,privatelymessagingsomeone

onlinemeansthatyou’reobviouslyupto

nogood.Consistentlylikingthepostsof

someoneyoufancy– evenif youhaveno

intentionofdoinganythingaboutit – is

‘micro-cheating’accordingto30%ofus.

I cansortofunderstandthetrustissue,

butreally?Though,I’mfairlysafewith

thehusband.HestillthinksDM

stands for Dr Martens boots.

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Wine

o’clock

Winehasovertaken

beerasthenation’s

favouritetipple.

Some81%ofadults

saidthey’ddrunk

wineinthepastyear.

Whoknowswhat

the

other19%weredoing

butitsoundsbloody

boring.