Real Life: Fashion

Tops, above (left to right):

Pink print top (sizes 8-14), pounds 8.99, Hennes, 261-271 Regent Street, London W1 (tel: 0171 255 2031). Lilac scoop neck top (sizes 8-14), pounds 22, Warehouse, 19-21 Argyll Street, London W1. 30 King Street, Manchester (tel: 0171 278 3491). Yellow print top (sizes 8-14), pounds 22, Top Shop, 214 Oxford Street, London W1. The Arndale Centre, Manchester (tel: 0800 7318284). Red cap sleeved T-shirt (sizes 8-14), pounds 9, Miss Selfridge, 42-44 Kensington High Street, London W8 (tel: 0181 910 1375).

Skirts, centre:

Lilac floral petticoat skirt (sizes 8-14), pounds 24.99, New Look, 175 Oxford Street, London W1 (tel: 0500 454094). Pink floral top (sizes 8-14), pounds 21.99, Jane Norman, 153 Oxford Street, London W1 (tel: 0171 437 0132). White petticoat skirt, (sizes 8-14), pounds 25, Top Shop, 214 Oxford Street, London W1. The Arndale Centre, Manchester (tel: 0800 7318284). Lavender paint used on backdrop by United Colours of Benetton, pounds 12.59 for 2.5 litres, exclusively at B&Q (tel: 0171 466 4166).

Trousers, top right:

Beige cropped trousers,

(sizes 8-14), pounds 25, Top Shop, 214 Oxford Street, London W1. The Arndale Centre, Manchester (tel: 0800 731 8284). White cotton cropped trousers (sizes 8-14), pounds 40, Clements Ribeiro for TS Design, Top Shop, as above. Black linen cropped trousers (sizes s-l), pounds 65, French

Connection, 249 Regent Street, London, W1. 14-16 St Ann Street, Manchester

(tel: 0171 399 7200).

Shirts, right:

Blue/white floral shirt (sizes 10-16), pounds 19.99, River Island, 283 Oxford Street, London W1 (tel: 0181 991 4500). Pink/cream shirt (ref m82961) (sizes 8-20), pounds 29.99, Next (mail order, tel: 08702 435435). Pale blue shirt (sizes 8-16), pounds 35, Warehouse, 19-21 Argyll Street, London W1. 30 King Street,

Manchester (tel: 0171 278 3491). Pink floral shirt (sizes 1-3), pounds 39.99, Morgan, 393 Oxford Street, London W1

(tel: 0171 383 2888).

Accessories, below:

Black nylon purse belt pounds 6.99, Kookai, 399 Oxford Street, London W1 (tel: 0171 937 4411). White leather belt bag, pounds 99, Sally Gissing, Browns Focus, 38-39 South Molton Street, London W1

(tel: 0171 267 9303). Black nylon purse bag, pounds 14.99, River Island, 283 Oxford Street, London W1 (tel: 0181 991 4500). Black leather sandal (sizes 3-8), pounds 59.99, Jean Michel Cazabet for Office, 57 Neal Street, London WC2 (mail order, tel: 0181 838 4447). White leather purse pounds 62, Sally Gissing, as before. White leather mules (sizes 3-8), pounds 44.99, Office, 57 Neal Street, London WC2 (mail order, tel: 0181 838 4447).