The mantra is forget your size discover your shape and transform yourself.

I hate trends, but I love fashion.

I literally change on the shop floor. I just stand there in my knickers sometimes.

As for the people who say tackling problems through clothes is superficial, I think they say that because they have their own issues about self worth.

Careers, children and homemaking all come above preserving your appearance. Self-preservation is at the bottom of the scale.

The first time I was given money to shop for myself, I was 13 and staying with my godmother in New York. I went to Clinique and bought the three-step acne programme and felt so grown-up.

If you want to make the best of yourself you don't necessarily need to diet - you need to wear the right stuff.