I want to look like Kirstie Allsopp ....

[fluffyduckie]

Love her clothes and hair and everything!

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But not sure I could pull it off ..... or afford it!!

I am 5'2 and a 16/18 and casper pale with mid length brown hair. I just love the colours she wears and the shapes. I tend to be in black trousers and a boring top all the time.

[IWillYeah]

I think she looks great.

She works with what she has got very well. She has lovely skin and hair and bright eyes, and she wears the right amount of make-up - enhancing , but not caked on.

Her style is not my cup of tea at all, but it works really well for her. Its smart, feminine, looks comfortable and flatters her figure. I think she must have had her colours done, too, as she sticks to the same palette of dark jewel colours which really work with her complexion

I prefer Nigella, though. She's a bit sexier .

[Cereal0ffender]

Dreamfofavonlea, those dresses are less Kirstie and more 6 year old girl at a posh party

[kerstina]

I think she is beautiful, very naturally pretty, not loads of makeup and fake hair type. She would look pretty whether size 6 or 16. She looks like a model thats why she is on the tv all the time. Not quite so keen on her style its ok and def not keen on her politics But overall I like her.

[DottyboutDots]

hollyisalovelynamebutcansoundlikeabitofabitch

[valiumredhead]

And why had my post been deleted when at least one other person used the same acronym and it's not been deleted?

[rubybricks]

just watched her on miranda's 'maracatac' dvd and think she's fab!

[valiumredhead]

Oh good grief, so someone can be nasty about someone and be incredulous that you'd ever want to look like her but I get deleted for posting a perfectly acceptable acronym that is used all over MN every day? Seriously?

[hollyisalovelyname]

Why would anyone want to look like Kirstie Alsopp ?

[fluffyduckie]

I am really bad for wearing black trousers and a dull top all the time. No colour or accessories! Working on it but I feel a bit out of my comfort zone.

[valiumredhead]

Fluffy, that dress is really nice, bet you look great. I find it hard to get away from black, my compromise is wearing colourful scarves to lift things a little.

[fluffyduckie]

I wear it with leggings - I don't really bare my legs much since they are so pale that they are practically blue!

[Bunbaker]

I really like that dress fluffyduckie. It's a pity it isn't a little longer. I can only wear short dresses with opaque tights these days

[smellylittleorange]

Body shaming aside fluffyduckie hope you got something out of this thread re..style tips,shops etc.

[fluffyduckie]

She is a bit marmite but then I probably am - I have the same reaction to pom poms as she did on the crafty Christmas show.

Today I am wearing www.dorothyperkins.com/en/dpuk/product/dresses-203543/fit-flare-dresses-204534/floral-print-flare-dress-2340047?bi=1&ps=200

which is an actual colour! Not black! Not used to seeing myself in colour but seems to be an ok green with my paleness and dark brown hair.

[southeastastra]

i have asked for my comment to be deleted as it was pretty mean, sorry :(

[catwithflowers]

Some truly horrible comments on this thread.

[Barbie1]

I made a complete ass of myself at the airport last week when I thought the person behind me was talking to me when in fact Kirsty was talking to her son I have to say she looked lovely, very polished and not at all overweight or frumpy.

The key is looking polished I think. Choose clothes to suit you. Great haircut and a good skin regime.

[YoDiggity]

No-one is denying that she may be carrying a bit of excess weight but it's terribly sad that a thread designed to be complimentary about her dress sense, her hair and make-up etc, almost immediately turned into a bitchfest about her fatness. All those cries of horror and 'Eeewww No! How could you possibly aspire to look like someone so clearly over a size 10? If I was her size I'd have to kill myself'

Some women are so terrified of having any flesh beyond the bare minimum that they just cannot comprehend that anyone could find a plump woman beautiful. Because apparently it's supposed to be all about them.

Across the whole range of sizes from revoltingly, scarily thin to so obese you can barely walk KA is a very, very normal, healthy size. And there's no denying that she is exceptionally pretty and has a great sense of personal style, albeit a bit 'marmite.'

But averagely slim people object to being called 'skinny' then perhaps they should also bear in mind that averagely plump people might object to the spoken about as though they are a Jabba the Hutt.

[TripTrapTripTrapOverTheBridge]

Let's put it this way when it comes to her look - KA wears clothes,you see clothes making the most of her.

She isn't a coat hanger who is all about just showing a dress or a coat not showing herself ,as many women are (no,that's not a reference to size).You see a woman not an outfit.

[SoloXantiaClaws]

I dread to think what people now say about me (having gained some weight in recent years) after reading some really unpleasant posts about KA on here :( I don't think she could be termed 'fat' anyway.

[Mintyy]

She may possibly be technically slightly overweight (but I doubt it). But absolutely definitely not fat.

Am astonished at the level of ignorance on this thread.

Are you fat-phobics aware that she looks "fat" because she works in television-land where it is the norm to be at the very lowest end of acceptable bmi, not at the high end where she is?

Are you also aware that being moderately overweight is far less harmful in the long term for women than being moderately underweight?

I understand she is a size 14.

I am not a fan but I suspect I would like her 100 times more as a person if I met her than some of the freakishly obsessive and judgemental Mumsnetters on this thread.

[SofaCanary]

BBC can't find a slot big enough.

Sorry