I LET MY NINE-YEAR-OLD DRESS ME!

Julie Cook, 45, braved her daughter's outfit choices, but could she wear them in public?

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My daughter Adriana, nine, is fashion mad. She knows all the designer brands and can recognise a Louis Vuitton handbag at 100 paces. As such, she's always giving me fashion advice, saying I need to jazz up my wardrobe. 'You're so un-iconic, Mum!' is her refrain.

She begged and begged to dress me in a few days' worth of outfits. Was I really that brave? I'm a beige polo neck and smart jeans kind of woman. I'm 45 for goodness' sake. My daughter's idols wear threads of material as tops, I like an M&S cashmere jumper. Still, I fancied a giggle. Here's how we got on...

Look one

Black hoodie, beige miniskirt, black fingerless faux-leather gloves and trainers

Adriana and I go shopping. 'This is fantastic!' she squeals as I try on a micro-skirt that looks more like a belt, a huge hoodie and fingerless, leather-look gloves.

Back home, when my husband Cornel, 42, catches sight of me, he spits his tea out. 'You look like an overgrown teenager!' It's how I feel too. But the task is to wear this stuff and so I wander around the local shops, hoping no one recognises me.

When I get home, I jam the clothes into an already burgeoning bag destined for the charity shop. Maybe someone else will love them more than me.

Look two