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Most of the time, you slip on a new top with a pair of your favourite jeans and you feel great. But sometimes, I have to admit, it’s not that easy. You look in the mirror and think ‘hmm?’ before realizing that sometimes the look that really works for your mate, or that looked good on the girl in the shop, doesn’t quite have the same effect on you. I know the feeling. I mean, I love to look good, but, like most fashion-lovers, I’ve had my fair share of fashion disasters. And there are sure to be many more ‘What was I thinking?’ moments to come…

Top and skirt, Balenciaga. Photograph © Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features.

Sometimes, if you take a chance, you can be really surprised at the results.

But of course we can’t all be perfect, and that’s just fine, because I really don’t think that’s what looking good is all about. In fact, over the past few years, I’ve come to the conclusion that none of us, no matter how fashionable or famous, ever gets it 100 per cent right.

The only way I can work out what suits me best is by trying on the things I like. I’ve even taught myself to stop walking past things that I don’t think are my style as I’ve realized that, sometimes, if you take a chance, you can be really surprised at the results. One of my favourite ever outfits was a little Balenciaga miniskirt and silk blouse that I wore to the Closer Young Heroes 2006 awards. I have never been a lover of minis, as I didn’t think they would flatter my legs, but Justine at Cricket, my favourite designer boutique, encouraged me to try this one out. I think it was because the skirt flared out a little at the bottom, in an A-line shape, that it felt a bit different. I decided to wear it with opaque black tights. My legs didn’t feel too big after all. That was a real result. But I really am comfortable with the fact that I won’t always get it right. I think it would take all the fun out of fashion for me if I did.