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Lorraine Kelly reveals ‘tragic’ mistakes with past fashion

She's joked she looked like a "bag of washing" in her youth!

At 58, Lorraine Kelly looks fabulous, but the TV presenter has revealed it wasn’t always that way, and has described her look in her 30s and 40s as ‘tragic’.

In a new podcast for ‘Miles Younger: How To Age Well’, Lorraine tells host Stuart Miles she “looked like a bag of washing” in her 30s and 40s!

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Lorraine pictured in 2002 (Credit: Wenn)

Although it’s hard to imagine perfectly coiffed Lorraine looking like a bag of washing, the much-loved TV host goes on to explain that without the help of her stylist, her shopping method was to ‘just grab’ anything.

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“I was getting no help with my style and my hair was tragic,” she recalled. “I used to go shopping and grab things at the supermarket. I didn’t think it through. Now I’m very lucky to have help.”

The TV host rocked shoulder pads on her wedding day in the 80s (Credit: Instagram @lorrainekellysmith)

The star also believes the fashion and ‘look’ of the 80s didn’t help women to age well.

She added, “When you go back to the 80s, everyone looked older. The hair was all wrong, there was too much make-up, the earrings were like dinner plates, and then there were the shoulder pads.

“It was an ageing look for ladies.”

Lorraine let slip that she never wears heels outside! (Credit: Instagram @lorrainekellysmith)

Lorraine let a little fashion secret slip, after revealing she only wears her towering high heels when in the studio, describing them as ‘like pussycats’ who never leave the house.

She also confessed that’s she’s too ‘scared’ to go under the knife or have Botox like many of her peers, in case she starts to look odd or different.

* Listen to the full Miles Younger: How To Age Well podcast here.

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Lorraine has often said balance is the key to a healthy and happy life, and made viewers laugh earlier this year after she admitted she had put on weight during dry January.

“Can I tell you something? I feel as if I’ve had a hangover for a month, and I’ve put weight on. I’ve been eating chocolate instead of drinking gin. I needed something!”

The TV host has found an exercise she loves in her 50s – dancing! (Credit: Instagram @lorrainekellysmith)

Lorraine recently spoke to Daily Mail’s You mag about how her style has changed over the years.

She said: “I was a very late bloomer. I have my mother to thank for my skin and cheekbones, but the rest of it is down to the fact that in my 50s I have confidence, plus I’m more styled so I appear put-together.

“I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen old photos and had to apologise for my hideous hairdo and the fact I look like I dressed from the washing basket.”

Do you think Lorraine is sassy at (almost) 60? Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know what you think! 


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor