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a style journey with the British television personality,
entrepreneur and social media influencer best known for her
role on the reality TV show made in Chelsea.
The wonderfully witty and down to earth mother of three, Binky
Felster. That's.
The loveliest introduction. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Well, hello and welcome.
It's so lovely to get you here because you are on an absolute
sort of promotional junket at the moment.
It's been a busy couple of months, let's just say that.
But yeah, beyond Chelsea. Beyond Chelsea.
So was this something? Was this your brainchild?
I pitched the idea last October to Monkey Kingdom, who actually
make Made in Chelsea with Channel 4, purely because the
amount of messages I got in my inbox asking for a OG Made in
Chelsea reunion or you know what, you know, we want to get
you back on our screens. We want to see you.
So it seemed like after having my third, I've come, I've
finally come out the woods, I'm feeling like myself again and it
just seemed like the perfect opportunity with so much going
on in my, you know, business life.
My kids are old enough now where you know they're going to school
or nursery while just still at home.
But I mean, he's he's in it and it just seemed like the perfect
opportunity to get a few of us together again and it's been
really good fun. Did you miss actually living
your life in front of the camera in any way or at all?
It's filmed very differently so I wouldn't go back to how Made
in Chelsea was filmed. It was very, you'd go to
location and you'd be there for hours and you'd do a probably a
three hour scene which would take which probably be cut down
to 5 seconds in the actual show. So having kids, my husband and
everything else going on, it wouldn't, I wouldn't have missed
that. But this is filmed very
differently so it's much easier. But I have missed elements of
being on the show like what this way is a really fun way of
filming because you've got, it's very fast-paced like me, you
get, you've got 2 crews for three of us girls filming our
day-to-day lives, business meetings, even like the school
runs. So it's very kind of, it's not
intrusive. And I feel like I just kind of
missed. I've never, I've never really
known why I love it, but I think it's just a bit.
It's just I, I love being talking to people and kind of,
it's just been really fun. It's almost like a diary of your
life though, isn't it? I mean, do you see it?
You're now in your 30s. Do you see yourself maybe doing
in your 40s or 50s or beyond? I just don't know.
Let's just see how we go with this.
I mean there's, we've only have filmed 2 episodes and if it gets
really good viewing figures, so catch up on catch up, we'll go
to series I think in the new year.
But who knows? We'll, we'll just, we'll just
have to take it day by day. Does What would you say was your
biggest life lesson from Made in Chelsea?
Cause of the way that the show needs to be interesting would be
people, you know, would want to have arguments on camera and get
their airtime. And for me, I was never
interested in partaking in that. I didn't care.
I'd rather not actually film rather than kind of gossip about
someone on camera. And of course there are moments
where you're actually genuinely pissed off with someone.
But for me, I think my life lesson would be just a kind of
stick. Be yourself.
And did you feel like you were being pushed to be someone that
you weren't I? Mean editing sometimes wasn't in
people's favors. I didn't think I was pushed.
I think I had a I've had a good head, a good head on my
shoulders. I think my family and friends
really kind of made sure of that as well.
And it didn't. Nothing went to my head, trust
me. Like I feel like I'm very much
still silly old me. Feet on the ground.
Yeah. Wonderful.
And last year you published your book The Making of You, a guide
to finding your identity and bossing motherhood.
What was the driving force in the message behind that book?
So it was purely because, again, I get lots of questions asked
about motherhood on Instagram. I had injured 26.
I had no one really to go to for advice apart from my mother.
Because your contemporaries weren't having babies at.
That time I was the first of my friends.
I had no one literally to speak to kind of, I mean, India had
reflux and I had no idea why she wasn't, you know, on her back
sleeping. She was screaming, she was being
sick, all this. I was like, what is going on?
I thought that was just a normal baby.
So I didn't have anyone to go to.
And the tips that my mom are very old fashioned, but very
kind of relaxed. And actually I think there's so
much fuss about. There's too much fuss now with
parenting, you know, you get, you can even get wet wipe
warmers for their bottoms. I mean, it's ridiculous.
And I think I've always been quite a relaxed parent and kind
of I feel like the kids feed off that energy.
And so for me, I had a company called Bloss where we'd work
with experts. So after each chapter of my
advice and how my story went, I'd have an actual expert giving
their advice on, you know, Co parenting, teething, whatever it
may be. So it's a, it's a bit of a book,
bit of laughter, sadness, and just hopefully really helpful.
You Co founded the talent agency Matchstick.
Yeah. You tell me about.
That Max founded Matchstick just after COVID and I was one of his
first clients along with a girl called lovely girl called
Georgia Jones, who's married to Danny Jones from McFly.
And we were his only two clients.
And he basically said, right, well, do you want, do you want
some shares and help me build this company?
And so I did and I and I kind of found some talent for him and
it's been really quite a fun journey.
He's amazing. What other projects have you got
boiling up at the moment? Because I've seen you've sort of
doing some work with M&S. Yes, Oh my goodness, I'm so
excited. I'm creating my own kids wear
range with Marks and Spencer's. Yes, I know.
I'm really excited. And what will that be called?
Just it, it's, it's just going to have my name times.
And I actually had my second design meeting last week in
their amazing offices and the team are just, I mean, I haven't
the team are just amazing and they're so lovely to work with.
And I literally saw my initial ideas, fabrics.
We're going through fabric samples.
And I just made sure that when I'm, when I'm put my name to
something, it has to be my design.
It has to be my ideas. I can't.
Yeah. Definitely.
And so just talk us through the process.
Did you create a mood board for them?
Yes, created a mood board just before summer for autumn, winter
and and spring. And then I basically used my
kids outfits that I've loved and I've kept and I've did loads of
research online. And then I went for my first
initial meeting at Marks and Spencer's where I went through
loads of fabrics and ideas, brought in those of clothes that
I love and they like lovely cashmere bits that you can pass
down to your other other children or, you know, give us
presents. We want everything to be
timeless. And what also I love about it is
that my kids hate labels and they find I have.
Because they're scratchy. Scratchy, irritating.
And I think it's quite common. And so I have asked if we can
somehow. So I'm spending my love cutting
them out of all the clothes. We've managed to find a way
where you can kind of thread it through another piece of fabric.
So it's just soft or you just kind of stamp it on.
But yeah, And there's little things that I say to my children
that I'm having like embroidered and so little things like when
India goes to her father's and she's upset, she just has to do
that. And she's got something written
for her there that we always little things like that.
So for people who are in the same similar situations.
Oh, there's lots of like personal touches, families.
Yeah, exactly. Personal touches.
I brought a loads of little things that I kind of would
love. And yeah, it's just I'm really
excited. About it, and that launches
when. Next year, next.
In spring. Next autumn, I believe.
Next autumn, yes. Yeah.
Now today we're going on a style journey together.
Tell me what you're wearing today.
Wearing Veronica beard shirt. I think it's suck.
I don't know looks. Like it looks.
Like it's suck. I'm not gonna say I'm, I'm not
gonna lie to you. I'm not fashionably forward but
I've got my Veronica beard shirt, my Gani leopard print
jeans and my Elia heels which I mean they're all over my
Instagram as which which are. Gorgeous, but you've got a very
pretty foot in them. Oh, thank you.
So they work really beautifully. And your belt.
This is to hunch. My belt's to hunch.
Yeah, I think I got that right. And my sorry jewelry earrings.
Fantastic, fantastic. And why did you decide to put
this on? I have a stylist I'm slightly
cheating. OK, I that is a question I am.
Amanda, I let's talk. OK, let's.
This is why. This is why.
It's interesting because if we go back to Made in Chelsea, how
many years ago, 10 years ago, I would be rocking up on camera
with my holy baggy jumpers, my tracksuit bottoms, to the point,
my unbrushed hair to the point I wasn't allowed to go on camera
until the producers used to take off her clothes.
But oh, here she goes again. They used to take off their
clothes and put their clothes on me so I looked reasonable on
camera. I didn't care ever.
I didn't, I was just, I mean, I remember going, we used to have
these event days and one of the event days was a pyjama party or
like a lingerie party or no, it was a pyjama party, sorry.
And I rocked up in my pyjamas. But of course all the girls were
walking around in their gorgeous Agent Provocateur, you know,
silk slip, silk slits, looking amazing.
I was like, oh, sorry, I missed the memo here.
It's a pyjama party. Anyway, so then over time I've
grown up a little bit and I've been on laser photo shoots,
worked with amazing stylists and I love dressing up and getting
on a pair of heels. But I do sometimes need help.
I've got a good, I've got my eyes getting better and I know
what I love and I don't love, but Flick, who's amazing, she
tries to kind of make me kind of more adventurous with my looks.
Pushes you out of your. She does and I really like that
and she's brilliant because she does a comes over and she
declutters my wardrobe. She like has a massive pile of
that things that I need to get to charity and it's great
because I'm a hoarder. And does she?
And she calls in, looks for you. And she does?
Yeah, 'cause you. Looked amazing at the Pride of
Britain. Thank you.
Oh my God, you talked to me about that look.
Very last minute look, No, Yeah, the other dress didn't fit.
But that dress looked like it was made for you.
Oh. Thank you.
I did feel I did. I did love that dress.
Yeah. You looked like you loved it.
The theme was a hint of sparkle. So the sparkle bust looked quite
cool with the with the black. So you grew up in East Sussex?
I did. Were you very aware of your
parents style? No, no, I mean my parents style.
We used to go to Cornwall every summer and mum there was a crew
clothing shop which my mum used to have.
Do you remember crew clothing? But still around obviously.
But they it was very, very in fashion.
These big kind of collared oversized shirts with the kind
of big crew of sign on the back. Anyway, my mum and my dad lived
in crew clothing and mummy was always very glamorous.
My grandmother was incredibly glamorous and my mother was
always very looked a little bit like Lady Die back in the day.
But of course, yeah, I didn't really ever kind of look too
much into this style, no. So what were you wearing 'cause
you were in the country? I was down in, yes.
I was wearing sort of ponies and dogs, yes, very much so.
I was wearing Quicksilver, O'Neill or the surfing brands,
lots of riding clothes and so really functional Jodpas
basically most days. And wellies, yeah.
When When was the moment that you felt like clothes made a
difference to you? I.
Think it was after having India and I'd lost the baby weight and
for the first time I'd felt really kind of good about
myself. And actually I think forever I
didn't think I was India really kind of, I always say saved me.
She really kind of made me grow up.
And when I got myself and, and actually prior to India, so
before I got pregnant, I was working as the, I, I just got
the job as Reeboks UK Women's Ambassador.
So I was going to the gym constantly for this photo shoot
and I started loving it. I never thought I was going to
get the gym bug, but I did and I was obsessed with training.
And then I started feeling really good about myself, felt
pregnant with India, went back to the gym, got back into the
groove of everything. And then of course then I felt
confident in myself where I'd allow myself to get out of the
baggy jumpers. I think that's just a kind of
hiding everything. I hated my hips, hated
everything. So I used to cover myself up in
these big jumpers and shaky bums just to hide it myself.
And Made in Chelsea allowed you to do that.
They would help you, but they didn't provide a sort of onset
stylist or wish. I'm never going to be the girl
that much as my my shoes with my handbag and my kind of fingers
like fingers. I feel like I'm always going to
be quite. I like to be underdressed over
than rather than overdressed. But also I want to be able to
eat what I want and not have to worry about holding my tummy in
like all the time. Do you know what I mean?
Like I want to be able to kind of feel comfortable.
Very refreshing. Is it very refreshing?
But I'm, I'm curious that you didn't really sort of feel the
power of clothes until your late 20s.
Yeah, because I never was confident in my body.
So I was always, always wanted to hide myself.
So when I was able, when I was feeling confident, I could put
on the more slightly more, you know, tighter, you know, crop
tops or you know, sort of dresses, whatever it may be.
So you're made in Chelsea style was oversized sweaters.
Holy. You were you were hiding.
I was hiding. What is your Beyond Chelsea
style? Got to be practical because I'm
with the kids. It's a bit of a mixture.
Mummy, it's mummy life and mummy business, mummy life.
So it's kind of just what I wear everyday.
So what's a typical Mummy life book?
So I love Varley. Yeah.
Because it's, I think it's quite chic and comfy.
And I don't mind if I get a bottle, you know, a bottle
porridge thrown over it. So it's, you know, I can wash it
in the washing machine. Easy peasy.
And I think that they've nailed it.
I think they've really nailed that kind of crazy chic look and
it's versatile. And then I feel like all like,
you know, a Jean with a kind of maybe a knit, I don't know,
anything really anything that's not white.
Yep, obvious reasons. And then your business beyond
Chelsea look is. I love putting on a heel.
I love. And the heels tend to be other
than you're a liar heels that you multi bought.
I like that. They have pretty much just a
liar heels at the moment. I haven't really started to
like. I don't want to be
uncomfortable. I was just saying I bought a
pair of Lobitons and they aren't the most comfiest for the hum
and I'm not going to be allowed to get my cost per wear out of
those I don't think because never want to wear them again.
They're so painful. But I think yeah.
Or a nice ankle boot. I do lots of I like my trainers,
my Sambas or my New Balance trainers.
How many trainers would you say are in your wardrobe?
5 pairs. No.
Maybe sit, maybe fight, maybe a bit more, maybe 8 pairs.
Just like counting in my head as I'm going along.
Yeah. Got a few different colours.
I like the new Ali Das Samba colours.
They're quite fun. They're brilliant.
Yeah. I really, I never used to like
them. I'm not really.
I like a kind of chunkier trainer like the New Balance
ones, but actually I really do like now.
Flick made me get into Samba's. Yeah.
Yes, but it is a progression, isn't it, going from that
chunky? Yes.
That gives you that tiny bit of a lift.
Yes to that. Very flat, quite slightly
dainty, yes, actually. Now you first got pregnant when
you were 26, yes. How did being a mum impact your
style? Again, was kind of not confident
with my body at all. I felt like, like most women
will say, when you have a baby, it does take away your identity.
I definitely felt like my identity was taken away because
I just didn't look like all my other friends who were, you
know, running around in crop tops and short dresses and, you
know, you know, whatever. And I just wasn't confident at
all. So I was dressing up in the kind
of the, my clothes didn't really have to change to what I said.
They're all baggy jumpers and did.
You, you stayed in those. I did for a long time.
And then when did this moth emerge from chrysalis butterfly?
When India was around 2, I looked, I was, I, I like to
think I was in pretty good shape.
I just, I was working towards, I was front cover of Women's
Health. So I was working towards that,
Yeah. And I was really strong.
And I love the saying strong, not skinny, because you have to
be bloody strong if you're a parent.
Like you've got to be carting those kids up and down the
stairs, the prams, you know, it's a it's heavy lifting.
And I was really strong and I felt really confident.
And that's when I guess I started like I actually got a
stylist, my first stylist, and it was his High Street clothes.
And I said to her, please don't spend loads of money on clothes.
Just maybe get like, I'd like spending money on handbags and
shoes and jewelry. But the clothes, my mom used to
say, darling, you could wear a paper bag and look gorgeous.
You don't have to be spending money on clothes at your age.
But actually it was quite fun doing that a little bit more
now. And OK, so guilty secrets on
handbags favorite. Oh I love my sham now bags.
I would never I would think I could ever spend money on the
Ermes bags. I think my husband would
probably kill me he that for him is just so confusing how that a
bag like that could cost so much money.
Do you know what I mean? You you've talked about your
body a bit. Is it fair to say that you've
been on a recent sort of body transformation journey?
Before I had got pregnant with India, that was when my body
transformation journey started, right, For this Reebok UK
ambassador. Yeah.
So that's when I found my love for training.
And I never, ever understood people going on these boot camps
and loving these boot camps or like loving going to gym in the
morning. That was never me.
And I kept hearing about this fitness bug.
And I'm like, why am I not catching this fitness bug?
I really want this fitness bug. And then eventually I did.
I remember getting up in the morning.
It's how I, especially after having India, it's my only time
on my own. And I found a gym with a crash.
I was like brilliant, chucked her in, went upstairs, did my
hours work out with my trainer. Finding a really good personal
trainer helps actually get me into that.
And that was my me time and I felt those happy endorphins
pumping around my body and that set me up for the rest of the
day to get on with it. And how many times a week do you
do that? So I was training most every
morning. Yeah, not not so much anymore.
I trained 3 mornings a week and I do Pilates once a week.
For your marriage to Max, you didn't have one wedding dress or
even 2, but you had an incredible 3.
Oh yeah. Can you tell me about?
Them So the first wedding dress was Oh my gosh, I got married to
Max seven weeks after having Wolfie.
So that was a halfpenny dress and it was just a simple silk
dress with I had like a pretty card, not cardigan.
Like a little shrug. Yes, it was.
Or Cape. Yeah, like a waven kind of
floral Cape. Anyway, so I was very, very,
very feeling. I wasn't feeling confident at
all. And I remember Kate was
brilliant. She was like, and I felt
beautiful in the dress and that was the first dress.
And actually it was a very laid back, you know.
Chelsea Westminster. No, Chelsea, Mr. Sorry, that's a
hospital. What's it called?
The Chelsea Registry Office. Yeah, where my parents got
married and Max's parents got married and then we went back to
our house and had a party in the garden and the second, So the,
the real, the, the real party is not the wedding.
It's actually, sadly, my mother can make my wedding in Corfu and
Max's father couldn't make a wedding coffee.
So we're really lucky we managed to get them both there at the
registry office. And was that sort of why you?
We did, yeah. I didn't think, yes.
Max's father wasn't very well and my mother has Ms. so she
wasn't able to kind of get out there.
So we did that for for us as well.
It's quite it was a lovely day, really special day.
Personal too. Yeah, it was really lovely.
And we've got brilliant like, yeah.
So we made a real lovely day of it.
And then the party with a three day party in Corfu, I was
wearing Liz Martinez. Yeah, and they were, and she was
brilliant. I went to so many different
showrooms, every sort, every dress under the sun.
And I really wanted something which was a little sheer, was
cool enough in the heat, and a little bit of glitz at the same
time. And I loved, especially loved my
first dress when I came off the boat, walked down the aisle at
the White House in coffee. And then my second dress was
fairly similar, but actually more party party by.
But I I thought that first dress, you walking off the boat
and just that little bit of Sheerness, it was absolutely
beautiful. Thank you very much, gorgeous.
There's a lot coming from you. Love that.
Do are your children now? I mean especially India.
Is she of an age where she's got opinions on your style?
Yeah, she'll say. Oh, mummy look really pretty.
Wow, Mummy look like Princess Elsa or yeah, she's the
ultimate. Yeah, she she only had the hand.
Oh, my goodness. I'm having such a nightmare with
her trying to get her into clothes that I like she would
wear. She's like me.
She was. She's got an issue with having
anything tied around her waist. She's got a few sensory issues
like scratchy socks with the tight things around her waist.
That's why this was very good timing with this whole marks
Spencer's rage. But yeah, she she's going
through that 7 going on 17 stage.
How should you go about choosing your clothes for the different
events or meetings that you're attending?
Is that all with your stylist flick?
'S a really big help in that, but I kind of have an idea a lot
more now because of her. So I don't always rely on her as
much. Now it's kind of getting, I'm
getting better. That's it.
How would you describe your style DNA in three words?
Cozy, practical and sometimes a little chic.
I don't know. Yeah.
Fundamentally, who do you think you dress for?
Myself. What is the sexiest look you
wear? He likes me in tight trousers,
which I obviously it's not in fashion anymore.
So he's really pissed off about that sex.
I think just messy volumous hair and a kind of off the shoulder
bardo top or something or like a kind of or like a tight fit.
Like I don't know how to say it like a really like a cool dress,
like a bottom, like a, like a mermaid bottom.
I don't know how you say I'm talking to you make me very
nervous about how to how to how to say things like fashionables
ways. But something something like
kind of, yeah. I like the kind of seventies 80s
look. I think it suits my round face
shape and those kind of like more curvy looks.
OK, got it. Don't know, got it.
Face if you don't know. What is stay at home, cocooned,
chill out, Binky wearing? I've got some American venture
to have done, some really cool K world track suits and different
colours, different style bottoms and I'm pretty much in those a
lot. Or the my Valley kind of
joggers. Or like all the ones.
Now I know you love your beauty. Is beauty?
Is your beauty routine part of sort of yourself care?
Yes, although I don't actually do a huge amount of self-care in
that respect. I I don't ever get you know, I
do. I do actually have profilo.
I've done that twice now and I didn't love it.
The second time I thought my face went went even rounder than
it actually already is, which I didn't want.
But I don't tend to get facials an awful lot.
I like face gym. And why do you like that?
I just love the feel of it and also it makes my.
It's supposed to make your face look slimmer I guess.
Your muscle. Your muscles are activated.
In and Do you feel like it? Does it looks so good after?
Sadly doesn't last very long. It lasts a few hours.
I think it's good to do it before an event.
A few hours, right, Maybe a half a day, a day and.
So how often would you go and do that?
I think I'd probably, if I actually organised myself
better, I'd probably do it before an event like a big red
carpet event. Would you say that you've got a
style icon? No, I don't have a style icon.
Do you ever you ever attempted to sort of flick through
Pinterest or Instagram and sort of almost build a Binky mood
board for your stylist? Or does she do?
That I screenshot an awful lot. I'm like flick, I love this.
Can you, you know, can we can we try and find something to go
with that top or these shoes? So I am and I'm following
obviously brands and kind of influence like fashion
influences. So who, who influences you?
There's not. Are there any people in
particular that you sort of follow and think, oh, she's
really got it right? There's a few slightly, I can't
think specifically who, but there's a lot of like smaller
Instagram accounts. I can't.
There's one girl called Valeria, She's brilliant.
There's a couple I have to go through and have a look
actually. But yeah, there's a smaller, I
like the smaller kind of accounts.
But coming back to beauty, hair, makeup, manicures, hair, I know
you've been sort of quite vocal about the fact that you used to
have a lot of hair extensions. Oh my goodness.
So talk to me about that. Awful.
I mean it was a trend back in the day to have hair extensions
but not like mine. I had about 1000 things in my
hair. They were the bond, micro bonds.
And I remember my head, I had it cut so many times and it was not
growing and I'm very conscious of my round cheeks.
So the more hair in my head at the time was the better.
And I mean, it was just, it wasn't done.
It was done by someone very well, but it was too long and
too thick. And some of the pictures I could
cry looking at now. I mean, there's a few really
awful looks that I used to have with those and the time it took
to get them in, take them out. And my hair was just kind of
falling out with these bonds. Like it was horrific.
Thank goodness when after I just, I got to a point in my
life, I thought, I just don't even like them anymore.
And I, I got them out. They they, I loved them because
they made everything, you know, longer and thicker at the ends
and I could deal with more things with them, but it just,
it just didn't work for me and. What about beauty and nails
Take. A look at them today and pop a
couple of popped off before I came.
Typically I like to get my my my nails shellac done on my hands
and feet and. And is that because you're in
and out of water with kids? I couldn't wear normal Polish,
it would be a disaster. They chip straight away so yes,
it has to be shellac and beauty wise love my Charlotte Tilbury,
my Charlotte Tilbury Magic cream, and I mean I love all her
products really. It makes for a bit of Mac.
When did you feel that you really sort of nailed your your
makeup look? Because, you know, I haven't.
Got there yet? No, I don't.
I look awful. I didn't sleep, but I was like
WADA was up all night. But that's very kind of you to
say you've got. Youth on your.
Side Oh my goodness. Well, I mean, I definitely feel
like the bags are coming. I've never done the salmon sperm
thing, have you? Seriously, do we have to get
into that? It's a bit weird, isn't it?
Yeah. Yes, I've heard mixed reviews
about it. I don't want to put salmon sperm
in my eyes. Yeah, the whole thing, The whole
thing in my eyes. I mean, what about?
What about other tweetments? I heard a bit of Botox that Max
can't watch this. I think it's all natural.
I like Max. It's like you don't need to do
it. You don't need to don't like
Max. You met me with it, so sorry.
I'm not like I'm having. I've never frowned in my life.
I mean, I don't like it when it's just been done.
I have to say I don't like it. It feels well, I feel like I get
like a panic attack if I can't lift my eyebrows.
So the more it wears off, the better I find it.
It's too if it's too, I like some movement.
You've got to find a good one there.
A good a good doctor. Yeah, I don't know who was it?
It was Catherine Ryan saying babies need to see your your.
Face move. And I loved that, actually.
Such a good idea, such a good thing to.
Say, coming back to your wardrobe, is it beautifully
organized? And it's.
Kind of coordinated. Oh my goodness.
Not me, obviously. Inflicted it all.
Can't take that. I can't own that, I'm afraid.
No, she's, I mean, honestly, she's just been amazing.
She does. She sounds.
Like, she's brilliant. She's become a real old friend.
Yeah, she's a gift. She's become a really close
friend now as well. What would you say was your
worst fashion moment? There's been plenty, there's
been loads in fact. But I think probably my worst
was typically when we won a bloody BAFTA.
No, it was. It wasn't the best.
What were you wearing? Something hideous and pink.
It's like a it was, it wasn't like honestly, when magazine,
when I get interviewed and I always get asked that question
and I said, I'm not telling you because I know what you're going
to do. You're going to go and find a
picture and post it in the magazine or whatever it is.
But it yes, it's it was at the Baftas I think was one of my
worst, but it has been quite a few.
And that Baftas dress, had you chosen that you're.
It was a it was an all in one pantsuit and I think I'd found
it very last minute. Like most things, I'd found it
very last minute and it fit. On a more positive note, let's
talk about travel. Do you have a particular travel
look? I wished I was.
My mother always used to dress up for the airport and I think
it's such a love. I I love that.
But that was probably in an era when if you were dressed well,
you got upgraded if you're flying long haul.
No, Yeah, really. Absolutely.
Cheeky minx. She knew what she.
Was doing. She knew what she was.
Doing No, I'm just comfy. Yeah, yeah, always comfy.
Good Packer, Bad Packer. Awful Packer.
I'm the Packer that will sit on the bag while and Max is like
watching me wanting to cry because he is very organized.
He travels a lot. So he's got it down to a tee.
He rolls things up. He's got and so he actually does
my bag quite a lot. He packs for me.
I just Chuck everything on the bed and he's just, I mean,
honestly hilarious. So you're not a planner, no.
And if you're going for longer than overnight, how many bags do
you honestly take? I'm really good.
Just one. Just one big one.
Unless you have the pressure of influencer shooting.
Yes, yes well flicks may try to get me to bring 2 bags before
and I've just said Max wait allow it so.
On the note of influencer shooting, are you now at a stage
where if you get approached by a brand that you don't like their
their clothes, you won't do? It 100%, but that's what they
that's me with every brand I work with because it's just so
see through. If you don't like the brand or
whatever, there's no your followers are going to know.
Immediately, yeah. Which brand would you say is
your guilty secret and why? Is it?
Well I've got this Ugg slip on shoes which I live in.
They're not the most glamorous but they are bloody comfy and I
wear them every day. Sound like your slippers?
They've got that little cool like trim around, you know what
I'm talking about. They've got that little
platform. They're they're they're, they're
not the most fashionable, but I do love them.
What, if anything, do you feel you have an excessive amount of
in your wardrobe gym? Clothes.
And guilty secret What is the most expensive item of clothing
or accessory that you've ever bought?
You don't have to tell me the price.
Tag I think it'll it'll be my Chanel handbag for sure.
Handbag or bags? Well, there's one in particular
that is quite expensive, but they're all quite expensive.
And the particular was quite expensive, Yeah.
And the shoes are quite expensive, yes.
But I think in the Chanel, the Chanel classic Chanel handbag
was my most expensive. And if I were to say to you bags
or shoes? Bags.
Oh, it used to be bags. Maybe it's more shoe.
Maybe I should say shoes. I've got to go.
So honestly, how many pairs of shoes do you own?
Oh. My goodness, not that many.
I didn't know how many. How many is a lot.
I know people have got more than me, but 15 pairs?
Oh, there's nothing. Now I know I'm really good.
I'm trying really hard. Amazing.
I mean, on that note, let's talk about your approach to
sustainable fashion. Yes, you know, what do you do
with your clothes when you've had enough of them?
I either put a couple on vintage but mainly charity shop.
Are you putting your Alaya shoes on vintage?
These are going to be worn until they're breaking.
Spoiler alert, exactly. Binky's a liar.
Yeah, yeah, these are staying on.
I'm not getting rid of these. No, these will have to kind of
fall off my feet before I. And if it's a more designer
piece, would you ever sell a Chanel bag for example?
I think I'd like to pass them down to India.
Lovely, yeah. Do you buy vintage?
I've only ever bought 1 vintage item and it's it was this
beautiful Valentino sheepskin coat they found in a charity
shop. Oh my yeah it's amazing.
Where was the in West Sussex? Wow.
Yeah, I know as I was blown away.
How much did you pay for it? Gosh, I can't remember.
I think a couple of 100 lbs. Wow, it's beautiful.
It's very heavy and oversized. Yeah, yeah.
Oh what a fine and and your stylist doesn't put you in
vintage? She actually doesn't, but I
think I I'd like to find some really lovely vintage jewelry
and bags. Although I do like to get the
boxes they come in. No, but jewelry.
I'd love to find some more vintage jewelry.
I'm always scared of wearing rings though.
Do you know what I mean? I feel like wearing vintage
rings. I'm scared that I once was told
that it's bad luck to put someone else's ring on and it's
always scared me because of the story they've held or the things
that's gone through. I don't know, maybe that's an
old wives tale. What would you say is the oldest
piece in your wardrobe? Probably my Chanel handbag, my
first ever one. And how old were you when you
bought that? I was filming made in Chelsea,
South of France and I was with my mom when I bought it, so
that's probably 2015. And was that sort of made in
Chelsea spoils? That was a treat to sell.
It was my first real hamburger I ever bought and it was really
exciting and it was perfect setting.
I was in Cannes in the Chanel store with my mom who tried not
to visit me, and she's like coming.
And I scared it. And I just being paid.
And I was like, OK. And I think that's yeah, I think
that's probably my my pride. It's not the most beautiful one,
but it was my first. So let's spin on to some quick
fires. OK, quick questions.
OK, what fashion advice would you give your 20 year old self?
Just for yourself. Fashion trend or era you'd most
like to see make a comeback? Skinny Jean in some ways.
You'd like to make well. So for Max, yes, well, it's
it's. Back on some catwalks.
Is it? Which fashionable beauty trend
would you like to consign to Room 101?
The Crocs. Last impulse by the.
Bottega bag in the airport. News on tattoos.
I've got 1 and it's horrific so I would probably suggest India
doesn't get a tattoo. What is it?
I need to get it removed. It could be worse.
Look at my awful fake tag I'm having.
OK, anyway, the story behind it is I really wanted a tattoo and
my brother and my mom said, OK, come on then.
And we went to Fulham Rd. tattoo shop and they were like, we had
a couple, we'd have a really fun lunch as a family.
And they were like going through these screens trying to find the
tattoo. I'd rather them like that one,
that one. And so I got it with them.
And even though it's horrific, it's got a nice story behind.
It How old were you when you had that?
I was working at Candy and Candy, so I was 1819.
High end or High Street? High Street.
Or bear. Bear.
Summer or winter? Winter.
Minimalism or maximalism? Minimalism.
Oh, I can't believe I just said that.
All right. Couture or charity shop?
It's, I'd like to say charity shop, but I actually.
Couture I think so. Crocs, cute or puke?
I think you've answered that. Puke sneakers or stilettos.
Sneakers. I know, I know.
But if I'm being honest, I'm always I'm, I mean, I, I, I like
getting dressed up. Boyfriends or wide legs as in
jeans? Oh.
What's a boyfriend? Let's move right on.
Body con or boho? Boho every time.
Trilby or Tracy? Again, you've lost me.
Philip Tracy. OK, we'll move on.
Sports Lux or rock chick? Sports lux Red carpet or Relax
Relax. Trendle.
Style, style, colour or monochrome.
Colour. Experimental or uniform?
Experimental. Cashmere or cotton cashmere?
Hoarder or editor? Editor.
Now, she whispers. Now.
Shapewear or sexy lingerie? Oh, I need to get more into the
sexy laundry thing. Not laundry.
Oh, my God. Lingerie.
This goes to show, I mean, honestly, yeah, I I need to do
this. Do you not?
I just find if I try to look sexy at night, I think if I
walked out and something gorgeous, I think I burst out
laughing and so did Matt. I just, I just don't think I
could keep a straight face wearing it.
Tights or stockings? Tights.
Bikini or One Piece 0? Hmm interesting.
I think it's like 5050 on that one.
Depends how I'm feeling. Finally, traditional last
question. At the end of the day, what do
you or don't you wear in bed? I don't wear anything my
birthday suit, which I've got to stop doing because on the show
that if you watch the second episode of Be on Chelsea, we're
talking about, you know what, if there was a fire or something
horrific in the middle of the night, you know, I would have to
run out completely naked. And so I've thought about that
ever since, and I'm now wearing one of Max's oversized shirts,
which is not sexy. What?
Just in case, the house. Just in case something happens
and I have to run out naked. I'd be my neighbours would be
they're they're slightly older. I think I think you're you're
mates on Beyond Chelsea are catastrophizing slightly.
I know it's busy. Strip the shirt.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Thank you. Thank you for sharing this
afternoon with me on this grey, miserable day.
That's. Sorry can I just interrupt This
is the breakup bridge of Made in Chelsea.
How many times were you on that breakup bridge?
A couple of times, but this is a the Albert Bridge is iconic in
made in Chelsea for people breaking up so you just.
As I'm traumatizing you by making you.
Sit in front of it. Thank you so much for having.
Me. Oh, what fun.
Thank you. Brilliant.