I got a Love Islander makeover from eBay’s style director, I’m a lumpy size 12 but all fears about my flab were banished
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FELICITY CROSS is invited into the Love Island wardrobe department to dress like the villa stars. They are tanned and toned and have already made the Love Island villa their catwalk, sporting eye-popping outfits. In their vinyl cut-out dresses and sparkly crop tops, the All Stars girls on parade in Cape Town, South Africa could not be further from, well, normal women like me.
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I’m days off turning 40 and more likely to wear jeans than anything skimpy. But there’s one thing different about this year’s Islanders — they’re all a little bit older than is usual on the show. India Reynolds is 34, Ekin-Su Culculoglu is 30 and Elma Pazar is 31.
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The lads clocked up even more years — Marcel Somerville is 39 and Scott Thomas 36. So I set Love Island wardrobe mistress Amy Bannerman a challenge: Could someone like me really dress up like these (slightly older) Islanders?. Amy is the style director behind the dating show’s partnership with eBay, which is now in its sixth series.
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She curates designer looks for the Islanders by picking out pre-loved pieces from the online marketplace. So her challenge with me was two-fold. Could she not only dress me, but also prove such head-turning outfits can really be found online?. She says: “That’s the beauty of eBay. The more high-end pre-loved pieces aren’t necessarily expensive.
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