This one menopause side-effect no one talks about meant I had to throw out half my wardrobe... and no, I didn't go up a dress size!
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As I drop another item on to the bedroom floor, my daughter, Sophie, fixes me with a quizzical look. We're sorting through my cupboards, so I can have a clear-out and she can assess if there's anything worth selling online. Sophie's clearly perplexed by the sheer volume of items being discarded. 'You really want to get rid of all of these things?' she muses with disbelief, as she holds up a size ten lilac-coloured number from Reiss which I bought several years ago. Memorably (for me, anyway), I wore it for my inaugural appearance on Question Time.
![[Angela before she went through the menopause and got her 'mid-life' chest]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/20/87325575-13633177-image-m-18_1720983648462.jpg)
It's not the only outfit to be jettisoned during this ruthless cull — from the royal blue Max Mara dress, accessorised with a gilt star-shaped belt, that I wore to a family wedding, to a yellow button-down frock sprigged with white roses and which, though only a few years old, would still see me through plenty of summer parties.
![[Angela poses in a pink dress while on holiday in the Greek countryside]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/20/87325579-13633177-Angela_poses_in_a_pink_dress_while_on_holiday_in_Greece-a-21_1720984013802.jpg)
It's even time to say goodbye to Diane von Furstenberg — namely, a navy checked DVF shirt dress — despite the fact it was a gift from my husband Martin. Now don't get me started on my tops. I'm particularly sorry to see a powder blue sweater hit the decks, since it's my favourite colour.
In short, this has been a full-scale blitz. Why? Put simply, my expanding midlife bust no longer fits into them. You see, in the past five years, my bra size has increased from a neat C cup to a rather unwelcome E, even though my hips and waist have remained unchanged.
