wardrobe raider: lilah parsons

MY YUMI
CREATIONS

DESIGNER SHOES
MOTIVATED ME TO
PASS MY EXAMS!

I come from an arty

background, so I was 
thrilled to get the chance
to be creative for Yumi 
and design my own collection
[dress, 49]. Ive probably
been a bit of a nightmare to
work with because I just want 
it to be so perfect and it is!

Model-turned-TV-presenter, Lilah Parsons, 27, takes us through her fun

andeclectic wardrobe of fashion gems

BOX BEAUTY

GET SHIRTY

Aspinal is such a cult

British brand. I have a
really nice maroon saddle
bag and this box bag
[425] was gifted to me.

I love to wear blouses

like this from Orla Kiely
[83.60, down from
209] with skinny jeans
or leather pants.

BAGFULS
OF FUN

My bag collection is
cheeky in comparison
to my clothes.

COAT CRAZY

WELL HEELED

GREEN DREAM
Im a huge Orla Kiely
fan her retro/modern
designs, like this dress
[130, down from 325],
really sum up my style.

MY GUILTY
PLEASURE
I bought this with my
first modelling pay
cheque, aged 20. Its
a mini Mulberry Alexa
clutch and cost 450. 
I felt really guilty, but
Ive got the cost per
wear down to under 
a pound by now!

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I have a few designer

pairs, but Im so worried
about wrecking them
that most of my goingout shoes are highstreet they wear 
out so quickly!

Im really big on coats

and nearly all of mine are
from the high street. M&S
do brilliant ones this was
mylast buy [120].

BAGS
OF LOVE
I borrowed an outfit
from Burberry for
the British Fashion
Awards. I wore a pretty
special midi-length
lace dress and carried
this suede mini bucket
bag [1,695] which
Burberry let me keep.

WELL LACED

LIP SERVICE

When I saw this Coast

dress [95] I just had to
have it as it reminded
me of the Burberry one
I borrowed.

I love kooky designers like

Charlotte Olympia, Sophia
Webster and Lulu Guinness,
who designed this bag [245].

I HAVE A HUGE 
COAT COLLECTION

FASHION

ID LIKE TO LABEL MY

STYLE PARISIAN CHIC
NOTE TO SELF

RETRO KEEPSAKE
This silk scarf belonged to my
grandmother. Shes passed away
now, but it still amazes me to
think she was born in 1910, this
isvery precious.

IN THE FRAME
I remember walking
through the streets of Paris
and buying old copies of
Parisian fashion magazines
to frame and put up in my
room as a teenager.

EXAM TREAT

ACE OF SPADE
Everything in the Kate Spade shop makes
me happy. I wore this dress to aBAFTAs
party recently and I also have alittle
wishbone necklace from there.

These Chlo shoes were

bought for me by my aunt 
as a post-exam treat when
I was 16 well, more of an
incentive really. They cost
320 I thought that was an
unreal amount of money and
was so scared to put them on,
so Ive only worn them twice!

l Check out the Yumi by Lilah

collection at Yumi.co.uk. Also
available in selected stores

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COMPILED BY DANIELA BELLANCA AND KAT BYRNE. PHOTOGRAPHER: LIZ GREGG MAKE-UP: ATHENA SKOUVAKIS/FRANK AGENCY

My initialled notebook has my

whole life in it. I worry Ill leave
it on the train one day and
everyone will discover all of my
secrets! As for sunglasses, Im
forever breaking the arms, so I
buy inexpensive ones like these
from Claires Accessories [8]!