Helen Tansey
Ask The Kit is the real-talk advice column you never knew you needed. Every week, writer Leanne Delap answers your pressing beauty and style questions. How can I find good plus-size options? How can I get shiny hair? How do I define my style? Send your Qs to
“I’m in my 50s and would love some suggestions for summer styles that are feminine but not girly. I tend to play it safe with knee-length T-shirt dresses, but I’m getting really bored with that!” Thanks, Jess
We would never leave you bored with your T-shirt dress! Getting stuck in a rut is something we all experience (at every age), especially right now when we are strangers to our own closets. It’s time to pull out my secret fashion weapon to clear a path out of the mire. Susie Sheffman is one of my favourite humans: When I think of her and her long and celebrated career as an editorial fashion director and advertising stylist, I think of her stuffing hockey bags full of designer clothes to take to glamorous shoots, animatedly filling out the endless