Anna Wintour’s wardrobe hack is a bombshell that puts most of us to shame

April 24, 2026 — 11:00am

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Possibly defying both logic and fashion, my wardrobe is a massively random time capsule. There’s my nan Beatrice’s chocolate fake fur. Mum’s late ’60s aqua crocheted mini. My creepy first bra. The coat hanger from long-gone Block Arcade couturier Alouette that held the bridesmaid dress for my sister’s wedding.

My wedding veil (handmade by Melbourne bridal doyenne Jane Hill back when she sewed in the front room of her house) and the dressing gown our son Felix slouched around in as a teenager. My daughter Sadie’s year 11 formal dress, a yellow and black snakeskin Cue job which I wore to ring in 2019.

There are tonnes more, from pregnancy bikinis to 1990s Genki striped tops to Scanlan Theodore copper harem pants with genie-from-Aladdin energy. I love everything, even the coat hanger. Time and place and a few grass stains and a vein of Fracas........

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