Confessions of a Customising Addict

“Hello, Fashion Addicts Anonymous? I’ve got a problem – I just can’t stop customising things. Wait. Oh God, is that a lamé bow…?”

As crises of the soul go, it’s tame, I know. But my penchant for embellishment has got more and more extreme with age. As the high street has got ever more homogenised and pieces on offer have got less and less unique, I’ve become more obsessed with how to make everything I own just a little more, well, me. It means I’ve developed a well-trodden...