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Lynn Enright: ‘With spring’s arrival, I’m finally ready to go back to real clothes’


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by Lynn Enright
08th Mar 2021

Read time: 6 mins

Photo: Zara, Asos, Rixo

Lynn Enright senses new beginnings, and a sign that she should start perusing bikinis online.

All it took was a bed of purple crocuses, half trampled-on but resilient. I saw them in the park and took them as a sign. A sign of hope, a sign of new beginnings, a sign that I should start perusing bikinis online. For months now, I have worn the same thing: black leggings or very occasionally a pair of slouchy jeans; a flannel shirt or one of three jumpers; slippers or Birkenstocks. When I...

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