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CLOTHES LINES:The secret of astute wardrobe organisation is to spend your money where you spend your time. That's according to Mary Holmes, who set up Ruby Seven image consultancy two years ago. With experience of both personal and corporate clients, she reckons that 40-50 per cent of the wardrobe of someone who works from nine to five, Monday to Friday should be workwear, with the balance made up of weekend leisurewear.

"Your way of dressing should correspond to your lifestyle," she says "A lot of people who are not happy in their work spend on what they wear at weekends because that's what they associate with real life." A big mistake, she thinks. Clients seek advice because they want a change of image, or because they buy separates without having anything to put with them, or buy the wrong colours or shapes.