Women place ‘too much pressure on looking like celebs’
March 9th, 2010
We here at Secret Sales HQ are forever pouring over fashion magazines in the hope of emulating the clothing trends of our favourite celebrities (Carey Mulligan is the number one choice for me at the moment).
But while we are fully aware that Hollywood stars have teams of stylists picking out hoards of fabulous designer clothes for them, personal trainers aplenty and dozens of people responsible for their hair and makeup, trying to look like them can be, quite frankly, exhausting.
And it would appear that one expert agrees - Dr Dawn Harper, of the gruesomely addictive Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies, says that women place far too much pressure on themselves to try and look like their favourite celebrities.
She states: "We are bombarded with images of beautiful celebrities who not only have personal trainers and a makeup artist and a hairdresser and a stylist, but also they have the benefit of the best photographers and the odd airbrush."
However, Dawn adds that for we mere mortals, trying to look like a celebrity just isn’t practical. Phew, I’ve never heard a better excuse to spend an evening alone with a family-sized bar of chocolate!
She goes on to suggest that looking good is all about how you feel - if you know that a little black designer dress made you feel a million dollars last time you wore it, why not pull it out again?
"If you feel good generally you will feel better about yourself," says Dawn.
A recent survey by Tena Lady revealed that 53 per cent of women questioned feel that they are judged on their physical appearance when they first meet a new person.
Do you think it’s unrealistic to try and look like a celebrity?






















