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Doing a spot of Monday night shopping (what? A girl’s got to relax somehow!) I was tying on a few jumpers. And it struck me that chunky knits are called chunky knits because they make you look….well, chunky!

Which is fine if you’re waif-like and in need of some bulking up. But for a buxom babe, they can spell fashion disaster. Too wide a rib, too heavy a collar and you look like a big box on a pair of legs! Plus, how practical are they really? Outside in winter you’ll still need a jacket as the wind whips through them – that is, of course, if you can actually find one to fit over the thing. And wearing it inside you’ll can end up as sweaty as a polar bear in the Caribbean! (Yes, I was struggling for a decent metaphor there!) About the only thing they’re practical for is going with your flanny jammies for a Saturday of mid-winter couch loafing.

So this winter, go for the finer knits, sans bulky cable, in a range of lovely colours and then pair with some of the fab little, waisted crop jackets around -or a long, sweeping, shaped coast for outside - that have the bonus of hiding all manner of bulgy bits.