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The Chic Young Divorcée - The Fence

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I am generally against personal essays. I think they are undignified. Which is unfortunate for me, because when you get divorced, as I have just done, all anyone wants to know is what happened. I am not that young – but I am young to be divorced. My advice for anyone who feels self-conscious about their age would simply be: don’t get botox, get divorced. What happened was this. On the day itself, I put the wedding dress on first before getting the creases out. I was too nervous to steam it properly. My hands were trembling. ‘It has wrinkles at the bottom’, my friend said. She looked very beautiful in her own creaseless bridesmaid dress, which was green. She had a dark tan that’s incongruous with her freckles. The overall effect, I felt, looked appropriately Irish. The photographer was there, trying to be unobtrusive, taking photos in the background. I had only eaten crisps for breakfast, and when I went to the shop to buy them there were several armed police officers in the queue, whic

The Chic Young Divorcée | The Fence Skip to content Home Features The Chic Young Divorcée Author Róisín Lanigan 19 December 2023 Fashion Opinion Text size A A A Reading progress Share Issue 18 £7.99 View issue → Author Róisín Lanigan Text size A A A Reading progress Share 19 December 2023 Fashion Opinion Making a swift 180 down the aisle. I am generally against personal essays. I think they are undignified. Which is unfortunate for me, because when you get divorced, as I have just done, all anyone wants to know is what happened. I am not that young – but I am young to be divorced. My advice fo

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