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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
As told to Chloe Mac Donnell

Miquita Oliver’s forever fashion: ‘I first wore this on Popworld. It was the early 00s – absolute chaos!’

Miquita Oliver
‘Clothes are our own personal history’ … Miquita Oliver. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

I nicked this top off my cousin, Naima, when I was 18. She bought it at a flea market in New York, but it’s originally from Victoria’s Secret. I love the straps that cross at the back; it’s simple, but very chic.

I first wore it on Popworld [the Channel 4 music show Oliver co-presented from 2001 to 2006] with a very short skirt. We didn’t have any dressing guidelines – it was the early 00s, it was absolute chaos! We did have a stylist, but I didn’t enjoy working with them because I wanted to wear secondhand clothes.

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