Voices: River Island may have to close… but I’ll cherish the memories of my 1990s fashion disasters

River Island is reportedly at risk collapse ‘within weeks’ - (AFP/Getty)

For my 13th birthday in the 1990s, all I dreamed about was a denim button-up dress from River Island worn over an oatmeal bodysuit.

Oatmeal – the height of sophistication! Not boring school shirt-white, not bland-old beige – but oatmeal. Slightly ribbed, with minute white flecks like a speckled egg. If I only had that bodysuit, I’d look exactly like Nicole Appleton from All Saints – I just knew it.