Erin O'Connor
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Shooting hosiery on top of an iceberg and getting my backside stuck to it.
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Hop-picking in Kent when I was 13. The smell was dreadful, and put me off beer for life.
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I was a Harrods store detective for a day. I was so bad at it, one of the other detectives thought I looked suspicious and reported me.
About five years ago, I was in a play that was an unmitigated disaster. I had to rally the troops and go out every night.
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Camping with my parents in the south of France. We went every year with the beautiful bell tent they made on a sewing machine. We even had a lavatory tent which was fabulous except, one day, it blew away with my father in it.
Boarding school. It was horrible.
Threat of nuclear war, Iran/US situation, Syria, everything. I take sleeping pills.
Raising awareness of ethical and environmental issues in the clothing industry. I think I was the original whistleblower within fashion.
To my parents, for being such a bitch.
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