Nicola Sturgeon is living proof women become sexier with age, income and office

Home Top

show ad

Two Florida high school students die in crash that ripped their Mercedes in half after 17-year-old driver lost control and hit a tree
A hero's selfie! Spencer Stone poses from his hospital bed with Alek Skarlatos as police hunt for mystery woman he was defending before he was stabbed at gay club
Drop a dress size in just TEN days: The healthy (and tasty) eating plan that beats the bloat without the need for any exercise
Counselling services at college have doubled because millennials are having 'emotional crises over everyday life', psychologist claims
Aerosmith demands that Donald Trump stop using band's hit song Dream On as part of his campaign
Hillary goes into first primary debate with record low 'honest and trustworthy' poll rating - but Trump is no better!
Mother outraged after hospital worker told her daughter, 4, 'I bet he likes you' after boy hit her and left her needing STITCHES
Trump warns Syrian refugees could be ISIS 'Trojan horse' in the US and blasts Merkel for 'insane' plan to accept more than 1 million migrants in Germany
Trump says he has a concealed-carry license and sometimes packs heat: 'I feel much better being armed'
'Democratic socialist' Bernie Sanders insists he's no capitalist as he pledges to raise taxes and spend $1 TRILLION on make-work jobs fixing roads and bridges
Joe Biden terrorized staff, called them 'dumb f**ks' and plagiarized speeches during 1988 presidential campaign, book claims
Only 158 families are behind more than HALF of the funding for the presidential candidates
Trump hits back at Barry Diller after media mogul brands him a 'huckster' and threatens to leave the United States if he becomes President
New York Giants player could lose HIS FOOT due to mystery MRSA infection that might be fatal if it is able to spread into his blood blood
Richard Nixon thought bombing of Vietnam achieved 'zilch' despite publicly claiming it was a success according to a forgotten note written in 1972
Team USA soccer star Tim Howard branded a 'hypocrite' after he 'begged his ex girlfriend to have an abortion because he couldn't afford another child'
Shia LaBeouf tweets cryptic message two days after his arrest for public intoxication as witness claims actor was 'either extremely drunk or high on drugs'
Customer shoots dead armed would-be robber at South Carolina Waffle House
Growing up albino: Stunning photo series featuring people with albinism puts the spotlight on their beautiful and unique features
'I was arrogant, narcissistic, caught up in the culture of winning': Prosecutor who helped put an innocent man on death row for 30 years admits he was a 'coward'
Times Square topless ladies say they will refuse to leave despite city officials desires to confine performers to 'activity zones'
Cops found loyal service dog still by the side of disabled woman who was killed in her wheelchair by Oregon gunman
14-year-old accidentally shoots and kills hunting guide during excursion in Maryland
Rage of the Fuhrer revealed: Historians uncover 1942 rant by Hitler against 'flabby' and 'useless' Nazi generals who couldn't conquer Russia

Sturgeon has shed pounds, bleached her hair and mixed up her outfits
Made the male leaders' dark suits seem as old as their arguments in debate

By Liz Jones For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 17:59 EST, 4 April 2015 | Updated: 08:54 EST, 5 April 2015

314

View
comments

Nicola Sturgeon is most definitely the most dangerous woman in Britain.

Not because she might well cosy up to Ed Miliband and keep David Cameron out of office, but because she is living proof that women become sexier with age, income and office. No wonder her male rivals are terrified.

While in 2001 she dressed according to the Angela Merkel school of leadership – a boxy, androgynous look from a woman who had lost her waist along with her sanity, topped and tailed with a Krankies haircut and orthopaedic shoes – today she has shed pounds, bleached her hair, squeezed her feet into Kurt Geiger heels, and for the leaders’ debate last week, rocked a coral two-piece by the aptly named Scottish design label Totty Rocks.

Scroll down for video

Nicola Sturgeon (left in 2001; right in 2015) is most definitely the most dangerous woman in Britain. Not because she might well cosy up to Ed Miliband and keep David Cameron out of office, but because she is living proof that women become sexier with age, income and office

In 2001 she dressed according to the Angela Merkel school of leadership – a boxy, androgynous look from a woman who had lost her waist along with her sanity, topped and tailed with a Krankies (above) haircut and orthopaedic shoes

Her outfit made the male leaders’ dark suits seem as old as their arguments.

She also eclipsed Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood (too feminine) and the Greens’ Natalie Bennett (too hemp).

THE HAIR

2001: I really don’t trust a woman who says she doesn’t have time to go to the hair salon, apply make-up, or steam the creases from her trousers...

Now: Gone is the fright wig, and in its place is a chic, choppy, youthful but not frivolous, golden halo of Princess Diana-like loveliness – a ray of sunshine that says this woman means business.

She has shed pounds, bleached her hair, squeezed her feet into Kurt Geiger heels, and for the leaders’ debate last week, rocked a coral two-piece by the aptly named Scottish design label Totty Rocks

THE ACCESSORIES

2001: No one except the Queen looks good with a brooch, seen here as a last-minute addition to stop its wearer appearing too bland.

Now: Simple stud earrings and an under-stated watch avoid too much frivolity. I’d like her to carry a bag though.

THE DIET

2001: I can hear female voters muttering, ‘She didn’t have time to get her hair done, but she certainly found time to eat!’ Sturgeon appears slow-moving and complacent.

Now: I can hardly believe this is the same woman: she appears confident, fit, and full of dynamic energy. Here, Sturgeon is all womanly curves and upright posture.

THE OUTFIT

2001: This grey, rather Maoist trouser suit by Debenhams looks like an outsize school uniform. Shapeless, boxy and designed to shroud rather than flatter, it is the ultimate wallflower’s wardrobe choice, not a style statement for a parliamentary candidate who wants to be noticed.

Now: The Queen knows a bright colour means she can be spotted easily, and I love this spring green (new leader, new shoots!) outfit by British label Hobbs: a silk and cotton blend jacket, £189, and a print dress, £149. The length is spot-on, while bracelet sleeves stop a jacket becoming too masculine.

THE SHOES

2001: These are the sort of shoes M&S does so well: navy, square and comfortable. We don’t want our politicians to be comfy, we want them to suffer! Sturgeon resembles a double-glazing salesperson at the annual works do.

Now: While somewhat passé in fashion circles, thanks to the Duchess of Cambridge, the flesh-nude LK Bennett court shoe is nevertheless an eternally flattering choice that elongates the leg and emphasises a slender ankle.