Mum and Daughter Swap Shop! ; We Think of Some Shops As Only Being for Women in Their 40s, 50s and Beyond, and Others Just for the Young. But What Happens When You Switch? To Find Out We Dressed One Mum and Daughter From Stores They'd Never Usually Go To...

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Readers Carol Cahill and her daughter Niamh had always shopped in stores they thought were appropriate for their age. Carol, 52, would not set foot in Miss Selfridge unless she was shopping for her daughter - and as far as Niamh, 19, was concerned, shops like Marks & Spencer were strictly for gifts.

So,we decided to show the pair what they were missing. Carol, a temp, who is divorced and lives in Beckenham, Kent, says: "I love shopping with Niamh but when we go into the kind of shops she loves - Topshop and H&M - I completely switch off looking for myself and solely look for stuff I know would suit her.

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Mum and Daughter Swap Shop! ; We Think of Some Shops As Only Being for Women in Their 40s, 50s and Beyond, and Others Just for the Young. But What Happens When You Switch? To Find Out We Dressed One Mum and Daughter From Stores They'd Never Usually Go To...

"To begin with I truly can't imagine any of those shops would have anything that suits me but secondly, and more importantly, I worry I'd look like mutton dressed as lamb in something from a young person's shop - that I was trying to be something I'm not!

"My style is smart ...

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