I met Shirley and Holly Yanez in 2010 at Butlins. They were there with their show the Hollywood Look For Less and I was there after a messy divorce with two kids trying to hold it all together.

I was reminded of them as I lent a La Perla gown to a friend of mine this weekend, gifted to me by Holly and Shirley as a pick me up back then, they said.

The dress is pure silk, red carpet glamour, a beautiful silver and it was the centre piece of their live show on the Main stage at Butlins, Minehead, I could not believe it when they gave the dress to me in front of a packed auditorium. It made me cry at the time.

I went back to look at their website which I have to tell you hasn’t been updated for a while but it is packed full of things you’d never in a million years think about but in a funny sort of way you already know.

They have simplified the aspiration, glitz, glamour and money of Hollywood and repackaged it in a way mere mortals like me with problems and kids and not that much money can spin things out and make them better.

Holly and Shirley are all about swapping; sharing, recycling, having the best for less, their sayings “buy new and the jokes on you” and “you only know what you know” have stayed with me.

My friend is going to her party next weekend wearing a La Perla gown she’d never have been able to afford recycled from Hollywood.

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