Lily Allen has spoken about her style choices in her early days in the industry and she says she looks back in terror at some of her choices when she first found fame
Lily Allen says she cringes at her old fashion choices that left her looking like a ‘panda’. The singing star says she can’t stand seeing excruciating photos of herself when her face glitter and eye make-up went wrong after she burst onto the scene.
The stylish Smile hitmaker refuses to hammer herself for previous fashion faux pas but says she’s learned more and more about what works over the years.
Asked what advice she would give her 21-year-old self, she said: “There are some pictures I look at that make me cringe in hindsight, but at the time I was having a laugh, so I wouldn’t begrudge myself. I used to wear a lot of glitter and eye make-up that didn’t always work that well with flash photography. It made me look like a panda in photos, and there are a lot of those photos still floating around.”
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In her chat with The Times, she revealed what she wears to bed: “It depends on the circumstance. Sometimes pyjamas, sometimes nothing, sometimes something slinky.
“I did a fitting with Intimissimi the other day for a shoot and there’s a really nice lacy icy-blue bra and knickers set. I like the colour, so possibly that.”
Lily has spent most of the month back on the stage, headlining her first tour in seven years, promoting her 2025 smash hit album West End Girl. But while she has been earning some great reviews, some fans did have one big complaint – the amount of time she was there.
The tour – with tickets priced between £35 and £85 – boasts a total run time of roughly 90 minutes, although Lily herself graces the stage for only about 45 to 55 minutes.
Criticising how long Lily actually appears on-stage, one fan vented on X: “Lily Allen setlist and show run time… 45 mins is an unacceptable show length for a full-priced concert ticket and I’ll stand by that.
“I get it’s the whole album, but beef it up a bit and do a few other songs as well maybe? Feels like it’s taking the p*ss a bit.”
Meanwhile, another remarked: “I got the Mrs tickets for Christmas, surely playing the O2 won’t just be 45mins, if that the case should have done the Indigo there instead.”
A third weighed in: “I was supposed to be going on Sunday but sold my ticket. The show looks great but 50 mins and not even a live band for £85 is a p*ss-take. The WEG act should have been Act 1 then an interval then 20-30 mins of hits as an encore.”
However, despite the criticism, plenty sprang to the show’s defence, with one supporter pointing out: “She literally announced it as performing the album live.” A fellow defender concurred: “The show is literally called Lily Allen Performs WEST END GIRL not Lily Allen performs West End Girl and a few other songs. The lack of reading comprehension.”
Someone else remarked: “She hasn’t toured for year . This way she will save her voice and not disappoint fans by cancelling dates. So many artists have done this recently. I’d rather not pay money for tickets and trains only to get an email saying show cancelled at the last minute.”
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