Myleene Klass gets classy

1 month ago 08th Oct 11:42

Myleene Klass has branched out from her successful singing and presenting career to take on the world of children’s fashion. We caught up with her to find out how she got her figure back so quickly, life after Hear’Say and little black dresses!

What have you been getting up to recently?

At the moment we’re working on a new show, but we haven’t announced it yet…but I can tell you it’s about fashion

You have been working with Mothercare to design Baby K, why did you decide to get involved in the project?

We the idea was my idea and I spoke to my manager about it and Mothercare seemed like the mother-ship of all baby stores which could allow me to bring my fashion ideas forward and at the same time give them personality within that and have the structure, organisation and technical ability to design a child’s clothes without just thinking ‘that looks pretty.’ They are very stringent and embraced the ideas that I had so it was perfect and they even let Ava join in with the designs as she even held the pen when I signed the contract!

Tell me a little bit about the clothes.

There are for newborns to three-year olds and both boys and girls. I just wanted to design something with an edgy feel because everyone baby clothes only ever seem to be in blue, pink or yellow and even I was thinking “I can’t wait to dress my baby in pink, pink, pink”

About four weeks after Ava was born I got sick of the pink! Then my friend who has a boy told me that no real thought goes into boys clothes as the girls get all the pretty dresses and then boys just get jeans and a t-shirt with an emblem stamped on it.

So I decided that I was going to do unisex clothes in charcoal, greys and blacks and that every little girl needs a LBD (little black dress) so I made that because when I was on my travels I noticed that dark clothes have a chiq-ness about them as it stops children looking like Victoriana dolls. The boys also have leather jackets and black and cameo snow-suits. We also have a puffball dress which is black with white spots on; the girls party dresses have a real kick to them.

A child is the most precious thing in your life and you want them to look nice and feel proud of them, you shouldn’t just buy something because it fits. It’s also reasonably priced because children grow out of them straight away. It’s still practical - but practical no longer means dowdy.

So how is baby Ava?

Aww, she’s amazing!!

Is she wandering around in the clothes now then?

Yeah, I would never expect another mother to dress their child in something I wouldn’t willingly dress Ava in. she has been wearing all the prototypes and has been trying on all the stuff. It’s not just about what I want anymore.

How has the past year been since you had Ava?

It’s been incredible, it does take a while to get used to having a mini-human in your life as your relationship obviously changes but everything has calmed down and I feel like everything is in my stride now and I can live up to everything that people expect of me as a mother and a wife and a friend. I feel like my life is now in a great pattern and it’s amazing to wake up with Ava cuddling me, it makes me want to stay in bed with her forever!

You seem to have got your figure back straight away and look amazing, how did you do it?

Firstly, I put on four stone when I was pregnant and secondly, I haven’t got my figure back to how I want it to be and I want to stress that point, as nothing will ever been the same again in my body or in my life.

I’d love a figure like that baby or no baby! You look unbelievable in the M&S advert wearing a bikini, was that shot after the baby was born?

Yes! It was about four and a half months after Ava was born, she is running around next to me in her swimsuit. Rather than sitting there worrying about being on TV in a bikini after having a baby I felt invincible as I had actually made such a beautiful little girl. Of course you feel knackered at times but my body isn’t perfect but at the same time, I embrace the body that made a healthy baby rather than worrying about my wobbly bits. I make the best of what I’ve got. I want to be a good role model for Ava.

Do you think you’ll be giving her a little brother or sister anytime soon?

Put it this way… if you asked me that a few months ago I would have said that it’s too soon, but now I am really beginning to warm to the idea again! I’d like her to have a brother or sister as all my memories growing up had my brother or sister in.

Would you give up singing if the clothes took off?

I’ve kind of given up singing already: I love my presenting and have made things work around my family unit and I will always be a pianist and work the corporate events that fit for me but being a musician has lead me into working on a lot of music programmes but the idea of designing for children is something I love and would like to keep doing as Ava grows up. I adore fashion and I will be announcing my new show soon and because I work in fashion I can find out all the trick to wear things and what suits certain shapes!

Do you still keep in touch with Hear’Say?

Of course. Some more than others though.

Do you think you’d be where you are now if you had not entered PopStars?

No. No way. I took a chance on the competition after I had been offered a year in the West End. It was either join a band in six weeks or do the West End again, so I decided I’d done the West End already so it was time to take a chance and it was the best thing I ever did. I am thankful for what I have got; I have a lovely baby, a wonderful man by my side and a job that I love, I can’t ask for anything else.

So where would you like to be 10 years from now?

Just doing the same thing really, I don’t want to change anything. I like my job and I love being able to bring my family wherever I go.

Aah; the classics! Finally, we ask everyone we interview to come up with a question for the next person we interview....and Caprice wants to know when you lost your virginity?

Not too young and not too old.

So can you come up with a question for the next person I interview?

If I were you, what question would you ask me?

FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison