She has threatened me with death if I use this photo any bigger than a postage stamp, but hey she lives on the other side of the world, so here is your first glimpse of iforone’s new New York Style Scout…

Meet Andree: an old friend and possibly the most on-it stylista I know. Ouch. I think I just got virtually kicked in the shins for saying that. Ha!

We met many, many years ago – I had just started as a junior writer and was petrified silly of this tiny, immaculately put together blonde person who brought a new handbag to work every day.

The perfect facade soon crumbled, however, after we both landed jobs at seventeen magazine, and with only four of us on the team and many late nights of deadlines to get through, The Real Andree - of wicked wit, puppy love and an all-consuming Nando’s addiction – emerged. 

She is very, very funny. Especially after a few margaritas or when she’s running the pavement gauntlet in ’dinner shoes’ (heels too high to wear anywhere but under a dinner table).

Needless to say, the entire seventeen team went into mourning when she up and left us for some random place called New York City. I mean, honestly, what did it offer that we couldn’t provide?

Nevermind, we’ve got her back now, in a sense. Yay, welcome Andree – I’ve missed you!