Trinny and Susannah Undress: Sue and Scott
Tuesday 5 June 2007 8:00pm – 9:00pm on ITV1.
Sue and Scott, both 36, fell head over heels for each other five years ago. But since the birth of their 18-month-old daughter Faye, the spark has already gone out of their marriage.
Sue, a police community support officer and full time mum, has no confidence in her body image. At a dress size 22 she feels lost about what to wear and hates her boobs.
“I don’t know what I should be wearing,” says Sue. “I see dresses in the shop and I think ‘Christ I’d look like a heifer in that.’”
Scott works up to seven days a week as a flooring contractor and spends his life in his tatty work clothes that are covered in glue and dirt.
“Working late, getting home late you don’t get the opportunity to put a shirt on, you sit and watch TV in your boxer shorts,” says Scott.
Trinny and Susannah are quick to pick up on the issues facing the couple when they meet them for the first time. Susannah says to Sue: “You don’t like your body at the moment so you’re hiding it completely.” Sue wears big shapeless tops and trousers that are tight round her waist but swamp her everywhere else. When asked to put on an outfit she feels confident in she comes downstairs wearing her police uniform.
Shocked at her choice of outfit, Trinny says if she saw her in the street she’d be scared of her. But Sue says that’s the reason she feels confident in her uniform.
Susannah asks Scott when he last found Sue sexy. Scott says: “I’ve always found Sue attractive, I’ve always accepted her as she is,” he says, “but every now and again when she does look like a million dollars she is a million dollars.”
Next it’s Scott turn to put on an outfit he also feels confident in. He too chooses his labouring clothes, jeans covered in glue and dust and a battered old T-shirt.
Realising that the couple, from Waltham Abbey, live through their jobs, Trinny and Susannah say that if the makeover is going to be worthwhile they need to fundamentally change their lifestyle as well as their clothes.
“You both work incredibly hard,” says Trinny. “You hardly have any time to spend together so when you do spend time together you’re shattered, sitting in front of the telly having a TV supper. So if that’s your life why bother?”
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Dear Trinny & Susannah
I was delighted to watch your programme tonight regarding fashion for the older lady. I have been saying to my friends and family for a long time that there is a big gap in the industry for women of my age (59)to be able to buy fashionable clothes at a reasonable price without looking cheap and ‘mutton dressed up as lamb’. As you are aware our body shape changes dramatically as we get older and we try to hide the lumps and bumps and the wider waist, hips and tummy. I do find it hard and am very critical with myself when trying on clothes as I often think that the item does not suit me and try to hide any shape that I have because my body has become thicker and wider. I have always liked tailored clothing but tend to buy unflattering clothes at times particularly casual clothes. From your previous series I have learnt that I should wear ‘v’ necks and that cross over tops suit me. It has taken me years to discover this. I go shopping with my 26 year old daughter on occasions and when we visit DPs or other shops I look but feel out of place looking as I feel too old and I must admit some of the clothing does lack a bit of quality and feel that if I tried it on it would look awful on me and sometimes it does because it is either too big or too small as these stores seem mainly to go for the tall slim person. I am a size 14ish at 5′ 2″ with a short body (getting shorter) and not too bad pair of legs. I hate my shape these days as I used to be a size 10 – 12 and I am very critical of myself sideways on and don’t like the way I look these days getting thicker around the middle. I am sure that many of the ladies on your programme have felt the same even though they are older than myself but it is the 50ish time I think when women lose their confidence in what to wear. Most of my closest friends are from school days and from the 1960s so we have been friends a long time and inside we still feel young it is just when we look in the mirror we realise that we have aged. Watching your programme has made me realise that I should be comfortable with my shape and look for clothes that can flatter my figure instead of trying to hide it. In the new year I will see if my daughter will come shopping with me and look at some of the different styles and be brave and try on something different to see if it suits. Thank you for highlighting this gap in the high street and maybe fashion designers will start to remember us ‘mature ladies’ or ‘recycled teenagers’ (as my 85 year old Mother calls herself) and produce reasonably priced quality fashionable clothing. In recent times I have also tried to get my husband to be more ‘trendy’ with his clothes which has not been easy.
I am not sure what shape I am yet from your previous programme – I will have to get the book if there is one to see if I can decide.
I look forward to the rest of the series.
(The e-mail will show my husband’s email address as I do not know how to separate outgoing e-mails to my own address – they all come in on the same one.)
Best regards
Pauline Hayes