Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Kids & Family:Parenting
Vicky Gill is the Wardrobe Lead for Strictly Come Dancing, amongst many other things! We first met when I appeared on the show in 2013. She is passionate about merging fashion and performance. I can vouch for the fact that she is supremely talented at making costumes that people can dance in - and her sparkly leotards are still part of my onstage essentials today. But as a mum of three she was also great at sharing glimpses of normal family life with me, which you very much appreciate when you are on the Strictly juggernaut!
When we spoke, Vicky had just finished Dancing on Ice and was about to start work on the Girls Aloud tour. She is a very busy woman.
Vicky and her husband are from Newcastle originally but live in London, and as their family support network is far away, she descibes their stiuation as 'us against the world'. She is hoping her children - now in their teens and beyond - don't choose the creative careers which she and her husband have (between you and me, I don't think that's working so far!) but she says she just wants them to feel happy in their skin.
Vicky prides herself on being a problem-solver - both in her working life and in her parenting. And sometimes the worlds have collided - as when she was working with Girls Aloud just after her daughter was born, when she found that nappy cream comes in handy for getting boob tape off!
Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Claire Jones and post-production by Richard Jones.
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Episode 129: Anne Twist
Episode 128: Rachel Jackson
Episode 127: Natalie Cassidy
Episode 126: Natasha Khan aka Bat for Lashes
Episode 124: Michelle Ogundehin
Episode 123: Heather James
Episode 122: Natasha Bedingfield
Episode 121: Trinny Woodall
Episode 120: Michelle Kennedy
Episode 119: Kelly Hoppen
Episode 118: Sophie Darlington
Episode 117: Amy Hart
Episode 116: Gabby Logan
Episode 115: Alex Head
Episode 114: Sandra Igwe
Episode 113: Julia Bradbury
Episode 112: Helen Skelton
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