I sat front row with the Beckhams, posed with Sarah Jessica Parker and lived the high-life as a top fashion editor. This is why I gave it all up to become a bricklayer - and why more women should follow me: KATHERINE ORMEROD

From the Noughties through to 2020, I lived The Devil Wears Prada fantasy. But now at 42 I'm cleaning up the mortar between the bricks of a wall I've just built. Why did I make this unlikely pivot?

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Feb 27, 2026 - 09:34
I sat front row with the Beckhams, posed with Sarah Jessica Parker and lived the high-life as a top fashion editor. This is why I gave it all up to become a bricklayer - and why more women should follow me: KATHERINE ORMEROD
From the Noughties through to 2020, I lived The Devil Wears Prada fantasy. But now at 42 I'm cleaning up the mortar between the bricks of a wall I've just built. Why did I make this unlikely pivot?
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