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Ever fancied yourself as a traffic warden, a staff nurse or a Girl Guide? This summer, you don't need to sign up for life. To look the part, you can just pick out a stiff, white shirt dress, a blue nylon policewoman's shirt (with epaulettes, if possible), flat-fronted policeman's trousers from Miu Miu or Oasis, and a pair of exercise sandals by Dr Scholl. Photographs by Mark Alesky

Far left

White stretch cotton dress, pounds 355, from Prada, at Joseph, 23 Old Bond Street, W1, and Ichi Ni San, 26 Bell Street, Glasgow

Left

Pale blue, stretch jersey polo top, pounds 85, by Katharine Hamnett Women's Denim, from Katharine Hamnett, 20 Sloane Street, SW1, and 38 Princes Square, Glasgow; denim-look hipsters, pounds 79, from Joseph and Ichi Ni San, as before; brown leather sandals, pounds 162, by Prada, as before

Denim-look dress, pounds 125, from Joseph, as before; beech-wood-based sandals with leather strap, pounds 24, from Scholl, available from pharmacists nationwide Stylist Sally Courtis

Hair Jonathon Connelly at Streeters

Make-up Emma Kotch

Model Rosemary Ferguson at Elite Premier