Jess Wright’s polished sense of style earned her plenty of attention during her time on ITV’s The Only Way Is Essex.
Now the reality star has turned that fashion appeal into a new high street collaboration, after impressing bosses at New Look and securing a deal for her own edit with the brand.
Jess, who is mother to four-year-old Presley, will unveil her ‘payday edit’ tomorrow, featuring two denim co-ords alongside handbags and sunglasses.
Speaking about the launch, the 40-year-old said: ‘I’ve teamed up with @newlook to curate my very own Payday Picks, bringing together all the pieces I’m loving right now and the ones I think are worth treating yourself to when payday rolls around.
‘From easy everyday looks to those pieces that instantly make an outfit feel a little more special, I’ve picked my favourites and I’m obsessed with this edit!’
Those close to Jess say she is ‘thrilled’ about the partnership, which she is set to promote to her 1.4 million Instagram followers. The collaboration marks another major opportunity for the star following her appearance on ITV’s Cooking With the Stars last year.
Jess Wright has secured a fashion deal with New Look after impressing bosses at the high street chain
The mother of four-year-old Presley will launch her ‘payday edit’ tomorrow, with pieces including denim co-ords, handbags and sunglasses
Jess has been open in the past about how much the success of her younger brother Mark – a DJ on Heart FM who is married to actress Michelle Keegan – affects her.
The star, who has two other siblings, Josh, 35, who is a former footballer turned manager, and influencer Natalya, 24, said: ‘I’m quite driven by my family. Everyone is really ambitious and, obviously, Mark’s really successful. Joshua is successful in what he does. Natalya’s smashing it with her stuff.
‘So you’re always like: “God, am I doing enough?” I’m really hard on myself. I always think I’m not doing well enough.’
‘I wake up in the morning thinking about my career. This industry is tough, TV is really hard to come by these days. You’ve got these new characters coming into the industry all the time. I have to remind myself that I’ve had 15 years in the public eye and I’m still working.’
In March, Jess apologised after facing backlash over comments she made on her podcast about bikinis.
She, her mother Carol, 65, and sister Natalya came under attack after a conversation on Wright At Home about women’s swimwear, in which they branded thong bikinis ‘unsexy’.
Listeners branded Jess, who has been pictured wearing thong bikinis on social media herself, a ‘hypocrite’ after she claimed her husband Will ‘hates’ the look before her mother Carol said her husband, Mark Sr, finds them ‘unsexy’.
It has been a difficult summer for Jess, after son Presley, was rushed to hospital.
He had been diagnosed with a congenital condition bicuspid aortic valve in August 2024.
She previously explained to her followers that the condition – which affects around one per cent of the population – means the heart valve has only two leaflets instead of the usual three.
But Jess admitted she has PTSD after dealing with his health issues and is hesitant about having another child, despite wanting to give Presley a sibling.
Speaking on an episode of her podcast, fans asked her if she was thinking about having more babies.
‘I would love a sibling for Presley. I’m just too scared,’ she said.
‘I would love a sibling for Presley. Yeah I just think I’m too scared at the moment and it’s taken us four years to get out of the trenches.’
She continued: ‘I think it is particularly hard with his health. He’s had a lot of health issues, and I think that that’s what scared us.
Jess, 40, says of her new project: ‘I’ve teamed up with @newlook to curate my very own Payday Picks, bringing together all the pieces I’m loving right now and the ones I think are worth treating yourself to when payday rolls around’
Friends say that Jess is ‘thrilled’ with the deal which she will share with her 1.4 million Instagram followers as it is the latest lucrative job she has landed following her appearance on ITV’s Cooking With the Stars last year
‘So I think we’ve got a bit of PTSD from the beginning of it and his heart condition. We only found out about two years ago, and we’ve been adjusting to that news.
‘I was actually thinking about it the other day. I was so embarrassed of myself when I went on Cooking With The Stars last year.
‘I stayed in the hotel one night through the week to break it up because it was a whole full week of filming. I was a complete wreck that night when, with this bunch of celebrities that I’d only met that week, I was in hysterics about his heart condition.
‘The ball had been like a month before and his heart check the week before, so I just think I pent all this up. It doesn’t sound weird now when I say out loud, but when I thought of it yesterday, God knows what they all thought of me.
‘They must have thought I was a nutcase. They must have literally thought I was a nutcase.’
Back in April Jess revealed Presley is ‘defying all the odds’ after doctors delivered the ‘rare’ news that his heart condition has improved following two years of agonising check-ups.
