When Elizabeth Green , sister of Topshop boss Sir Philip, began a JC column chronicling her experiences on the dating scene, she soon found herself attracting interest from national newspapers. What she did not expect was an aggrieved response from a JC reader who recognised what he considered an unflattering description of himself.
Last week, Ms Green wrote of her adventures at a New Year's Eve party in Edgware full of "desperate men".
It was not long before Ms Green was being chatted up by "Mr Blue Check Shirt", who later rang to ask her out.
This week, Mr Blue Check Shirt outed himself to the JC as Edgware divorcé Marc Daniels, 52, who said he had been identified by at least two friends from the description. "I do have a number of quite in-your-face shirts," he confessed.
In a letter to today's JC, Mr Daniels criticises Ms Green's "sneering", "patronising" and "tedious" article. He claims she introduced herself saying: "Hi, I am Philip Green's sister," and "nearly fainted" when he said he had not heard of him - a joke, he says now.
He was "foolish" to have asked for a date, which was only at the hostess's bequest. Still, Mr Daniels, a business broker, may be ready to forgive. He has told us he is now thinking of asking her out for lunch. Ms Green responded that she is ready to go. "I think I'm becoming a serial luncher," she said.