Expert tips on how to buy and wear vintage
Now we’re all thinking about sustainability and saving the planet, wearing vintage is cool again. ‘There used to be a misconception that vintage clothing was quirky, niche and nostalgic ...
Make your own clothes: Liberty sewing patterns
Good news, dressmakers. Liberty has launched a new range of paper sewing patterns.
Women in swimsuits: a fantastic new sportswear campaign from Speedo
How brilliant to see this positive campaign from Speedo with realistic, happy images of women in their swimsuits. According to research by the World Health Organisation 40% of women in the UK a...
Wearing leather trousers for the first time at 56 (and no, it’s not a midlife crisis)
Call me an Ageless Rocker but I’m not averse to mannish jackets, military gear and trying leather trousers for the first time in my life at the age of 56. This is a look beloved of French fashion ed...
Creative Women At Work: director of Collect modern craft and design fair, Isobel Dennis
Isobel Dennis is the director of the Craft Council’s international modern craft and design fair: Collect. No longer a dirty word, craft has been going through something of a renaissance, ...
What a beauty editor keeps when Marie Kondo’ing her makeup bag
There’s nothing like moving house to kick start a serious dumping drive. What starts with the knick-knacks (do you really need that 18th century warming pan in your centrally-heated life?
