Shirt dresses to set you up for summer
When the heat feels as oppressive as in Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing; how do you do the right thing with your wardrobe? Summer has landed and with it comes this annual conundrum.
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Desperately seeking structure – how to sharpen up your summer style
Phew! This is the first day I’ve felt cool in about a month.
How to holiday in summer with hand luggage only
What with all the travel chaos and extreme temperatures travelling light has never been more appealing. For a week away in Menorca, Mr TNMA and I both travelled with carry-on cases and w...
Summer dresses, sustainability & celebrating small business with fashion designer Justine Tabak
With several decades experience designing for big name fashion brands, in her early 50s, Justine Tabak decided to launch her eponymous label. Having worked for some of the best-known British fa...
Easy breezy summer dresses (and how to wear them)
The global fashion shopping platform Lyst reported an 87% increase in searches for ‘voluminous dresses,’ year on year. At eBay, searches for ‘tiered midi dress’ are up 1...
Yes, you can wear a black dress on a hot day
One of the most stylish women I’ve seen all summer, stopped me at a gallery to say she’d just read That’s Not My Age. After 13 years plugging away at this site, I’m still chuff...
Creative Women at Work: Kemi Telford
Yvonne Modupe Telford is an online phenomenon. While shops have been shuttered and big retail brands have gone out of business, her fashion label Kemi Telford (Kemi is short for Oluwakemi, Yv...
Summer dresses to suit every occasion
Work, weekend, wherever; when maximum Waft Factor is required there’s only one thing for it. Get your frock on.
Made with love: Cotton Conscious
This is possibly the waftiest of wafty dresses I’ve seen all summer. Spotted at a local market in south London, it belongs to a small fairtrade company called Cotton Conscious.