Living Life Creatively
I got my first manicure in 7 months yesterday - a sure sign that wedding season is officially over for me this year...nail polish and white silk are not a match made in heaven. I'm spending the autumn season working with rich, vibrant colours for a new S/S 2016 project - more on that in a later …
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Creating marketable products is an essential element of design but sometimes, as a designer, you just want to play around like you did at art college and create something for the sheer hell of it. So when hair stylist, Andrew Cave, invited me to collaborate on a project for the Wella Trend Vision Young Talent …
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Upcycling is an integral part of my ethos as a fashion designer. Creating new pieces from existing items is a great way to ensure that we don't contribute needlessly to landfill and is a fabulous opportunity to buy a unique, one of a kind item. This gorgeous sheer blouse with embroidery & beading detail began life …
Credited as bringing bohemian chic to 60's London, artist & fashion designer Thea Porter is being celebrated at the Fashion & Textile Museum, London with a fabulous retrospective of her work. Porter was a master of fusion - giving Eastern historical & cultural reference a modern edge which had rockstars & movie stars clamouring to …
Working on gorgeous one-of-a-kind pieces for the summer featuring hand-painted silks & stunning hand-crafted embellishment...
Okay, so we'll skim over the fact that the wedding invite arrived in January... An entire 7 months laid before me in which to design and create a special dress for my Nephew's wedding and I promised myself that I was not going to leave it Until The Last Minute.Except I did. July came into full swing and I was …
When the spring sunshine makes its' first tentative appearance, it's time to throw off the woolly winter layers and feel the gentle sun on your skin. Celia Birtwell's vintage designs are the perfect transitional piece. These beautiful textiles are true works of art, based on still life studies. Most widely known for the seductive & …
Vintage is chic by default. How much more alluring does it sound to state that your much admired jacket was sourced from a vintage store as opposed to being bought “second-hand”? Similarly, there is a romanticism associated with the US term “Thrift Store” or “Good Will” that can never be attributed to the UK version: …
After a long summer break with the children it's time to focus upon all things fashion once more. The mannequin is primed with pins, the bolt of calico standing to attention in the corner of the studio, and a bright shiny new sketchbook is waiting to be filled with ideas & swatches. My hot …
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