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I read an article by Laura Craik, fashion editor of The Times, last week. She had taken time off to take her daughter to some hospital appointments. Much to my interest, within her article (it’s behind a paywall so the link may not be accessible), she wrote: So we had two trips to the hospital […]
MoreFurther to my blog on Elegance and Style as you age, I have also become aware of a number of lifestyle blogs aimed at the over-40 year old female demographic. One of the best of these is The Women’s Room and here’s a précis of who they are and what they’re doing: Amanda and Jane met […]
MoreThinking about providing goods and services to women with changeable physical needs, I have become horribly aware of the wide and varied skill-set required to: identify where existing product falls short provide creative input in finding palatable (I.e. normalised) solutions to said product gap, and, design and make prototype product to assess the workability of […]
MoreHaving written about Antoni and Alison LFW painted fabrics, a friend sent a link to this scarf from their 2011 collection … just had to post it here.
MoreFinding someone to help with designing and manufacture for a plus-size start up collection isn’t easy, is it? My preference is to find someone I know, or through contacts I know, but that is taking time – obviously time well spent to get the right person but at the moment I am doing a lot […]
MoreI have been reading a lot, in the press and on the web, about how to stay stylish as you age and there are many examples of really fabulous looking women, such as Joyce Carpati, above, from the Advanced Style blog to prove the point. As ever, style +Black seems to be the order of the […]
MoreA friend of mine is several months into the post-launch phase of her start up company which has had some tremendous marketing and PR support, generated lots of interest but not the volume of orders she had hoped for at this point. There are several potential reasons for this – not least among them the […]
MoreAnn Oliver launched her first Xeni Collection earlier this year – a small range of adaptive clothing for women like her; she is a wheelchair user with Multiple Sclerosis. You may have already visited the Xeni website, having heard of it through the excellent PR coverage Ann managed to generate. I was referred to […]
MoreFashion and style are generally considered, in the context of mainstream media and business, as being for young, attractive, slim (or wanting to be) women. Those who do not fit this fashionably stylish profile are often excluded from consideration by retail businesses or thought of as an unattractive adjunct to the mainstream. This statement, from […]
MoreReading an interview with Professor Louise Wilson, course director of the prestigious Fashion MA at Central Saint Martins, London in UK Vogue recently, I was struck by two things. The first, obviously, her predilection for style +Black: [LW] wears a modest uniform of black, explaining: “I wear black because I’m a large lady, and I […]
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