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Fashion 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 – the +Black demographic – are ostracised by the mainstream, in thought and product offer. Their conundrum is in desiring the […]
More+Black is aiming to be an inclusive concept for a broad demographic of women but, in discussions about our demographic, the area of most debate has been around long-held perceptions regarding the word ‘disability’. Even in the – relatively progressive – UK, so many of the non-disabled perceptions around disability are negative. Just talking through […]
MorePretty much from the moment I started thinking about +Black as a business concept, I knew that as well as being inclusive in its’ scope, it would have be altruistic in its’ ambitions. What does that mean? For me, it means that there is a social element to building a business that is as necessary […]
MoreFeeling dispirited at the weekend, I flipped through my emails and clicked into New Arrivals from Navabi – one of my favourite European plus-size online shops. They have a huge choice in design and sizes and I quickly started clocking items that I might be wanting to buy but, ya know, it was the last […]
MoreOK, my design ideas are not hugely original: I want beautiful basic tops in good fabrics – pima cotton for day, more flexible for socialising – in black, available all year round, in plus sizes to 4x (US) or size 28 (UK). Same for trousers/pants with a yoga style waistband – nice and smooth, no […]
MoreIndividual Style for Inspiring Women … plusBlack Hi, I’m Elle from Stiletto Wheels where I write about my lifestyle change from busy and ambitious finance professional in stiletto heels to that of wheelchair user on [metaphorical] stiletto wheels. If you pop across to my site, you’ll find me living life with chronic illness and consequent physical impairment […]
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