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Art To Wear: Ziemska Art Felt Scarf
I am experiencing some activity curtailing domestic dramas at home right now and, as I continue to attempt to regain my stability and equilibrium, I thought I would post this stunning felt scarf from Ziemska Art – selling on Etsy. Wheelchair user. Plus Size. Unconventional shape. And pretty much anyone else. This is art to […]
MorePrinciple or Style: John Galliano dilemma
Flipping through the FT’s How To Spend It, I saw a beautiful dress by John Galliano and my heart kinda stuttered with sorrow. I’ve always loved Galliano’s work and actually had tears in my eyes at a V&A exhibition a few years ago on his Haute Couture work for Dior – so exquisite were the […]
MoreKedem Sassoon, Plus Size Designer
I’ve been reading a little about Israeli designer, Kedem Sassoon, this past week and, looking him up on Google, I like his style. With a plus-size wife, he apparently designs with her in mind and what’s not for the rest of us plus-size peeps to like about that? Sadly, his own website seems a little […]
MoreFashion and art: Mary Katrantzou Fall 2013
Locked in my bedroom by lift malfunction for the past couple of days, frozen by the persistent cold weather we are having, I have blown off some frustration looking at lots of Fall 2013 Youtube videos. Love the collection by Mary Katrantzou for its’ synchronicity of fashion and art. The shapes are architectural and the […]
MoreWe Three Kings: Issey Miyake
Looking through fashion illustrator Gladys Perint Palmer‘s book, Fashion People, I came across an illustration titled ‘We Three Kings …’ done in 1994, referring to Miyake, Yahamoto and Rei Kawakubo – photo by me attached here: Having huge amounts of Miyake in my own wardrobe from a couple of decades ago, I was driven to […]
MoreA-Line Inspiration from Gareth Pugh
I absolutely adore the 2013 A/W RTW collection by Gareth Pugh. Moody. Gothic. Stunning. So much to admire and inspire in look, fabric, ideas. Okay, clearly not entirely appropriate in terms of rushing out and buying off-the-shelf for this plus-size, wheelchair user but the line, fabric, colour and collars are features which all of us […]
MoreSpring, Style, Sanity?
Every sane person is looking out of their window enjoying the longer, milder days that we are experiencing and relishing the thought that Spring is imminently upon us. Whilst I cannot speak for everyone else, I am one of the crazy few with one eye on the various fashion week shows, currently in progress, seriously […]
MoreLegwarmers are back A/W 13?
I love these shoes, above, from the Alexander Wang A/W 2013 show. Ludicrously impractical for a wheelchair using, non-walking person with poor circulation and swollen feet and ankles. Good grief, like life isn’t bad enough without being taunted by them…? (Ironic joke there for anyone who might imagine I am that shallow … oh, but […]
MoreVariation on a theme – White Plus Black
Dont’cha just love those huge black roses with the white above? I do. It’s such a simple look and works for curvy plus sizes too (though Viktor and Rolf probably don’t do plus sizes). Amazingly, in summer, I do occasionally mix up the black with just a hint of white or grey – wild, I […]
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