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Inspirational Women: Pat Douthwaite

I have been reading today about Scottish artist Pat Douthwaite, 1939-2002, some of whose artwork you see here, above and below. There is a full obituary on her in The Herald, Scotland (extracts below) and much more informaton available from a quick internet search. [Douglas Hall described Pat Douthwaite as] ”a modern representative of the peintres maudits, [one of the] unfortunate […]

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Plus Size Model Nadia Aboulhosn

If you haven’t come across plus size fashion blogger and model, Nadia Aboulsohn, maybe these gorgeous images of her modelling for Boohoo.com will send you clicking her way. On all of her social media sites, Nadia shares her style secrets and sources, looking sublimely stunning in pretty much every featured item. Plus size beautiful, don’t […]

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Geisha Inspired …

I really like the inspired collection by Fiona O’Neill, from the Central Saint Martin Fashion Shows, seen on Dezeen – example above and there are more great images on Dezeen, so do click across and take a look. Dezeen quote Fiona saying: “My inspiration for this collection was women painting women, mainly derived from the artist Kate […]

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Tsumori Chisato SS14

I was reminded today, by Cool Chic Style Fashion, how much I love this hat and sunglasses look from Tsumori Chisato for SS14.  Sadly, I haven’t found anywhere to buy them yet, not even on her own, really rather fab, Tsumori Chisato e-shop. If you don’t know of Tsumori Chisato, do click across and look […]

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