fashion

Accessible Style by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackSeptember 13, 2012July 13, 2014

Xeni survey on wheelchair style

Ann 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 […]

Wall-London, elegant clothing

Shops by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackSeptember 6, 2012March 20, 2014

Shops by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackSeptember 5, 2012October 18, 2013

Swan Clements Ribeiro Collection

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 are often excluded from consideration by retail businesses or thought of as an unattractive adjunct to the mainstream. This statement, from […]

Designers by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackAugust 31, 2012October 21, 2013

Marc Jacobs hats

I have had a recurrence of skin cancer and, at the hospital yesterday, my surgeon asked, “What factor sun protection cream are you using?” Oops! Am I the only idiot with skin cancer who keeps their protection cream in the drawer? I did buy it. Using it is another thing altogether. My bad, and ain’t […]

Shops by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackAugust 29, 2012October 21, 2013

Eskandar

Eskandar is one of my favourite labels – beautifully made clothes in shape-forgiving designs and gorgeous fabrics. The more generous designs will usually fit up to a UK size 28 (US size 3-4X) and , whilst there is never enough in black for my taste, the quality, feel and look of the fabrics used are […]

Accessible Style by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackAugust 28, 2012October 21, 2013

Made to Measure

Reading 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 […]

Designers by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackAugust 21, 2012August 23, 2012

Inspirational Osman A/W 2012-13

I watched a clip of the Osman 2012-13 A/W RTW show featured in the Sunday Times this weekend. Sadly, it’s behind a pay wall but at Vogue.com/uk, there is a slide show & catwalk photos – do take a look. Spectacular fabrics and use of colour +Black of course. High fashion will never come in plus […]

+B Concept by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackAugust 13, 2012October 18, 2013

Thinking hard …

Feeling 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 […]