Menswear Friday – Men in Pink
Regular readers of this blog will know that I like pink. I enjoy wearing pink, and it makes me feel good. Although it is the ultimate “feminine” colour it has some properties that can make it a very … Continued
Menswear Friday – How to wear a suit
Maybe the suit is no longer required in many workplaces. That could be just the reason to wear one. A nice suit can be very flattering on a man, and often makes him look both taller and slimmer. Trousers with a … Continued
Menswear Friday – is the suit still necessary?
Last month the world’s leading bank wrote to all its employees telling them that they no longer needed to wear a suit. The sort of “business casual” clothes they had been wearing on Fridays were now OK for every day … Continued
Birkinis and Religious dress – choice, modesty, and freedom
You may have seen the anger and upset caused to the French by Muslim women swimming in what has become known as a Burkini. An all in one outfit that looks a bit like a wetsuit so offended the French … Continued
Can I wear a hat?
My research on the history of the decline of the everyday hat shows how hat wearing in the UK began to subside from about 1950. The beehive and structural hair-dos of the 1960s made it all but impossible to wear … Continued
My next knitting project
I haven’t even finished my first knitting project and I am thinking about the next one. Not a problem – as the thinking and planning time is the most important aspect of a project, in my view. And I need … Continued
I am now on You Tube!!
Just as an experiment I made a five minute video. It’s on the same topic as last Monday, (ie How important is fashion for dressmakers?) and will not be of great interest to regular readers who have been there, done … Continued
Do you look ridiculous in your clothes?
Sam of Stitched Up by Samantha writes: I’m curious as to when you wear your hats. I love hats myself, but never know when or how to wear them… I always feel faintly ridiculous if I’m wearing one anywhere other … Continued
Women in politics – Theresa May
Recently we got our second female Prime Minister, Theresa May. So far she has been doing OK, but she has a heck of a job in front of her. Sorting out a new relationship with Europe in a period of … Continued
So farewell then Angela Eagle
Earlier this week we said Goodbye to Samantha Cameron – the beautiful and stylish wife of our ex-Prime Minister David Cameron. And then on Tuesday we heard that the only woman standing for the Labour leadership – the want-to-be Prime … Continued