Making Life more Beautiful
I mentioned that, in a small way, my striped T shirt jumper had been inspired by Sonia Rykiel who died a couple of months ago. She had been suffering from Parkinsons for many years. Following my last vintage knitwear designer … Continued
Thank you for you feedback on the colour scheme I chose for Gus last week. This is what he said: “Great stuff. I like it and would wear all of it. The bomber jacket you’ve put there is the exact one … Continued
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
One of the most challenging aspects of making vintage dresses and suits is what shoes to wear with them. I wrote a whole post about this once. I often keep an eye out for 1960s shoes in charity shops and … Continued
I have been so remiss. I went to this exhibition ages ago at the Bermondsey Fashion and Textile Museum. When Sew2Pro suggested we might take Sewniptuck to see it I had said it was an expensive museum with shows of variable … Continued
Yesterday I did a post, illustrated with vintage patterns, showing which styles are best for each of the three main body types (shaped, semi-straight, and straight). !950s Are you a curvy girl with a shaped figure? Then the shapes of … Continued
Marks & Spencer has delivered its first rise in clothing sales in four years after a pickup in performance at its website. Sales of clothing rose by 0.7% in the 13 weeks to 28 March compared with a 5.8% slide in … Continued
Linde Carr, Notting Hill Housing board member, has already been featured on this blog. She told me she was going to see Dior and I with her daughter so I asked her to review it. I remember the first time I … Continued
An interesting exhibition of Brock Elbank Beard photographs currently running at Somerset House. On display are some glossy portraits of men (and the odd woman) with luxuriant facial hair, often paired with fisherman’s jumpers, tattoos, piercing eyes and pipes. Yes, … Continued
After the sun the rain. After the mini-skirt came the midi-skirt. You might wonder how the pattern companies made their money. Selling a simple A-line skirt with four black cutting lines printed across it for five shillings and five pence. … Continued