Making Life more Beautiful
We have got our huipils finished, and our skirts (or trousers), and our hair is coiffed and we are sporting a head-dress. Do we need to do anymore? Not necessarily! There is always the danger of overdoing this look, and … Continued
Not very long ago Grace of Good Mom Bad Mom (aren’t we all?) wrote to ask if I had been to see the Fashion Cities Africa exhibition in Brighton, and asked for a review. As Brighton is a little way … Continued
Betty works for Notting Hill Housing. She is a Housing Officer and looks after 130 tenants in Hounslow. But she started out in Fashion, so we met up to talk about it. Tell us about your background in fashion, Betty I … Continued
Very few staff at Notting Hill wear anything other than modern contemporary clothes for their work. We don’t have uniforms or a dress code. But when it comes to dressing up for parties our teams really like to push the … Continued
I mentioned our Notting Hill Housing Party – the summer party with an international theme. What did I wear in the end? Pattern Design and alterations I decided to use a 1950s Butterick pattern for a “fitted over-blouse”. Although the blouse … Continued