What Is Authenticity?
‘speculative sartorialism: theoretical, rather than practical… an interest in matters of or relating to the tailoring of clothing’ I clearly have very different ideas of what authenticity is. I was reading […]
Category Archives: Bespoke
Buyer As Designer
If you’re fed up with what the high street has to offer or ethically conscious and don’t want to entertain the corporate firms, maybe it’s time you started thinking about […]
Wedding Day Trending
I know I don’t blog about my private commission work very often but here’s a thing I have spotted. The trend this year is ‘mother of the bride’. Whilst brides […]
The Same Dress For Less
I look at high end fashion and, just as I try to work out the costing behind cheap clothing, so I try to understand why a dress can legitimately cost […]
Projects revisited
It’s always very flattering to see a design you have worked on being reused again in a new shoot and especially when the garment has been used in a very […]
You Get What You Pay For
So there I was, standing in a not so well known independent clothing shop in Lincoln earlier today looking at a dress I had instantly fallen in love with. And […]
How To Find The Perfect Wedding Dress
2013 is nearly upon us. If you’ve announced your engagement in 2012 no doubt you’ll be thinking ahead to your big day. Perhaps you’re making your plans for a 2014 […]
The Marketing Conundrum and the Perfect Sales Pitch
Since the summer I have taken it forgranted that work would find me. I thought that networking and social media were the way forward and in many ways it has […]
