Life & Style

Conversation with a fellow fashion designer of women’s wear – Emile Vidal Carr

Conversation with a fellow fashion designer of women’s wear – Emile Vidal Carr

Fashion design is well known for being a competitive industry; added to which some fashion designer’s, are often labelled as isolated individuals who have an inability to share ideas with fellow fashion designers, for fear of their ‘design ideas’ being appropriated by others.  However, there are those who do not…

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Ageism in fashion – why you are fabulous as you get older

Ageism in fashion – why you are fabulous as you get older

I’m trying to get my head around the hypocrisy, the fashion industry says it is appealing to all ages, cultures, backgrounds, whilst covertly being age bias.  I truly believe that as we age its an opportunity to celebrate not only our years of experience (without having to be patronising to…

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Ann Lowe – a designer whose inspiration lives on

Ann Lowe – a designer whose inspiration lives on

Following on from the previous article Black Women in Fashion https://coralturner.com/black-women-in-fashion-a-portrait-of-dressmakers/ I would be remiss to not write about Ann Lowe, an American Designer who dressed one of America’s First Ladies, Jacqueline Kennedy. Ann Lowe described by Julia Faye Smith in her book ‘Something to Prove’  ‘America’s Forgotten Designer’ I…

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