by Coral Turner | Jun 16, 2024 | Bespoke Clothing, Bodyshapes, Couture Clothing, Tailored Coats, Winter Coat
‘Dressing your personality’, how does it feel saying those words to yourself? This is why I ask – I was commissioned to make a coat for a fellow designer, my friend Karen Huggins children’s wear designer for ‘Little Huggins’. Karen...
by | Aug 11, 2022 | Beauty and Skin Care, Bespoke Clothing, Designer Musings, Dressing for Special Occasions, Ethical Fashion, Fashion and Older Women, Lifestyle
Why you are fabulous as you get older! The featured image is of me and my darling mum, who at the time was in her late 70’s, I designed and made the dress mum is wearing for my cousin’s wedding. You could say that I am biased as after all its my mum, and...
by | Dec 2, 2021 | Bespoke Clothing, Black Women in Fashion, Dresses, Dresses for Tall Women, Lifestyle
What is Individual Style? I like to call it ‘dressing individually on purpose’, sounds like a mouthful but for those of us who don’t conform to the dictates of fashion trends that’s exactly what we do. Our ‘whys ‘are varied but equally it comes down to one thing, our...
by | Jan 26, 2021 | Bespoke Clothing, Lifestyle, Womens Dressing Gowns
First Time at a Couture Designers Studio When I was first contacted by Emma she wanted to know if I was up to the challenge of making her a grand dressing gown; with her specific criteria, all of which will be revealed as Emma shares her story, in her own words....
by | Jan 12, 2021 | Bespoke Clothing, Black Women in Fashion, Dressing for Special Occasions, Female Designers
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...
by | Oct 24, 2020 | Bespoke Clothing, Black Women in Fashion, Dresses
I have a love of history, the way in which stories weave into our tapestry of life; I’ve been researching fellow black women in fashion, female designers, dressmakers, seamstresses to which history has passed by in fleeting conversation. However, to place their...
