by Coral Turner | Dec 9, 2024 | Bodyshapes, Cowl Neck Tops, Dresses, Style Tips
There’s something very special about a cowl neck dress or top, its secret lays in the draping. The purpose of a designed neckline is to frame your face, whilst delivering shaping to your neck, shoulders, and bust-line. There is one neckline that I have found suits a...
by | Sep 29, 2022 | Designer Musings, Dresses, Dressing for Special Occasions, Ethical Fashion, Fashion Designers
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’...
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 | 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...
by | May 19, 2019 | Dresses, Dresses for Tall Women, Lifestyle
Dresses for Tall Women My venture into the world of tall ladies was serendipity at work. I was attending a social media workshop, adding to my arsenal of digital information, as we small business owners do, and happened to have the good fortune to be sat next to...
by | Mar 24, 2019 | Bespoke Clothing, Bodyshapes, Dresses
From Dubai to Dressmaker in London Long Evening Dress made in Silk Devore One of the many pleasures of bespoke work are the people I get to meet, in this case the lovely fashionista Noora, a woman who has a flair for fine quality fabrics and a discerning eye for...
