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 | 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 | 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 | Sep 30, 2020 | Black Women in Fashion, Caribbean Fashion, Designer Musings, Female Designers
Mother and Daughter talk Style and Fashion My parents have always had a wonderful sense of style and fashion combined, they made dressing look effortless; always chic it was the norm for them and their fellow West Indians ‘to pop some style’. They didn’t need formal...
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...
