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New – Just Cool

15 May

My fashion designer in the making of a daughter has very precise ideas about what she likes or not. It does not mean that she demands expensive clothes, which I would not buy her anyway. No, it just has to “look right” and “be cool”… Like this?Read more… Recommended by Funky Wellies’ Random Thoughts

Green – Ethical Fashion…can it exist on the high street?

13 May

Like everyone, I was horrified by the recent Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh which is now the deadliest catastrophe in the history of the garment industry, with the death toll exceeding 500. The spotlight is therefore on the multinational clothing companies whose orders have led to the rapid recent growth of the garment industry in [...]

Esprit Denim

07 May

Contrary to popular belief here in my adoptive country Esprit is not a German brand. It started with Susie and Doug Tompkins selling clothes out of a van in San Francisco in 1968. Esprit was incorporated in the same city in 1971 and took its first steps in Germany in Düsseldorf in 1976. I like [...]

Whoops – flying low!

03 May

‘Oh look’, I thought this morning, ‘there’s those trousers I haven’t worn in a while – I’ll wear them today.’ An innocent enough thought, until I’d had them on for 10 minutes and remembered why they were at the back of the wardrobe… Like this?Read more… Recommended by PhotoFairytales: the blog of a mumpreneur!