Nurse Maude

Wardrobe art needed: Nurse Maude

Sue Bramwell, Nurse Maude’s General Manager of Marketing, says most people do it at least once in their lives and some on a regular basis. It’s acquiring wardrobe art, that piece of clothing that looked perfect in the shop but has hung, unworn, in your wardrobe from the day you brought it home. […]

Made in the Shade

Beckenham’s fashion central: Made in the Shade

Welcome to the new revamp at Made in the Shade – here it’s impossible not to find the perfect outfit, with new stock of the best labels arriving daily. It has become a busy little shop – Beckenham’s fashion central!   “Optimum Knitwear has been our great success,” Ali says. It has […]

Duet

Looking gorgeous: Duet

August 9 marked a very exciting night for Lee Parker and her staff at the newly opened Duet in Lincoln Village.     “It’s bright and beautiful,” Lee says. “We so look forward to offering our clients the very best in advice, service and fabulous garments with labels like Loobies Story, Lemon […]

Glo-Getter

Glo-Getter: Sometimes you just have to get your sartorial shine on

Showstopping sparklers are set to enrich our wardrobes this spring and we’re excited about the possibilities this offers our looks in the coming months. While rose-gold has been adding some shine to our jewellery boxes for the longest of times now, this beautiful sheen is now creeping through our wardrobes and even into […]

Fashionably Sustainable

Fashionably Sustainable

These days, all socially and environmentally responsible citizens find themselves in a battle to reduce personal impacts on the earth. For many, it’s been this way for decades. But levels of urgency, worldwide, are ramping up with every passing month. It’s become increasingly shameful to carry your bread and butter home in plastic […]

The long & long of it

The long & long of it

Sashaying around in something long – floaty or woolly – is in. Wearing your blankey is perfectly acceptable. Toddlers inherently appreciate this fashion fact. Some call it a scarf. Or take a blanket; cut two arm-holes into it and voila – a jacket. As long as it’s long. Depending on the fabric, this […]