Designers of the future will have better knowledge about fashion design, if, like students at Edinburgh College of Art, they have worked with ordinary women during their training.
I’m delighted that this is something All Walks (the initiative I co-founded) has helped to instigate as a result of a sustained appeal to educationalists to [...]
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Women know what they want from design
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Body Shapes · Fashion Industry · Forty plus
Rocking this Autumn’s latest trends at 67!
September 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Commercial shows like the one I just spent the last 4 days hosting at Pavillions Birmingham can be every bit as uplifting and inspirational as any London Fashion Week Show.
This is Valerie Pain at Close Models who is in big demand…you may have seen her already in my All Walks Campaigns.
The fact is women want [...]
Tags: Forty plus
It’s official – Grey hair is cool!
September 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments
So there I was…last week happily tweeting about being grey then yesterday the Observer feature hits the stands then blow me down this morning Radio 4 send a mobile recording studio to my house to talk more! So wedged in between their usual political output, I add a style footnote.
As you know I love fashion [...]
Tags: Diversity · Forty plus
Enter for a How to Look Good make over Now!
September 12th, 2011 · No Comments
It’s the last day of our competition in the Birmingham Mail so if you live in or around Birmingham and you want to have a make over on stage during one of the 9 How to Look Good Shows, then all you have to do is enter this competition.
Or you could take [...]
Tags: Events · Forty plus
Not your everyday outfit!
July 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment
It’s not often I get to wear full medieval costume on a day out, but my recent conferment of an Honorary Fellowship from the Arts University College Bournemouth, dictated the look.
Here I am waiting to enter Winbourne Minster to make the solemn walk to the front of the stage (not sure if that’s how you [...]
Tags: Diversity · Ethical fashion · Forty plus

