Jane and I often wax lyrical about the Debenhams personal shopper service…Why?
Because we think it is a great way of working with a personal stylist and having an effective shopping day for no cost…really it’s a free service. As you know we have done quite a bit of work with Debenhams ourselves to promote fashion [...]

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As you know I’m all for using realistic models in fashion shoots and I like to think my All Walks campaign (having done just that in the last two years) has inspired lots of others to do the same. And you know we love to work with women just like you in our roadshows.
So I [...]

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What do these pictures have in common…the unpredictable answer is YOU!
Yes these are the students I lecture …a different lecture theatre a week actually at the moment, from Northumbria and London College of Fashion to Leeds, Southampton and Bournemouth.
All are getting to grips with the idea that bodies do come in a variety shapes and [...]

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I’ve spent a lot of time in education recently and bringing in ordinary women for designers to train on (brainchild of Mal Burkinshaw) has been one of the ways we have broadened the curriculum.
I’m not saying that tailors’ dummies or indeed models should be disregarded from the design process..far from it, but I am saying [...]

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Another day another photo shoot, this time it took place, rather eccentrically I think, in full view of shoppers in Birmingham with the largest prop this side of Newcastle.
The purple chair and I are  promoting the How to Look Good road show to take place in September 23rd to 25th September in the Pavillions Shopping [...]

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