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Dressmaking for dummies
So last September I signed up to take a dressmaking class at my local college. It was one evening a week for 12 weeks. Formative Fashion I have always been interested in fashion-y things and I really wanted to make some clothes for myself. I spent my teenage and formative years feeling frumpy and fat. This was due to not being able to find good, no actually great fitting clothes. I tend to find that a lot of “off the rack” clothes can be boring and to be honest a really poor fit on me. I have big boobs and most fashion lines forget about things like that. Background I…
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The Sham of the ‘Gram
The Sham of the ‘Gram I love Instagram. Easily, I spend around an hour each day on there checking out people I follow and watching their stories. I like that I get to see that little glimpse inside their life and it makes me feel almost like I know them. So when I seen a story from Alison Perry (@iamalisonperry) highlighting an article written by Claudia Winkleman (@claudiawinkle) for the Sunday Times Style Magazine this week (11th March 2018) then I got kinda mad! The Article In this article she claims that she has deleted her instagram account from her phone and stepped away from the sham that she feels Instagram has become.…
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Lean January – New Year … New You?
Lean January So it begins. Lean January – A new year and all the resolutions that come with it. Supermarkets are full of offers on low fat food as people try to shift that extra weight. Gyms advertise their “new year new you” specials. Shops are full of clearance deals as they make room for new stock. January is a month no longer than any other with 31 days and yet it feels like an eternity as the purse recovers from the bashing it took the previous month. When payday finally arrives it feels like a delicious melt in your mouth chocolate and usually lasts as long too! Top Tips…
