Purple Pound Power - The Largest Untapped Market
Let's talk about the purple pound. With 12 million disabled people living in the UK, with a spending power of £249 billion pound a year, it is the largest untapped consumer market. So why aren't brands...
View ArticleWhy Cheap Clothes Aren't Worth It
Wandering down a city high street the other day I couldn't help but notice how much low-cost clothing there is on offer. I'm not talking about sales items, I mean clothes that are just really cheap -...
View ArticleWho Do You Dress To Please?
I'm about to make an audacious statement that I think may leave some feeling indignant; ''I believe that rather than dress to please ourselves, we are guilty of dressing to please others''. There are...
View ArticleHow To Spring Clean When You Have A Life
Credit: www.whowhatwear.com You're busy, life is full to the brim and you don't have hours to dedicate to weekly decluttering and alphabetising your wardrobe by brand, I get it. You would however like...
View ArticleWhat Is Slavic Hair?
If you are a well-versed advocator of hair extensions, you will be familiar with Slavic hair when referring to extension pieces of the highest quality. Known for its fine texture, lighter colours and...
View ArticleAre You Ruining Your Activewear?
Advance warning: this is a blog post about washing clothes... Sounds terribly dull, I know, but here's the thing, your activewear kit is becoming increasingly specialist with lots of clever technology...
View ArticleMakeup Changed My Life
If you asked me what 'Fashion For All' means, I would say it's about acceptance of diversity; of all genders, sexualities, ages and ethnicities, and the ability for all people to feel confident in...
View ArticleA Beginner's Guide To Becoming A Savvy Shopper
The elusive British sun is starting to show, temperatures are creeping up, festival season is round the corner, and summer trends are hitting the shop floors. It's tempting as hell to ditch our winter...
View ArticleHow The Appointment Of Edward Enninful To The Helm Of British Vogue Will Rock...
Recently, Vogue announced the appointment of Edward Enninful as editor to one of the most iconic fashion tomes around. Across the industry and beyond there was great excitement. Enninful is an...
View ArticleDon't Waste Time Fighting Time
'Anti-ageing' ... Oh how I hate that term ... When we see the words 'anti-ageing' presented to us with great gusto in advertising, on product labels, in magazines, in the media, and online, what...
View ArticleFeminism Is In Fashion
I realised that feminism is well and truly in fashion when I was in New York during the city's famous Fashion Week earlier this year. But it wasn't the bloggers' miles of digital coverage or my...
View ArticleA Beginner's Guide To Fast Fashion
We are drowning in a world of disposable fast fashion and that should worry you. So what is 'fast fashion'? We see it every day on our high streets, fleeting trends that we're told we can't live...
View ArticleMeet The Real Leaders Of The Fashion Revolution, And It's Not Who You Might...
This week is Fashion Revolution Week - in which we remember the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1,138 people and injured many more, in April 2013. While big brands attempt to jump on the...
View ArticleNote To Self - My Life Story Is Not Saved As A PDF
Image: Kim Pearce The End At any given moment you have the power to say 'this is not how the story is going to end' Millar April 24th marks the beginning of Fashion Revolution Week, it's a global...
View ArticleFive Free Beauty Tips For Women Who Wish To Stay Ageless
One of the good things about being seventy is that younger women can judge whether my advice has any bearing by looking at my skin. I admit to taking good care of it and going for regular beauty...
View ArticleWhat Is Up With Women's Clothes Sizes?
You know how it goes - in H&M you might be a size 14 but in Primark it's an 18 (or vice versa). So what is up with women's clothes sizes? It's not just in the UK, the US have the same problem as...
View ArticleDilemma Of A Dyeing Woman: Shall I Just Let My Hair Go Grey?
Image credit: Sophie Tanner I've always thought that a woman's natural hair is her crowning glory. It tends to have a whole shaft of luminous and subtle tones that shift around her face and flatter...
View ArticleEmbracing The 'Au Naturel' Look This Spring
This time of year can be very hit and miss when it comes to the weather, but despite still being fairly early in the year, spring can nevertheless bring about some beautiful bright weather. For many,...
View ArticleFirst 100 Days Of Hair Extensions
The first one hundred days is an excellent milestone of reflection, which works just as well for judging the health of your hair extensions. It is a true test of durability to make it to your second...
View ArticleHow You Can Get Involved In Fashion Revolution Week 2017
Photo credit: Fashion Revolution When faced with complexity, we have a tendency to bury our heads in the sand - an ancient survival mechanism perhaps? Creating a better, fairer world is hard. Fashion...
View Article