I had request from a bride-to-be this week. It was not for a new commission, but rather a desperate plea to remedy a gown she had...

I was helping a male client with his wardrobe edit the other day; what to keep, amend, archive or recycle. He was convinced his old DJ...

I have a number of autumn/winter trousers in production at the moment. As I was putting the final hand stitches into a blue birdseye...

Last week I put the finishing touches to this glorious red dress and sent it on its way to New York for a client who will attend the Tony...

The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity’, supposedly said the comedian George Carlin. I guess this is...

“Annie Hall” hit the mark perfectly some 30 years ago in the eponymous film by Woody Allen. From top down, her combination of trilby,...

From time to time I wonder what happens to the finished garments that leave my studio, often with my exit advice to “wear them in”. It is...

The Sunday Times (UK) Style section devoted a number of column inches to the do’s and don’ts for women who find themselves at the front...

The V&A seminar, an invitation to speak on the BBC’s iconic radio programme Woman’s Hour, and a new commision from the King’s Singers...

I recently had some interesting exchanges with a friend on what is meant by ‘personal branding’. We agreed about how branding works with...