Taboo Week: What no one tells you about getting older
I haven’t had a guest blogger week on Rarely Wears Lipstick since the days when I used to post regularly and wanted some content to schedule in before I went
Continue ReadingI haven’t had a guest blogger week on Rarely Wears Lipstick since the days when I used to post regularly and wanted some content to schedule in before I went
Continue ReadingPlayful Promises are on fire right now and I just can’t keep up with the number of amazing collections and campaigns they’re launching, much to the excitement of their ever
Continue ReadingAs a woman in her early 40s with a love of gorgeous underwear, I’m used to having to do a spot of brain gymnastics in order to imagine myself wearing
Continue ReadingWhen you’re a kid, you can’t wait to get older. Someone asks your age and you always answer in a very precise way, because you think that 7 sounds so
Continue ReadingOn a recent lunch time jaunt to John Lewis with a couple of colleagues, we found ourselves discussing the relative merits of different sewing machine manufacturers. The only overlocker the
Continue ReadingA couple of months ago I spent a morning at work admiring a senior colleague’s utterly immaculate all black ‘power femme’ outfit and wondered, as I often do, if I will
Continue ReadingFor someone who has never really found her own niche, I’m rather interested in niche fashion blogs. They aren’t always sites that you might instantly think of as being relevant
Continue ReadingBefore I started working at London College of Fashion, I’d not really thought much about fashion in a broader social context. I’d never considered how people engage with fashion and
Continue ReadingThis time next week, I’ll be 40 years old. Birthdays have a strange way of making you think about ageing and the passing of time, despite the fact that we
Continue ReadingOn 29th and 30th October, I attended a conference entitled “Mirror Mirror: Representations and Reflections on Age and Ageing”, organised by Dr Hannah Zeilig of London College of Fashion. As
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