Italians do it better.. but they take a little longer!
06/09/2011
Well its been a long and rocky road since January this year when I finally decided to take up the challenge of developing, producing and launching my own knitwear label, Blankit. I’d been talking (and have been quoted several times in Drapers) over the past 2 years about launching a luxury, fashion-led, super soft and covetable womens’ knitwear collection...
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TOP TIPS ON HOW TO STYLE UP YOUR WARDROBE..
17/06/2011
TOP TIP NO. 1 Your shoes, bag, and belt do NOT have to match! This is a such an old school fashion rule that went out with the 80’s and will make your outfit instantly dated. Be bold, be free and mix up your accessories colours – you can still keep them tonal to start with so that they compliment each...
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You can with the Dukan…Can you??
06/06/2011
So Pierre Dukan is the new global nutrition guru thanks to his 4 stage diet plan which claims that once on it you will never re-gain the pounds if you stay on it… all sounds so simple doesn’t it and even Kate Middleton is at it!  But hang on a minute, isn’t he being sued or suing someone else who...
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Great British heritage style dominates Autumn/Winter ’11
03/06/2011
Having done the rounds of international buying fairs in London, Paris and Copenhagen, and flitted through many a rail of independent designers at my favourite fashion showrooms this past Jan and Feb for my store plumeboutique, I can feel autumn fever creeping ever nearer and I for one can’t wait for the first deliveries of chunky cable knits, tweed and...
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