Ahead of the Easter weekend, mornings are spent with a cup of tea in one hand, and the the mouse in the other, scrolling relentlessly through images of cute bunny rabbits, delicious chocolates and decorative display ideas, blogging every one that inspires us on our tumblr page. It is a time of year we love...Read More
Quite some years ago I purchased a Mullberry Bayswater. This was my first expensive bag and I dearly treasured it. I also used it every day, rain or shine, and it frequently held a laptop and files. What I am saying is I used it as a bag. Imagine my surprise some years later when I...Read More
We’ve all heard the rule before; if you can remember the trend from the first time around you are probably too old to work it now. This is bad news for us here at Semple because we can remember the nineties quite clearly and now they are back in a big way. So do we really...Read More
It’s probably quite difficult to imagine what the chocolate and fashion industries could possibly have in common aside from both being loved by women everywhere, but they actually share something else; a growing commitment amongst their respective brands to ethical production. The chocolate industry is increasingly welcoming the Fairtrade scheme, ensuring that all growers, farmers,...Read More
“We are all responsible for our own state”. I first heard this statement at a leadership course last year. It really resonated with me, for all kinds of reasons. The speaker was referring to an talk he attended where, following an event the prior night, all attendees were hungover and not really listening, despite the...Read More
Chocolate and fashion; many a girls’ two favourite things and yet their relationship has always been an uneasy one. We are yet to meet a girl who can enjoy chocolate while wearing white without ending up with the evidence all down her front. And too much chocolate can mean that couture, the notoriously high maintenance...Read More
The first image which comes to mind when I think about the integration of chocolate and fashion is a vision of French TV presenter Karine Ferri trying desperately to stop her chocolate skirt from disintegrating on the catwalk. While most models only have to deal with the odd stumble or tight fitting ensemble, which is...Read More
Much like an old friend who you meet up with largely out of habit, because you feel that really, you should try and still find something in common, I am tired of a certain girl, yet can’t quite cut her out of my life just yet. This particular female is a commonplace character whom I’m...Read More
Did you know that the optimum ratio for positive to negative feedback at work is 3:1? Apparently this magic ratio ensures peak performance. (Rumour has it that in domestic situations this changes to 7:1 so less nagging more darling I love this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, but…) I was...Read More
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world’s leading museum of art and design and its database provides access to over 1 million objects, including fashion, furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, sculpture, paintings and photographs from world cultures. I met the wonderfully modest Claire Wilcox, Head of Fashion at the Victoria & Albert museum...Read More
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