Growing up, writing your wants and wishes to Father Christmas on Christmas Eve was a necessary and excitable tradition for many of us. While a pony or the new BMX undoubtedly topped many a child’s Christmas List, it was the act of writing down your favourite things and leaving it beside the fire with a...Read More
There is a common misconception amongst women that wearing black must mean we are scared of colours and patterns. That we shy away from them in a desperate bid to hide the flaws we dislike most about our bodies. Turns out though that couldn’t be further from the truth. In colour psychology, being drawn to...Read More
A good friend of mine, India Martin published an article on her LinkedIn page recently entitled The Real Cost of Being an Entrepreneur. In it she gives an honest account of moving from corporate to entrepreneurial life sharing her vulnerabilities, the sacrifices made and the risks taken. It’s worth a read. One thing India didn’t...Read More
Sentimentality is such an evocative feeling and yet, I don’t think we truly experience it until we grow older. As children, we often lack the empathy to really appreciate memories and belongings – we may miss our favourite forgotten toy but it rarely goes deeper than a few tears before we become attached to another...Read More
Fashion can be fickle. What’s ‘on trend’ one day can become fashion road kill in the blink of an eye and as much as we probably don’t like to admit it, we are all slaves to the style alter. We’re always told by our elders to keep hold of precious items because one day everything...Read More
In celebration of the hottest day of the year so far – I believe it reached up to 25°C in some parts of the UK yesterday – I thought I would do a little round-up of some of the prettiest and season-appropriate blouses available both online and in-store. Spring is well and truly underway, with...Read More
To me, there’s something unexplainably appealing about clothing and accessories inspired by typical menswear pieces. I’m not suggesting selecting clothes straight from your boyfriend’s wardrobe; which I find surprisingly hard to pull off, despite what blogs, films, and well-styled fashion shoots would imply. The items that frequently feature on my Pinterest boards, in my Tumblr...Read More
Adrian, a friend of Semple’s, recently posted some bold views on our company LinkedIn page on a truism about women and interviews. He commented: “With an uneven gender balance in senior positions, many more aspiring female managers and directors are interviewed by men than vice versa. Subconsciously or not, colour, length, style of dress (did she dare to...Read More
Here at Semple we adore conscious fashion; we source only the finest materials for our dress collection, working closely with our clients and designers to create bespoke, made to measure pieces. So, when we heard of Reformation we immediately fell in love with this like-minded online clothing brand. It was in 2009 that former model...Read More
At some time last week, I was on the train reading OK! magazine when I came across a quote that grabbed my attention. Pictured were four girls wearing fabulous clothing with the caption “Change your clothes, change your life”. It sounds quite dramatic but can clothing really have that much of an impact on our lives?...Read More
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