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I find it so easy to sit with our clients and help design them a Semple dress and yet when it came to designing my own, I went blank! I suddenly felt this flush of pressure to design THE ‘perfect dress’ but then it dawned on me that this is how our clients feel when...
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With spring just around the corner (hooray!), it’s the perfect time for a home refresh. For having a well-earned spring clean, getting things in order and planning a little renovation. A refresh could be anything from buying a few new house plants, to giving a room a much-needed lick of paint or even going the...
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When we think about the different rooms in our home and consider those that we spend the most time in, the kitchen – for many of us – often rules the roost. It’s a space where we cook, dine, talk, chat, come together and eat. It is the hub of the home. Whether a beautiful...
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An urge to update your wardrobe or renovate your home is a common occurrence in the new year. Perhaps it is the opportunity for rejuvenation or revival which presents itself and to which we inevitably succumb, or those small seeds of spring and summer which begin to plant slowly in our minds. Following the festive...
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Speaking from someone who has now surpassed their mid-twenties, I would say it is around this time that you really start to notice the homeware sections in department stores and flicking through interior and decor magazines becomes a satisfying Sunday morning past time. In your early twenties, there is nothing more boring than duvet tog...
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Emilia Wickstead New Zealand born, British based designer Emilia Wickstead spent her formative years in Milan and New York, working with the likes of Giorgio Armani, Proenza Schouler and Narciso Rodriguez. Her eponymous label was originally a made-to-measure atelier but has since expanded to include ready-to-wear collections which she first debuted in 2012. Wickstead‘s clothes...
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The heavens opened for the first full day of London Fashion Week, showcasing the newest trends to inspire and influence the fashion conscious for the seasons ahead. With the paparazzi snapping the front-rowers and a plethora of street style to enthuse over, the streets of London welcomed the most famous faces of the fashion world....
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semple talks ruth cooper-dickson
I sat down with Ruth Cooper-Dickson to discover how a chance meeting at one of our hosting events became the start of her Semple journey, from a made to measure dress to becoming a brand ambassador… How did you first find out about Semple? I first heard about the brand when I was invited to...
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No one who’s experienced the British railway system can deny that it’s an over priced mess; to be honest, the cost of it is my main criticism as the majority of my train journeys have been on time and uninterrupted for the most part. But it wasn’t always that way. We may not make much anymore, but...
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I never pictured myself as the green fingered type; pottering around in the garden, knowledgeable about plants and tending to my borders. That being said, I’ve always appreciated a pretty landscape and a colourful garden but just never quite got my head around creating it myself. How do you figure out what works well together. What is...
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