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I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year: all my best wishes for your plans in 2012! My Twitter account buzzed with excitement about my time in Italy which included a ‘cenone per San Silvestro’ (celebration dinner for New Year’s Eve) and the adventure of discovering unique fashion shops including AntichiKimono. It was...
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It’s the last day at MSL HQ before we finish for the festive season so to really get us in the mood Maggie treated us to a wonderful lunch at Sheekey’s. Only three more shopping days left, so what is on your Christmas wish list. Here is what team MSL hope to find come Christmas...
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‘People’s emotional relationship with what they wear has always been intriguing to me. More than any other aspect of fashion, I have always maintained an interest in how clothes make us feel’ said Louise Chunn of the concept behind Semple Secrets. Louise’s career trajectory spans the most discerning fashion titles on the market including British...
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Pudsey is not an obvious fashion icon but this year, everything has changed. Gone is the fuzzy yellow fur and the spotty bandage, this year Pudsey has had a make over. Pudsey has gone couture.   In a collaboration with 11 of the most coveted designers on the British fashion scene, including the prestigious British...
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Scarlett Sweeney describes herself as ‘an actress of English, French, Italian, Scottish and Irish heritage – with a passion for antiques, clothing, jewellery, cookery, history, reading classic novels and watching interesting films’. When the Semple team met her during the filming of our promotional film, we realised just how much we had to learn from...
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Robin Dalton has led a life rich with both glamour and prosperity. Having wholeheartedly embraced all the opportunities that came her way, she has reaped the benefits of a varied and thriving career as a writer, literary agent and film producer. Robin believes that this continuous shift of focus has hindered her from becoming truly...
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I love working in our office. We occupy a small house built in 1692 that is hidden in a tiny mews in Covent Garden, London. Our neighbours, like us, are enterprising businesses that have a global presence. Each day I am reminded how lucky we are at MSL to work in such an aesthetically pleasing...
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Susie Stone is a bespoke womenswear designer and she warmly welcomed the Semple guests into her beautiful studio in Bermonsey, opposite the Fashion and Textile Museum. Susie enthusiastically shares the Semple team’s passion for fashion stories. ‘I love finding out the story behind what people want my dresses for,’ she says, ‘It is such an...
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