There is no question that Jane Austen is rooted firmly in our hearts as one of the greatest novelists of all time – not ‘among the greatest living authors’ though you understand – following a somewhat unfortunate slip of the tongue by MP, Andrea Leadsom, as she spoke in Parliament last week following the unveiling...Read More
What a feminist is: a person who advocates social, political, legal and economic rights for women, equal to those of men. What a feminist is often confused with: a man hating, bitter woman whose only goal is to triumph over men in every way. Recently the backlash that self-confessed feminists face daily has come to...Read More
“A woman’s mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is always something at the bottom to surprise you.” – Billy Connolly I can’t count the amount of times I’ve seen a woman gazing into a shop window at the latest designer handbag...Read More
Beauty. Confidence. Compassion. Love. Nurture. Courage. Strength. Emotion. Kindness. Generosity. Strength. Power. Goddess. I am all woman! That is the message that the All Woman Project is sending out into the universe, in the hope of creating a movement amongst women that will challenge the stereotypes and break the boundaries within the world of fashion...Read More
I used to say to my team that August is a month that doesn’t exist. I encouraged people to come in slightly later, go out for coffee and generally use the time to tidy up. I’m not quite sure when August became a month that did exist at Semple but it is now as busy...Read More
Women’s bodies have always been a battleground in one way or another. Married women regained their possession of their own bodies during the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th and in the 1960s we gained the right to choose if we didn’t want to bring a new life into the world....Read More
The 19th of August marked the legendary Coco Chanel’s birthday, a woman who embodied elegance. Which got me thinking, what makes someone elegant? And what does it actually mean? The Oxford English Dictionary defines elegance as “the quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner”. It describes something that is somewhat intangible and elusive. Importantly, elegance...Read More
On 1 July, Dove launched a campaign called #MyBeautyMySay, and it was a sensation across all platforms of social media. The video features heart-wrenching stories of incredible women who stood up for their own beauty – a poignant piece of media to encourage women everywhere to appreciate their beauty and flaws, and most of all, to...Read More
I guess I should start by admitting that my handbags often do fall victim to food crumbs, the odd lidless pen and countless Tic Tacs, but for today’s blog I thought I’d leave those details out. ‘What’s in My Handbag’ blog posts are so common, but I have to admit I love seeing what’s in...Read More
Behind those doors that can barely shut lies, from a female’s perspective, a whole new world. A world where we can be as creative and adventurous as we wish. You open the wardrobe and instantly lose yourself in the pile of clothes that fall directly on top of you, hopelessly trying to place them all...Read More
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