Category: Coats and Jackets
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Minerva Tracey Jacket
Who doesn’t love a shirt style jacket? So practical that every wardrobe needs one – fabulous as an outerwear topper or as a layering piece. Minerva’s latest exclusive pattern the Tracey jacket is no ordinary Shacket though, it’s rich in details and finished off with just the right amount of top stitching to elevate it…
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London Fashion Week (Part 1)
I was very kindly invited by Kat Paylor-Bent to see her first catwalk collection at The Future of Fashion Show. Kat would be making a collection of accessible clothes that would be worn by disabled models, and they would be featuring braille descriptions – a UK first. I was incredibly excited for her (and also…
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Fairfax Jacket
As I mentioned in my previous post I spent a long time deliberating over what to make with my gorgeous Ambassador fabric this month. It’s the beautiful Floral Exuberance from Minerva’s Exclusive Organic Stretch Woven Cotton Sateen collection and it’s so pretty, the colour combinations really appeal to me. I had initially envisioned making a…
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The Kelly Anorak
I have to say that I’m feeling pretty accomplished after this make. It has been rather akin to childbirth though. I have struggled through many parts of its construction but now it’s made I absolutely adore it and am loathed to take it off.This is a lengthy review, but it is a more complex make…