Hats off!
The latest in a long line of milliners,
PhilipWright
provides a one-off
experience that needs to be enjoyed in
person; no internet shop could come
close to replicating a hat fitting in The
WalterWright Studio, based in Luton,
the traditional home of English hat-
making, just 25 minutes from central
London. A visit lets you marvel at the
highly skilled craftsmanship and techniques, little changed over hundreds of
years, coupled with constantly updated cutting edge fashions.
www.walterwright.com
A touch of class
Paul Spurgeon Design
has been at the
forefront of the jewellery industry and
British design for
some 25 years,
designing and
manufacturing award-winning
contemporary pieces using platinum, 18ct gold, pearls
and the finest quality diamonds. Jewellery is carefully
designed and crafted, with organic, flowing lines and the
utmost attention to detail. The company specialises in
natural coloured diamonds, including a beautiful
collection of chocolates, vivid yellows and subtle pinks.
www.paulspurgeondesign.co.uk
Platinum& pear cut diamond ring, price on application
Bespoke tailoring
Chris Kerr
has been making bespoke suits for fifteen
years in his shop in Soho, London since training
alongside his father, the legendary Eddie Kerr. A tailor in
the strictest Savile Row tradition, the only things that
separate him from that famous street are a relaxed
attitude, a Soho address and a more forgiving price list.
The genuine bespoke suits are hand cut by Chris, who
creates a unique paper pattern for each client. Genuine
bespoke tailors are very rare these days, and tailors with
Chris’ understated, informal approach and reasonable
prices are rarer still.
www.chriskerr.com
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FASHION AND ACCeSSOrIeS
Charity shops
canbe fabulous huntng
grounds for vintage dresses and suits.
Make a beeline for shops in well-heeled
areas and you could bag yourself some
stylish designer bargains.
Car boot sales
canbe a treasure trove
of jewellery and accessories. Customise
your wedding outits with unusual
butons, buckles and bows, or use eye-
catching fabrics to trimmatching jackets.
street markets
are the place for
vibrant fabrics. A simple swathe of silk
instantly stamps your personality onto a
plainwhiteor creamdress. Largermarkets
can be the ideal place to find unusual
cufflinks and jewellery.
antique shops
can be amagpie’s nest
of sparkling treasures. Dig around for
marcasite hair clasps and fascinators,
silver tepins and bejewelled brooches.
Craft shops
give all sorts of ideas for
customising clothes and shoes. Transform
a pair of plain shoes with Swarovski
crystals or turna jacket intoa showstopper
with dazzling rhinestones.
loCal salons
will work with you to
experiment. Take your hair accessories to
the hairdressers and experiment with an
updo. Nail bars offer every imaginable
design and colour.
tailors and dressmakers
canmake
the creaton of your dreams – or alter
your charity buy to fit you perfectly.
milliners
can give you a head start to
originality, advising you on a creaton to
suit your face shape and style.
florists
can give you classy finishing
toucheswith butonholes and corsages to
match your colour scheme and advise you
on traditonal or dramatc optons. Have
a chat about seasonal flowers that will last
through the day and smell divine.
Doyourbit for the high street!
Britain’s high streets have reached crisis point, says fashion guru
Mary Portas
, and
unless we shop there we’re destned to lose them forever. So with Mary’s recent high
street review to hand, we offer you inspiraton on getng everything you need locally.
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