Ms Wanda asked me to keep a diary for a week so her readers could see my approach to keeping wardrobes healthy. This is now on her blog in two parts as Appointment with The Dress Doctor and Out with the Dress Doctor.
Surrey Life: Give your wardrobe a summer make-over
by Jo Khan, July 2012. Having recently relocated to Surrey, Jo Poole, aka The Dress Doctor, offers an exclusive service that transforms the contents of your wardrobe. Say goodbye to the much-loved items hiding at the back of your cupboard simply because they don’t fit! [more...]
Visiting Emmaus with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Emmaus is fantastic. 20 years ago this community was established in Landbeach, just outside Cambridge, where it has provided both a vintage goldmine and a future for many companions, who were previously homeless. My mannequin, wig blocks, majority of kitchenware and now several garments [more...]
In conversation with The Merry Bobbins.
The Merry Bobbins project sets its sights on bringing the different generations together to craft while enabling those with a lifetime’s worth of crafting knowledge to pass these skills on to a discerning audience of crafters via pop up workshops and through their blog. They [more...]
Dieting, Clothes and Incentives
Listen again to my interview about dieting, clothes and incentives in the Sunday Supplement slot with Mark Rumble on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire this morning. The interview begins at 2 hours 19 mins and includes much of the information about myths of standard sizing from my [more...]
Press Release
17th November 2011 For immediate release Jo Poole, The Dress Doctor named one of the Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs for 2011 Jo Poole, founder of The Dress Doctor is announced as one of the Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs of the Year. Jo Poole [more...]
I am a winner: Future 100, 2011
Today is social enterprise day and the winners of the Future 1oo awards are announced. I, Jo Poole, The Dress Doctor am officially one of the 2011 Future 100 young social entrepreneurs! There is an event this evening where other like-minded souls will be in [more...]
Jo at the Clothes Show 2010
Last year I gave a seminar at the Clothes Show (videos below) hosted by the Ethical Fashion Forum. The aim was to raise awareness that there are other ways of dressing than consuming fast fashion, whether it is ethical brands or re-working your existing clothes. [more...]
World of Interiors: Origins of an evolutionist. Charles Darwin’s student rooms.
2009 was Darwin’s Bicentenary. It was decided that his college rooms at Christ’s College Cambridge should be reinstated to show how Charles Darwin lived from 1828- 31. As the senior curator on the project I researched student life and furnishings, had fabrics made to order, [more...]
