by Rebecca Rose, January 17, 2009 In view of hard times ahead, I made a new year’s resolution to stop shopping. Instead I would resurrect the pile of garments lying in a moth pit at the bottom of my wardrobe. There lurk several perfectly decent [more...]
by Alice Olins, January 03, 2007 There is a graveyard in every wardrobe; a place where badly fitting wrong buys live — or, rather, die. Mine was once densely populated and languished in the far left-hand corner of my cupboard. To be brutally honest, I [more...]
by Rosemary Feitelberg, January 27, 2009 ….(Also) capitalizing on the old-is-new trend include Londoner Jo Poole, better know for her business The Dress Doctor. She will rework ill-fitting clothes to make them more of-the-moment. “Nobody is a standard size in every store, and it seems [more...]
by Carola Long, January 07, 2008 Have old clothes repaired and ‘refashioned’ It’s always satisfying- and so much more environmentally friendly – to mend your clothes rather than chucking them out at the first sign of wear and tear. Not everyone’s sewing skills extend beyond [more...]
by Lisa Armstrong, December 2007 Jo Poole, aka the Dress Doctor, comes to your house and transforms dated or unflattering buys with her trusty needle. The Times fashion department let her loose on a so-so high street dress and several additions later (pockets, collar and [more...]
