“Our own changing bag frustrations spurred us to make a range of bags that we hoped other mums would actually want to carry.” They are now stocked in John Lewis and Selfridges. Meet Dominique and Rebecca – the founders of Jem and Bea…
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Family
News that Marks and Spencer’s clothes sales are down has led to talk about who ‘Mrs M&S’ is – and what she likes to wear. We speak to six women in their 60s, who love fashion, about how they dress and where they buy their clothes…
Family
Ashley started out working in fashion for Debenhams before quitting the office job to be a hands-on mum. She tells us about life as a fashion blogger – and why she began documenting her post-birth outfits on her blog A Mother’s Edit…
Mornings
“I like the flowers to dance and sing. I like to look at a bouquet and see the flowers as if they’ve got their hands in the air, twirling round and dancing.” Nik Southern, founder of Grace and Thorn, talks early trips to the flower market and a gothic Giles Deacon fashion show…
Mornings
Nicola Eyre – mum-of-four and founder of Cissy Wears kids’ concept store – talks mornings, setting up shop, dividing house duties with her husband and lasting two months as a stay-at-home mum…
Family
“We live in a very remote area, and so to go on a nature hike, we just need to step outside our front door”. Katrien van Deuren – @growingwildthings – has 50k Instagram followers, revelling in her tales of a simple, creative existence. Nell Card digs a little deeper…
Work Life
As a working mum, Keira O’Mara found she was on a never-ending quest for a better work life balance. She addressed this by launching her own – now multi award-winning – company, Mama Designs. All while raising two kids singlehandedly…
Family
In the UK, we tend to refrain from announcing a pregnancy before hitting the 12-week mark. So if you’re trying to hide a burgeoning early pregnancy bump under clothes, here are some clever ways to disguise it…
Family
If you’re braving a music festival with the kids this summer, you’ll need to think about what clothes to pack for them. To make your life easier, we’ve picked out the best festival clothes for kids – fancy dress, as well as the practical stuff…
Work Life
She shuns high street fashion, instead designing shoes that follow the contour of the foot. This way, every customer has a Cinderella moment. Meet shoe designer extraordinaire, Tracey Neuls…