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The sheer textile has a fascinating way with light, allowing or intercepting its passage through the weave. Its qualities have taken several centuries to prove useful as well as beautiful. Handwoven l
x in a sunny corner on the South East coast of England, Sheri Scott (aka Forever Yours Betty) and Elizabeth Whibley are crafting a revolution in underwear-as-outerwear. Their brand, Bloomies (@bloomie
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Have you ever been tempted to collect old, or perhaps contemporary, quilts? As with any collectable, rare and desirable examples can cost significant sums of money. However, despite an increase in pop
Although we may imagine the bathing practices of our ancestors to be few and far between, in fact there exists a longstanding love story between bathing and the British Isles. This tale begins with th