Tag Archive: Fashion

May
04

Spotlight on… Claire Doherty from Clasibags and Clasicat Designs.

Knitted bag - copyright Claire Doherty

This week I would like to introduce you to jewellery and handbag designer Claire Doherty. If you love handbags – and which fashionable woman doesn’t? – you will surely love Claire’s beautifully knitted and felted handbags. Claire has started making jewellery five years ago and has been making handbags for two years. She lives her husband and five cats Tia, Ruby, Eric, Ernie and Alfie in Bolton. When she doesn’t create bags and jewellery Claire works as a librarian and information assistant.

Jun
03

Bring back the hat

Found this interesting article on the demise of the hat http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8074663.stm I think that hats are a good thing – they make people look nicer and kind of respectable. My dad almost always wears a flat cap, to keep sun and rain off his bald head. When I was 14,  I went through a phase …

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