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Friday, January 27th, 2012
Wrap up this winter with NOOSHIN – Stylish tailored coats for ladies
For a minute there is had me fooled. The warmer days, slightly lighter evenings…..perhaps the end of a mildly cold winter? No such luck. A second snap of cold last night left the car frozen and saw a return to my favorite tailored winter coat. Having created some beautiful coats this year using Harris Tweed, double wool crepe and my favorite Holland and Sherry cashmere range, I wanted to share with you one of my latest deliveries.
This coat was for one of my lovely clients who was Paris bound the next day. She happily reported on her return that she felt ‘super stylish’ amongst her fellow Parisians and its hardly surprising! The coat has been tailored using a purple ‘Sherry Kash’, combining the luxury of cashmere with wool, soft to the touch but with all the structure a tailored coat should have. The velvet trim and covered buttons create interesting detail - the coat is certainly a classic tailored piece, perfect to wear over a day dress or mid weight trouser suit. The coat can be shortened or lengthened depending on your individual requirements – that’s the beauty of bespoke tailoring!
Its never too late to start investing in your winter coat, although I received my new spring fabric bunches last week and they really are quite beautiful….
Keep warm
Nooshin x
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Your perfect wedding suit
Wedding season may seem a little far away, after all, Christmas was only last week right?!- But if you are planning on attending a wedding or better still, getting married this year, planning for your outfit begins now. There is choosing your fabric, the style of jacket and dress you’d like to wear, hats to be created and shoes to be dyed if you are looking for the perfect match that is. I met two lovely ladies this week, both of whom, are marrying this year. They are looking for more constructed wedding suits with interesting fabrics, stylish detailing and of course, all beautifully fitted and tailored to their shape.
The beautifully tailored 'Catherine' jacket and 'Kelly' dress are examples of what can be made
Starting off with an obligatory cup of tea, design and cut are initially discussed and worked around your shape and everything from hemline, bust shape to the style of skirt, are considered. There is great room for flexibility in both design and feature, perhaps there is something special to the both of you we can work into your outfit – making it a truly unique garment .
I have beautiful
selection of coloured silks to match your skin tone, the bridal party and there
is always the option of going fabric shopping together, which will allow you to
drape larger pieces of silk for the perfect match. Your chosen style is always
cut to calico initially, this allows you to try something on before we even
touch the fabric and tweaks to your initial design can be made to our pattern.
Once we are both happy with the design and fit, your garment will be
constructed and ready for delivery (you may choose an optional fitting here).
What you will leave the studio with, is an
outfit you feel confident in wearing, knowing time and consideration have been
spent together on fabrics, fit, cut and style…what more could you require on
your special day?!
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Penny, my wonderful Mother of the Bride
Last year I had the pleasure of working with Penny, a wonderful Mother of the Bride. Her daughters wedding was in September, the transition between seasons, so we began by choosing a fresh ‘Cornflower’ blue in a structured duppion silk with a darker facing trim around the collar and sleeves for contrasting detail. The colour also worked beautifully with the Bridal party (you can see the soft Rose colour worn by the bridesmaid below).
After selecting the designs together, I took Penny measurements and a cotton toile was produced so she had something to try on before we cut to fabric. A few tweaks later we cut to fabric for our first garment fitting. The dress was a classic Empire line cut with a straight skirt. The scoop neck complimented the shorter jacket neckline and turned back sleeves and we also created a silk flower broach tying her outfit in with the bride and bridesmaids. Penny was great to work with and looked beautiful on the day of her daughters wedding.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Harris Tweed - Your perfect Winter warmer
The 'Penny' jacket
With winter well and truly here, its hard
to stay looking stylish without basking yourself in a sleeping bag - style
jacket. I must say, I recently purchased one with ducky feathers and all sorts
of stuffing, but if you are looking for a stylish, smart wardrobe addition, I highly
recommend a Harris Tweed jacket or coat. The tighter woven Harris Tweed wool is
produced in the Isle of Harris and Outer Hebrides and its resistance to the cold
can’t be beaten. What I love about Harris Tweed (amongst many things), is that
the fabric does as its told. Unlike velvet, which often has a mind of its own –
especially when pressing (!)- Harris Tweed stays in place, retains shape and is
guaranteed to keep you warm throughout the winter months. I also love the way
the dye takes to the wool creating flecks of colour and interest throughout the
fabric. The fabric is alive with interest and the woven colours mean it’s a
versatile addition your wardrobe. We matched the below jacket, created for my
wonderful client Penny, with Mother of Pearl buttons, which picked up the
colours beautifully. She also had a tailored day dress made to go with the
jacket: I can see it working with jeans and a cotton shirt too for weekends. Fabric
samples can be requested through Holland and Sherry or nooshin@nooshin.co.uk
Stay Warm!x
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
A Suit Fit for a First Lady
My clients come to me with all sorts of tailoring requests from beautifully tailored 40's inspired suits, to dress designs based upon the hit series Madmen. Most recently, I delivered a suit I have been working on over the last few months with a lovely client of mine. It was my task to recreate the iconic two piece, most famously worn by Jackie Kennedy in the 1960's. The bright pink boucle wool suit, with its striking contrast detail and gold buttons, became one of her most famous suits - not to mention the fact she was wearing this suit the day her husband was assassinated. I began by studying the detail on the suit and made my own subtle changes. My client had an hourglass shape, so we smoothed off the boxy hem line on the jacket and tailored the waist to nip in and out at exactly the right place. I choose pipped pockets over patch for a more subtle effect and reduced the collar. The final piece, featured here and on the Vintage Seekers website site looked fabulous...I'm thinking a navy boucle contrast for myself!
Love Nooshin x
Friday, October 28th, 2011
Precious Awards
Yesterday was a great day. Mainly because I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with some truly inspiring ladies at ‘The Precious Awards’, founded by Foluke Akinlose . Precious celebrates the achievements of entrepreneurial women of colour recognizing business and leadership and celebrating determination and innovation. Everyone it seemed had achieved so much in their personal lives and businesses, it was hard not to see everyone as a winner. Out of all the stories I listened too, Precious’ charity partner ‘Body and Soul’ really moved me. One of their volunteers, who had come to the charity initially for help and support after being ostracized from friends and family talked about her own journey from discovering she was positive, to having her son, to where she is now – working as a volunteer providing full time support to others in her situation. The UK based charity has been created to provide support for those affected by HIV and their families and an environment where they can be together with volunteers in a safe and welcoming environment. They also aim to provide individuals and companies with up-to-date information about HIV/Aids – perhaps over time this knowledge will empower people and take away some of the stigma attached to the disease. If you are looking to volunteer a few hours of your month or are perhaps working for a company, which is in the position to help contribute with medical research and preservation, visit http://bodyandsoulcharity.org/
Love Nooshin x
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Kate Middleton and why she gets it right..
I love Kate Middleton’s style. She breathes a sort of life into ladies tailoring, showing that key pieces such as a well structured jacket or tailored coat, never date and can be re-worked time and time again with different accessories and the clever use of colour combining. By sticking to what she knows works for her, she has developed her own individual style (and quite a fashion following!) combining seasonal pieces with her own classic style.
A beautifully tailored Alexander McQueen
dress. Great seasonal piece that nips in tightly at the waist graduates out to
create a slim hourglass shape
An elegant, well fitted shift dress teamed
with classic nude heels
A well tailored jacket with covered buttons and piped pockets for detail.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
My bride, the beautiful Mrs Paula Amani
Paula came to me with
her own sketch-book loaded with great designs and clippings. Her inspiration
was 1940’s Hollywood starlets - Rita
Hayworth, Veronica Lake – alongside her own design ideas. From this, I sketched
out my personal ideas, taking into account her inspiration and body shape. After we had signed off our dress design and I
had collected those all important measurements, we created a Toile(template of final design)
using a polyester satin. Its not the nicest fabric but it brought our design to
life and allowed us to pin and manipulate the pattern without touching the
silk. It also gave us an idea of how the fabric would drape and work for her on
the day.
Paula and myself spent some time at Pongees (a
fantastic silk supplier on Hoxton Square) draping the various shades of white
and cream silk over her, this gave us time to choose the right shade of colour
which complimented her skin. It also
helped confirm our final design idea and we cut to fabric, sealing seams a
month before the wedding. Paula looked beautiful
and was an absolute pleasure to work with.
Love Nooshin x
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
My lovely client Vanessa...
My most fabulous client and friend Vanessa Vallely in a NOOSHIN original. Vanessa is Head of Business Management for Finance, Strategy & Legal at Aviva Investors: she is also co founder of http://www.wearethecity.com/, a website providing female and City centric information to professional women within London. Having met Vanessa in 2008 it was a real pleasure to work with, and tailor for her again. The idea for the ‘Vanessa’ suit was created from her love of the late 40’s/50’s inspired fashion –cinched waist, shawl collar detail – combined with her passion for bold colours, detailed fabric and interesting trim finishes. Vanessa said ‘ I want my clothes to express my spirit, to wear clothes that make me feel confident, built for my shape - are ultimately are a reflection of me and my personality. I love the having something designed from button to seam. When you get the finished article you have stepped in the world of a fashion designer and created something truly magical’. We are currently working on the ‘Vanessa’ suit mark 2, amongst other things....
Love Nooshin
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Beautiful fabrics, bespoke designs...
As I look out my window today, Jack the
Jack Russell firmly seated by my side and a forth cup of hot tea brewing, I am
feeling the first signs of Autumn. Did we even have a summer? I’m not sure, but
I wouldn’t count a few days of hot sun, ‘summer’. So with that in mind and a certain fresher feel
in the air, I wanted to introduce you to some of my brand new A/W fabrics. They
are Holland and Sherry’s latest. From brightly colored Cashmeres to dashing Tweeds perfect
for your winter overcoat(bespoke of course), the latest colors and designs really are something. The Khan cashmere has to be felt to be believed and the Sherry Tweed is perfect if you are looking for unique fabric designs; I doubt you'd find this in Hobbs. In keeping with A/W fashions 2011 this year, I am
currently working on creating some beautiful A-line dresses and jackets for my
own collection. Tweed, boucle and Pink crepe wool are certainly in the mix…Ill
keep you posted with pictures shortly! Love Nooshin
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
A perfect summers day
I had the pleasure of watching my wonderful
client Jo deliver her end of year speech to parents and students at the
Princess Helena College this weekend. We chose a beautiful combination of
coloured Duppion silks- ‘wine’ to compliment her warmer skin tone and of course
the perfect choice of colour for the winter months and a rich sandy colour for her jacket, the perfect
accompaniment for a summers day speech.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Spring clean your wardrobe with Nooshin
I have been featured by 'Law and More' today, a respected and well known on- line resource for legal professionals.
Friday, March 18th, 2011
March into Spring
Its that time of year again and as the weather warms up and Spring approaches we need to re-visit our working wardrobe. Do read my lastest 3 page spread for 'Link' magazine in Association of Women Solicitors, which is full of useful tips and advice on this tricky transition. Read here
Friday, January 21st, 2011
The Wharf
My business featured in The Wharf this week receiving a whole page spread! The paper was published yesterday with a total of 16000 copies being distributed around Canary Wharf, great news for spreading the bespoke tailoring work. Read here for the online version.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Leading fashion editor Liberty London Girl covers my gift experience!!
Again, some really great coverage by leading fashion editor Liberty London Girl promoting my Christmas gift idea...as if you needed an excuse to treat yourself! Read here
Friday, December 10th, 2010
The Ultimate Luxury Gift covered in 'The Arbuturian'
It was great to see my luxury gift experience featured in leading on-line magazine The Arbuturian. The magazine is your one-stop- shop to all things stylish in the big smoke and beyond covering food,fashion,art and a good dose of culture!
Friday, November 26th, 2010
Made to measure Black tie party dresses
If you have ever dreamt of designing your very own couture dress then choosing a bespoke garment from NOOSHIN could be an option to looking fab this season. I can assist you from the very beginning of creating your perfect dress with sketches and drawings, pattern development and fittings right through until the garment is cut, created and finally yours to wear! For more guidance on designing your perfect party dress this season read here
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Turn up the style dial
It was great to see my ladies tailoring servicesfeatured in Chantelle Zniderics Topstylista blog. Its gives a few fashion tips on desk to dinner dressing-much needed around the most social time of year!!! Click here to read more
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Nooshin is interviewed by The Womens Coaching Company
I was recently interviewed by Lynette Allen from The Womens Coaching Company which is now live on their website. The company aims to support, coach, mentor and develop corporate and entrepreneurial women and features interviews with a number of successful female entrepreneurs. It's a privilege to be published amongst such esteemed company! Click here to read the interview.
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Nooshin is interviewed on Mayfair PA
My collection was featured in a lovely article written by Mayfair PA last week. I had a great chat with Adele at the online publication who gave me the chance to talk about my service and my passion for helping women construct the perfectly fitting garment. To read the article click here.
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
Fashion with a cause-supporting the Georges Malaika Foundation
I'm sure everyone would agree that Saturday night was super successful, we had a great turn out and there was an excellent atmosphere. The girls really did the clothes justice and here featured, are some of the collection,this is only part of it and we certainly had plenty to choose from!!!!
The foundation are still looking to raise funds towards the building of the school and generate awareness of some of the problems facing the DCR so George Malaika Foundation - Donate.
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Supporting the Georges Malaika Foundation
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
'This Morning’s presenter Samanthi wears a NOOSHIN original!
It was great to see the lovely Samanthi on ‘This Morning’ today presenting in one of my dresses. She chose to wear the 'Lucie' dress in shot pink and as I’m sure you would agree, looked fab and certainly brightened up the screen!
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Nooshin teams up with Istylista's Chantelle Znideric
I am delighted to be collaborating with Istylista’s Chantelle Znideric this season. Her service, which can assist you from personal shopping to wardrobe makeovers, is your one stop shop for all things fashion www.istylista.com. She also has a great blog, allowing you access all areas to this season's A/W 2010 trends at the click of a button: www.topstylista.com
What's in store?
Chantelle and I are currently working on a variety of creative and corporate projects this year and into 2011. Our businesses work extremely well together being highly client focused and providing optimum service around the clock! All very exciting and I will certainly keep you updated with our progress.
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Presenter Kate Walsh wears a Nooshin original live on Five
I was delighted to see Kate Walsh wear one of my dresses when presenting her show Live on Studio Five on Monday. I thought she looked amazing and even guest Danyl Johnson commented on the dress. Kate was a fantastic client to work and I really enjoyed conducting my fittings with her. Kate had this to say (and check out the picture below)
"I'm amazed at how comfy the
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Nooshin gets a mention in Style Junkee
I was really chuffed to see my collection get a mention in Style Junkee - a great fashion, beauty and homes blog written by Lucy Nichols. Lucy has previously worked for the likes of Cosmopolitan,Tatler and Vanity Fair so is pretty wise to the world on all things fashion! Click here to read the blog post
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Collaboration with Milliner
Nooshin is delighted to have recently collaborated with talented bespoke hat designer, Niamh Flanagan who chose to use the dress 'Maria' in her photoshoot. More designs from Niamh's collection can be seen here http://www.hatsbyniamh.com/niamhs-hats.html
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