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Who better to ask for summer holiday wardrobe advice than one half of swimwear brand Heidi Klein? Heidi Gosman has put together her top tips on finding your perfect beachwear which will make you feel the best you can if you’re jetting off to sunny shores this summer.
“Here at Heidi Klein, we understand the importance of feeling confident and comfortable on holiday as well as looking great. At Heidi Klein, we pride ourselves on finding the perfect fit without compromising on style. From flattening the tummy to enhancing the bust we’ll help you choose the right shape to suit you. Follow our step-by-step guide to find the best swimwear for your body shape.”
Support Bust:
Structured cups with hidden side boning or underwiring offer the best support for your bust. Thicker halter neck ties allow you to pull the bust up giving lift from the neck, while the addition of light padding also shapes and supports, with a tie back strap offering versatility with fit.
These styles offer medium coverage to help sculpt your silhouette.
Padded cups create a soft moulded finish to enhance a small to medium bust. The addition of frills and details also help to draw attention to the bust, with bow styles offering great cleavage. Adjustable styles really accentuate the bust, with movable straps to create the perfect coverage for you.
Designed specifically for a larger bust starting at a D cup. Structured underwired cups offer the best support with thick halter neck and back ties to pull the bust up and in, while additional power mesh fabric prevents stretching. Our softer style features a double drawstring underwire with a clasp back fastening to give support minus the structure with good coverage.
Choosing a one-piece with double lining and a ruched middle controls and smoothes, pulling you in at the waist giving a shapely silhouette. The double lining increases comfort and with a higher cut at the back, support is maximized around the middle.
Try Lille halter neck one piece or Palm Beach one piece
Flatter a fuller figure:
Styles with good coverage flatter a fuller figure. Underwired cups and thicker straps offer support with a high cut leg to lengthen and elongate the body. A beautifully cut v neck draws the eye towards a well supported cleavage to create a balanced look. Adjustable style allow you to create a coverage to suit you.
Thicker banded bikini bottoms help to flatter a fuller waist and give good coverage to the bottom.
Last night we were joined by the McCartney family, as Sir Paul’s first born child, Mary McCartney launched her new book aptly titled ‘FOOD’.
Having worked with her mother on her range of vegetarian cookbooks, and consulting on the brand for Linda McCartney foods for over a decade it’s unsurprising Mary has launched her own vegetarian cookbook full of uncomplicated, tasty meals to tempt both vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. Inspired by growing up with, and even working on, her mother’s recipes, and using stories and photographs (past and present) to tell her life through food, Mary has created recipes for friends and family that are imaginative, creative and will be universally loved.
The book launch took place here in store on the 4th floor and was of course fully supported by Paul, Stella and James. Jools Holland and Twiggy also joined to crowd to celebrate the launch.
This weekend we’ll be cooking up the Butterbean Stew and Coconut Rice Pudding…
British Vogue Editor Alexandra Shulman has branched into literature with the launch of her first book, Can We Still Be Friends. Set in 1983, the novel traces the lives of three best friends as they leave university to embark on adult life.
Sal is the aspiring journalist whose personal demons threaten to destroy everything she is trying to achieve. Annie is the capable domestic beauty, mothering her friends and convinced that a conventional marriage will deliver happiness and contentment. And then there is Kendra, daughter of chic liberal intellectual parents who, searching for her own identity, encounters a life she never expected and certainly not a life her parents will approve of no matter how liberal they believe themselves to be.
We’ve got 10 copies to give away! To be in with a chance of winning, simply visit our Facebook page to find out how.
Q&A with Alexandra Shulman
Is the book based on personal experience?
There are bits of my life in the book. I shared a flat with a girlfriend in the 80′s and I worked on a Sunday newspaper.
Do you identify with one character more than the others?
I think there are bits of all the characters I identify with. The person I am probably the least like is the journalist Sal, who is wild and chaotic.
If you give a word of advice to your twenty something self what would it be?
I would advise my 20 year old self to worry less and enjoy myself more.
What are your top 5 places in London?
I love Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, the Thames, the canal at Ladbroke Grove going both east and west, Portobello Road Market and Daunts bookshop.
What’s your favourite book?
I don’t have a favourite book – I am always finding new ones to love. My current favourite is Helen Schulman’s (no relation) This Beautiful Life
Last week we were delighted to be joined by stylist and author Sania Pell to launch her new book ‘The Homemade Home for Children’.
The book will let your child’s imagination run wild with innovative projects including easy to make toys, decorations and novel ideas for customising clothing. Plus, we’ve even made a step-by-step video to guide you through the steps to make a Liberty Print headband.
We caught up with Sania, to learn more about her and find out about her brand new book…
Tell us about you
I am an interior stylist, author and mum of two. I started out as a textile designer, working in a top London studio creating designs for furnishing and fashion fabrics which sold worldwide. After seven years in textiles I followed my love of interiors and made the move into styling editorial and commercial photographic shoots. I now use the skills I learned as a textile designer in my styling and often include objects I have made, drawn or personalised. I think this makes a difference to my work and gives me a wonderful opportunity to be creative. When I had my second child I took some time out from commercial styling but started to write my first book The Homemade Home, which contains fifty creative projects to make for all around your home. It was published two years ago and is now a best seller.
What inspired you to write this book?
The wonderful response to my first book inspired me to write another and I wanted to focus on projects to make for and with children. I do this at home with my own children and it seemed the perfect time while they are still young. My children feature in the new book, their drawings inspiring some of the projects and they also appear in some of the photos. The book is a real family affair that we all enjoyed being part of. It is about making things that you want to keep hold of and pass down to the next generation of children.
What are your favourite projects?
Almost all of the projects now sit in my home but the bookcase dollhouse is a favourite project of mine. It was inspired by one my father made me when I was little, so it has sentimental value. Choosing the wall colours and wallpaper combinations was a fun process. As a long time Liberty fan (I have been visiting Liberty since I was a teenager) I have lots of remnants of Liberty print fabric in my studio and several of the projects in the book use it, from the floral wall hanging on the cover to matchbox mice, reversible collars to a bowl of goldfish mobile. All of them require very little fabric, so are a perfect way of using up fabric pieces left over after making an article of clothing. The flower hair band and clips are a perfect example of this and is one of my daughter’s favourites. It was one of the projects that visitors could make at my book launch and it was very popular as even sewing novices were able to make it and felt inspired to sew more. The video shows how to make them.
Do you have any top tips for being creative?
Keep any off cuts of fabric after you have made something or had something made, however large or small. Liberty prints are perfect for this because the pattern is usually small so you can always see the pattern and colours whatever the size. One of the techniques I use is to cut individual flowers or shapes from the fabric and stick or sew them to other items.
Also, don’t be afraid of using fashion fabrics for soft furnishings. It is something I have always done, whether it is a making Liberty print cushion, wrapping fabric strips around a lampshade base or using pinstripe wool suit fabric as curtains.
What’s the response been?
Both my children loved being part of the book, I would gauge their reaction to the success of an idea. If they both wanted it in their bedroom I knew it was a hit. They both have bedrooms brimming with items I have made for them or we have made together.
My daughter is wearing the fairy costume on page 86 which she also wore the tiara and wings to the book launch. I trapped sequins between the layers of fabric in the wings to give them some sparkle and she loves wearing them at every opportunity. And my son is under the Play sail on page 74. He had such fun while taking the picture which his large smile shows.
I hope the book inspires and sparks children’s imaginations. As I say in the book, make the projects with love and laughter, and give or display them with pride and joy – these are the things I believe help make a happy family home.
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