Fashion with a Captial 'P' as featured on www.pressies4princesses.co.uk Spring 2003
by Gill Harris
Gill Harris -- maker of these gorgeous handmade, one-off handbags - has some great advice for women worn-out trying to keep up with the latest fashion: Choose passion instead!
Have you ever loved a picture hanging on a wall enough to want to have it screen printed onto your favourite skirt or shirt?
Or perhaps you just wish the notable fashion designers amongst us would fall from their high white stallions with a resounding thud and a realisation that we want to see something on the catwalks suitable for wearing to work without a toupee tape requirement. Can it really be right to wear clothes that are barely there, in a country where temperatures are barely there?
Were we really designed to be adorned by the fashion industry's latest whim, no matter what our shape size or inclination or circulation?
With the fashion world changing around us almost as often as we change our underwear,
it is no wonder that we are all left feeling dazed, confused, and sometimes a little chilly
Vogue says Red, but Elle says Red is Dead.
An apparition of Trinny and Suzannah seems to appear in every changing room, laughing and pointing.
Should my shoes be pointy? Should my sleeves be different lengths?
Are my comfiest knickers not meant to cover up my new butterfly tattoo at the top of my left buttock?
If the next fashion faux pas is waiting just around the corner, then just what do we do?
It's time to drop the F in fashion and replace it with a P - for passion!
What do we do?
Drop the F in 'Fashion' and replace with P. Yes, - what we all actually need in our lives is a little Passion.
And I 'm not just talking about under the covers. Sure, we need a little passion IN our body, but we also need a little passion ON it. A little passion on our arm even. A little fashion passion is good for us.
We need items so gorgeous, no one would give a monkey's banana if they were A-list, or black-list.
What we need, is the knowledge that even when your life seems unquestionably out of control,
your reassuring passionate piece of fashion will always make you smile...
Enter The Salvador Slashbag! Each Salvador Slashbag has been lovingly handmade
from new and recycled cottons, silks, vintage velvets and sheers,
that have been stitched, slashed, and fashioned into a handbag to die for. Every bag is different and a one-off, and will look good on your arm no matter WHAT you're wearing (or not wearing.)
Finished with a handmade button, Gucci-esque bamboo handles, and an inside jeans pocket,
you can guarantee turning heads wherever you go.
In fact, people just won't want you to go, well…at least not until you told them where you got your handbag.
Designer 'gilliangladrag' ensures each Salvador Slashbag leaves her studio ready to please.
With looks to kill, and an enviable reputation, a unique piece of passionate wearable art could be on your arm today.
Your man may not be on your arm at the end of the evening, but your Salvador Slashbag most definitely will be.
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