Fashion, style & health in Lancashire

Spa review - Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa is looking good after a £2.4m makeover. Rebekka O’Grady visits to enjoy a spa break

Spas

Behind the scenes at the Sanctuary of Healing in Langho

Thursday, June 29, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY: KIRSTY THOMPSON

What made a captain of industry walk away from the firm he founded to set up a healing sanctuary? Mairead Mahon finds out.

Spas Ribble Valley

Colour Me Beautiful - a service designed to show you how to wear colour

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY: LINDA VINEY

Lancastrian Cliff Bashford has been giving ladies the Colour Me Beautiful treatment for nearly 30 years. Is it relevant to today’s women? Rebekka O’Grady investigates.

Melissa Timperley - from head girl to top hairdresser

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

If you thought becoming a hairdresser was a dead end job, you’ve not met Rochdale’s Melissa Timperley. She’s a cut above

Manchester

Huxter - how the online clothing company signalled a homecoming for its founder

Friday, October 6, 2017

Sophie and husband Rob with Huxley and Buster wearing Huxter designs

When Army wife Sophie Bell-Carr made her twelfth move in eight years little did she know it was a homecoming. She spoke to Roger Borrell.

Abrahams - something different in store at Kirkby Lonsdale

Friday, September 22, 2017

From lingerie, landscapes and now lifestyle, Josie Beeson is running the successful Kirkby Lonsdale store, Abrahams. Rebekka O’Grady reports.

Kirkby Lonsdale

Titanium Morpho butterfly brooch by Selini wins industry award

Monday, September 4, 2017

The titanium Morpho butterfly brooch from Selini

A bespoke jewellery business in Mawdesley has won a prestigious award for its latest creation.

Thomas Sabo partners with Preston jewellers, Peter Jackson

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

A unique partnership has helped to bring some added sparkle to a Lancashire shopping complex

Preston

Fashion shoot - Emma Sayer at Haydock Racecourse

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHN COCKS

Relaxing in a dress by former show-jumper Karl Bowman, of Penrith

Farmer’s daughter Emma Sayers is now one of the UK’s top women jockeys. She talks to Martin Pilkington about striving for success and sexism in the sport.

Equestrian

Enchanted - fairytale dresses for little girls

Tuesday, July 4, 2017 WORDS: REBEKKA O’GRADY

The designers want the girls to have fun when wearing their dresses

Two Lancashire designers have joined forces to create an ethereal childrenswear collection

Colour Me Beautiful - a service designed to show you how to wear colour

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY: LINDA VINEY

Lancastrian Cliff Bashford has been giving ladies the Colour Me Beautiful treatment for nearly 30 years. Is it relevant to today’s women? Rebekka O’Grady investigates.

Lucienne Day exhibition at the Whitworth, Manchester

Friday, April 28, 2017

Lucienne Day in New York with Calyx (1951), 1952 (Copyright the Robin & Lucienne Day Foundation, photographer: Studio Briggs)

The Whitworth in Manchester is celebrating a centenary of Lucienne Day, with her iconic designs on display in a new exhibition. We look back at the designer’s history and her links with Preston powerhouse, Horrockses.

She Shea spring/summer 2017 collection launch party

Friday, April 28, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY: DIANE THOMPSON

The team of SheShea models ready for the catwalk

Actress Tina Malone was among guests who supported designer Jessica O’Shea at the launch of her latest fashion collection at Allerton Manor Golf Club, Liverpool.