Kipper & Chalk

"Working with Imogen is a real joy, she is very quick to understand my requests and is also good at suggesting new ideas."

J. Woodhouse

" As I am not built in standard proportions the job must have been more challenging but Imogen rose to it."

M. Gormley

"I absolutely loved my experience from start to finish."

V. Hall

" I wish I had just gone straight to Imogen rather than waste time trawling online and various shops. "

R. Murray

"Imogen has made two bespoke suits for me with custom-made linings and I have been nothing but thrilled with the outcome. Both fit so well and her work comes highly recommended by me."

M. Sheridan

Kipper & Chalk

What do fish have to do with tailoring?

Fashion on a Ration

In 1942, my maternal grandfather parachuted into Greece as part of an SOE operation. I would have thought that saving his parachute was far from his mind as he liaised with the Greek resistance.

Word of the Week

Doctor : Alteration tailor.

Because a good one can fix all sorts of dodgy garments and a bad one will kill them stone dead.

Tailoring Translated

Kicking your heels : No work to do.

Tailors sit on their boards to sew, crossing one leg over the other to create a good platform on which to rest whatever you are working on. With no work the legs just dangle freely.

(On a related note - I recently found out the muscle which crosses your thigh is called the "Sartorius" muscle, named after tailors because of the way they sit)