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TV interview about widening diversity of bodies that are acceptable in fashion

On January 16, 2015 By vikkihaffendenIn Uncategorized

I was pleased to be invited to meet with Elesha and fixers.org for a TV programme where we discussed how important it is to increase diversity of body shape and size on the catwalk and in mainstream fashion.

http://youtu.be/L97aW1HupGI

http://www.fixers.org.uk/home.php

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The Knitting Thingamabob; a podcast about machine knitting and hand knitting, with a hefty serving of hand spinning on the side.
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- Machine Knitting Workshop 9th November, Brighton

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