Are you obsessed with Channel 4s latest new TV show with Dawn O’Porter? We can’t get enough of “This Old Thing” (Click here for info). But guess what? This is old hat (pardon the pun) for us because remodeling garments is our daily grind at The Zip Yard. Some of our favourite work is up...
Ok curvy girls move over, we might be small but us petites frames have plenty to dress about. So we weren’t blessed with bountiful bosoms or hour glass gorgeousness but we can look & feel sexy. Don’t be fooled, just cause we are skinny doesn’t mean we look good in everything. Like our curvy
Tit for that, we know it’s a little shocking but read on for enlightenment. Guess what ladies, Big Busts are Back ! Well that’s what the fashion powers that be are saying anyway. Fear not, we at The Zip Yard know exactly how to incorporate these into the curvy gals wardrobe with some well placed
Lace has been very popular these last few seasons and, rather than going out and buying a whole new outfit, there are simple ways that lace can be incorporated into your current wardrobe. Lace can be easily bought in Hickeys and below are five ways lace can be added to items in your wardrobe. 1....
A wedding is the most important day in any girl’s life when she likes to feel like it’s a special occasion. She is marrying the person she loves and she gets to wear the perfect dress and she is surrounded by the people she loves the most. All eyes are on her and she feels...
Last weekends Irish Independent (www.independent.ie) business section saw The Zip Yard’s co-owners Don Wallace and Caroline Wallace get an al encompassing write up from former presendential candidate, Sean Gallager, in his weekly column. Don and Caroline told Sean how they plan to keep moving in challenging
As part of our ongoing national campaign to spread the word about the work that we do here at The Zip Yard, we were delighted t see that RTE’s website ran a story about us titled “The Zip Yard’s Clothes Remodelling Service”! The article exlains exactly what we can do here in The Zip Yard...
Plus size , curvy woman enjoy shopping just as much as anyone else, Although many high street shops and websites like Dorothy Perkins, Evans, New Look , Asos and Mango have begun to realise the potential profits in catering to the curvy fashionista;, the choice of well fitted plus size clothing still remains
Ever wonder how celebrities always seem to look perfect in jeans, tees, skirts and pretty much EVERYthing? How come everything fits THEM perfectly yet the rest of us are yanking up the gaping waistband of our jeans or battling with a skirt that keeps riding up? How come even a relatively curvier celeb like Kim...
How often do we see references to Spring/Summer or Autumn/Winter trends? Magazines littered with the next big craze. Websites and blogs all alluding to the hottest fashion furor. What is all this commotion and how does one keep up? It seems we have just gotten our puzzled heads around studded shoulder
