Subtle Harlot

This is part of a series as I document the life of a dress worn and lived in, in one real life, in the Highlands of Scotland.

Another favourite graduate designer that we saw at the Dundee V&A Fashion Now event was Thomas Crane from Herriot Watt University.

This is part of a series as I document the life of a dress worn and lived in, in one real life, in the Highlands of Scotland.

Everyone in the Highlands knows about Raigmore Hospital.

When I was younger I never really grasped that cities just merge into other cities and suburbs in a lot of places.

I was hanging out with my partner in his garden, and sat on this rusty horseshoe he has out there.

Today I went on a walk with the kids in the woods and decided to mark the Mess Dress with all the things local to us that might leave a mark.

I have a smutty book club with two of my good friends, we're called The Intellectuals because we read so much, although I'm not sure the material is making any of us smarter.

My son suggested the first thing I do to the Mess Dress is to take it for a dunk at our favourite spot, Dores Beach on the shores of Loch Ness.

During my trip to Dundee for the Graduate Showcase, my daughter and I went to the Catwalk exhibit and I saw this photo of Alexander McQueen's robotically-spray-painted dress in 1999.

One of my goals this year is to actually dress for, and enjoy, autumn before it's just winter.

When I was at the V&A Scotland Fashion Now graduate showcase last night I took photos of things that stood out to me.

I have too many thoughts about how incredible the first V&A Scotland Fashion Now event in Dundee was.

It's the first annual Scotland Fashion Now event in Dundee this week and I'm currently on the bus with my eldest daughter.

This object series is my attempt to document the history of my home-sewn clothing.

Maybe one of the most difficult parts of trying to participate in any kind of fashion while growing up and living in the Highlands is that most of what is interesting, is not going to be practical for the type of life we live, and the always-changing weat…

This was my first pair of trousers that I drafted myself, to my own measurements.

While 2025 was the year that my sewing journey really developed and Subtle Harlot was born, 2026 has been a year of pushing my skills and trying to find a blend of practicality and fashion that works for me.