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Professional dancer Aliona Vilani looks glam in a feather trimmed dress. Last week saw the return of one of television's most successful entertainment shows when the 2014 series of Strictly Come Dancing kicked off on BBC1 on Friday night. In true Strictly style, the celebrities and professional dancers took to the floor in a dazzling selection of show stopping...

Now wedding season is drawing to a close, we turn our attentions to next year and start to think about what designs and Bridal Fabrics will be gliding their way down the aisle during wedding season 2015. Already, the biggest fashion houses in the world, including Marchesa and Oscar de la Renta have showcased their gorgeous bridal gowns during Bridal...

The beautiful golden shades of this gorgeous Dress Material are perfect for crisp, autumn days. Here at Calico Laine HQ we have recently taken an order of limited edition peach skin micro fibre fabric. This beautiful Dressmaking Material is available in limited quality and features a variety of gorgeous colours and designs which are just perfect for the transition...

Baby Breath Bunches are one of our most popular decorative flowers in our haberdashery range. Haberdashery is one of our most popular collections all year round, customers Buy Haberdashery for a number of reasons and one of the most popular is for weddings. For this reason we are constantly expanding our selection of haberdashery products which are suitable for...

Cilla was one of the most famous faces in music during the sixties. This week, the long awaited the three part ITV drama, Cilla, starring Sheridan Smith will finally hit our television screens and we cannot wait to step back in time and explore the fashion, music and Dressmaking Material of this particularly exciting and fashion influencing decade. Cilla...

In the world of weddings and Bridal Fabrics the biggest news of this last week, and possibly all year, has been the long awaited nuptials of Hollywood power couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The past few years has seen rumour after rumour having us believe that the couple have secretly tied the knot and every time we have been...

Organza Pull Bows are perfect for creating gorgeous, low cost venue decoration. Over the past few weeks, our web team have been extremely busy adding new products to our online catalogue. Alongside many new festive items, dressmaking fabrics and craft fabrics we have also added a number of new haberdashery items. Customers Buy Haberdashery from our online store for...

This weekend has been a big one for the fashion and entertainment industries with two of the biggest awards shows in the entertainment calendar taking place over the weekend. This bank holiday weekend saw stars of music and of the small screen taking to the red carpet for the MTV VMA Awards and the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. As always...

This last week has been a sad one for movie fans, with the untimely passing of comedy legend Robin Williams making headlines all over the world and for fans of Hollywood's golden era it was a double blow as we bid a fond farewell to legendary screen siren and classic fashion icon, Lauren Bacall. Ms. Bacall was one of an...

As wedding season draws to a close, so too does our series of articles detailing our most popular and best selling Wedding Fabrics. For this final instalment, we look to one of the most widely used bridal fabrics on the market. This little gem is used in almost every kind of wedding celebration for everything from venue dressing to the...