Paradisefold Blog

This fashion week we spoke to the inspirational IMG model and GB 100m sprinter Annie Tagoe. Annie opened up about her struggle with body dysmorphia, weightloss, confidence, social media, and her ambitions for the future, as an athlete and model. We're sharing a snippet from conversation because it's so important it is to engage on mental health, body image and confidence, especially during this year's Fashion Week when we've seen more Size 0 models than we ever have.

Told that silver hair looks unprofessional, that straight hair looks 'more professional' or to tie back our curls, we all know the pressures women face to assimilate to beauty 'standards', particularly at work. Like us, Dress for Success understands the link between appearance, confidence and achievement, making DFS Greater London our perfect charity partnership!  Click the link to listen in to the conversation between Paradisefold Creative Director, Andrea Malouf, and DFS Greater London Founder and Chairwoman (and Mrs Universe 2022!), Juanita Ingram.

"It can be very easy to lose confidence in yourself. I think the trick to maintaining confidence is to approach everything that you do with authenticity." "The power of good hair is in the confidence that it can give you if you own your style and wear your hair in a way that is authentic to you.

Hair plays such a significant role in our overall confidence and self-esteem. A good hair day can help us feel attractive, energetic, and even more intelligent, while a bad hair day can leave us self-conscious, distracted and deflated. But we all face unique challenges when it comes to hair confidence and achieving “good hair”. These challenges can be social, genetic, or health-related, and they can really weigh us down! In this blog we discuss why hair matters to overall confidence and self-esteem - we end with a few practical steps to boost our hair and overall confidence in 2023.

During winter, our hair tends to become dry, more brittle, less shiny and our scalp can become sensitive or itchy. This is particularly problematic if we already struggle with dry or breaking hair, or with coloured hair. The struggle only gets harder with age because our hair loses moisture and its texture changes as we grow older and wiser. In this blog we are tackling all things winter hair and providing some quick and easy tips to manage it.