Those of a certain age will remember ‘Lace’ and the hype and furore around it. But Shirley Conran’s obit today is a fascinating read for many more reasons, not least her work on promoting financial independence and understanding for women and girls.
I didn’t know she’d created the Daily Mail’s ‘Femail’ section - how it turned out may not have been her vision for it perhaps. I remember print advertising for it in the mid-80s being a photo of a woman, hand covering mouth, slyly whispering into another, all-agog, woman’s ear and thinking ‘I’m not reading that!”
All that aside, a tough and determined woman.
Obit here (with share token)