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ON THE JOB ARIANNA CADWALLADER
CAREER Founder of Saturday Sewing Session AGE 30 LIVES Fulham FROM Cornwall
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How did you get into your line of work? My mum introduced me to sewing as a child, and my passion grew from there. I’ve since worked in fashion mags, TV and film, and I did a degree in costume interpretation. I make wedding dresses, and I’m a milliner.
From far left: Barnett, Lousada and Hoyle
Photos: Thinkstock
Jo Barnett,
liberated, but the only MORE ‘LOVE’ JOBS dating coach women in the industry GIGOLO Well, men, women have were busty blondes in needs, too. After a divorce four porn and the models years ago, 36-yearSEX INSTRUCTORS When on horrible sex toy old Barnett went on manuals are just too clinical. packages,” Hoyle says. SPEED-DATING HOST A great hundreds of dates, and “The shops were full although yet to find gig when you can make a match. of Mr Big Johns a Mr Right, she’s had ESCORT If you’re clever and fun, and blow-up dolls.” a swell time. Naturally, you could have a blast. Sex not As the Stratford her single friends necessarily included. local toiled away on wanted the secret. EROTIC NOVEL WRITERS everything from sewing Pen a good tale with some super “It’s as simple as the leather on to sex having the confidence nova sex, and you’ll be rolling in it. toys to working the to put yourself out DOMINATRIX Make some dosh till, her store grew in there, forgetting with whips and chains. Some men popularity. It became about your hang-ups, just want to be bossed. a place where women not worrying about felt comfortable buying “gorgeous disappointment, having no regrets and vibrators”– toys that didn’t look like enjoying the experience,” Barnett says. “decapitated penises” – and the Barnett, of Mill Hill, works with men successful formula led to a second and women, aged 29-56, from various store, in Notting Hill. backgrounds, who, at best, take a “A lot of women find the idea of cautious approach to dating, while others buying a toy arousing in itself,” Hoyle have never been in the game at all. says. “It’s like buying anything that And despite the rising popularity makes you feel good, like a bag, or of internet dating, Barnett believes it’s a beautiful vase.” a time-waster for singles. She says Sh!’s self-manufactured “Go to a dinner party and potentially strap-ons are among its best-selling meet 20 people,” she says. “It’d take items, adding pegging (where a women you six months to meet that penetrates a male with a dildo) is many people over the becoming increasingly popular. “Men internet, by which NEXT WEEK are finally discovering their prostate,” time, you’d have Using your TEFL she says. “And I think it’s great.” probably given up!” qualifications sh-womenstore.com
What do you do day to day? I run Saturday Sewing Session with my boyfriend, with lots of fun classes, such as making knickers or sausage dogs. I focus on the practical side of things, while my boyfriend does the rest. What is the best part of your job? Seeing the thrill students get when they learn to use a sewing machine to make their own creations. What’s the most challenging? Finding the time to do everything and remembering to stay calm when my to-do list is overflowing.
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