Walsall Observer, Friday, March 19 2004

Figure out the best clothes
A Walsall-born woman is using her personal experience to help ladies of all shapes and sizes find suitable clothes.

Petite Clare Thomas, aged 30, has always found it difficult to find clothes to fit her. She was so frustrated that she discussed the issue with her friend Gaynor Wisdom, who is also of a similar size.

Now after 18 months of research the pair believe they have the answer to help others with a similar problem. Their newly launched www.uniquelywoman.co.uk website contains the names and details of over 760 suppliers of hard-to-find clothes.

The internet page caters for women of all sizes, not just petites, who find it difficult when looking for clothing.

The site includes information for women who have undergone mastectomies, organic clothing and also narrow, large and tiny footwear.

Clare, who went to Queen Mary's High School, said: "The inspiration for launching the site came from personal experience of feeling there was not enough clothing suppliers on the high street that supplied clothes to flatter my own figure."