Lynda Stretton's background in fashion is in both the retail and wholesale side of the fashion business. For a number of years she worked in a wholesale fashion district in the heart of industrial England. She has fashion experience ranging literally from the shop floor all the way up to manageress and buyer. At Jefferson B Fashions, she was responsible for buying and maintaining a wide range of labels. Clothes on the rack included: dresses, coats, menswear etc. with an emphasis on evening wear. Children's clothes and costume jewellery were also in the product line. Her itinerary included visits to the runways of the fashion houses of London and other English cities.



Other fashion companies included: Bruce Fashions, and Mates. Bruce Fashions specialized in denim clothes with a sideline of evening dresses. Mates - an Irving Sellars chain of stores - sold middle-of-the-road ladies' daywear.

Over the last two decades, Lynda has resided in both England and America, and has watched the global changes in fashion purely as an objective observer. Her only involvement in fashion at present is through the pages of this magazine, but this keeps her busier than she ever was as a buyer.