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    We make fitness our BUSINESS!

    Aug 11, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS: KERRY PARNELL, CHRIS MORLEY.

    ‘I COULDN’T FIND FLATTERING FITNESS-WEAR – SO I MADE IT MYSELF’

    Claire Turpin, 40, lives in Manchester with her husband Simon and two daughters. She launched sustainable shaping fitness-wear brand Contur in July 2019.

    THE IDEA

    I had a career in HR recruitment and ran my own consultancy, but I was also a qualified fitness instructor. After I had my first daughter, I put on weight and wanted to get back into exercising, but couldn’t find any flattering fitness gear. Most leggings are so low-cut, they sit under your belly and make you feel self-conscious. It’s fine when you’re 20, but when you’re a mum, with a few lumps and bumps, it’s not. So I started researching how to make them.

    WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

    I came up with the idea in January 2018 and found some recycled sculpting fabric from Italy.

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