Amelia Lisbon has been belittled and teased all her life because of her family's poor circumstances but now that is about to change. Being given a place as a Seamstresses apprentice in the heart of London away from everything she has ever known was never part of the plan for her but it might just be the thing she needs to get her career and family off the ground. It will send her on a journey she never imagined but will she succeed in this world of fashion and politics?