So I was pleasantly surprised to find that down at my local Museum was an exhibition celebrating the eponymous fashion brand Biba, which was founded (shock horror) in the early 1960’s even before I was born! Originator Barbara Hulanicki wanted to bring ‘hip n happening’ fashion looks to the masses, this she achieved and more with Biba. Read More
Feeling the need for a ‘bit of a change’, I decided that a day out was required, a ‘change of scenery’, to experience ‘new sights and sounds’, to blow away the cobwebs (or maybe blast away in this case..). Therefore I decided to take a short(ish) train journey to another Essex town, rather different from Read More
Oh dear, Oh dear….the recent weather has not been kind to us at all…and it’s especially bad as it was Ascot this week and Ladies Day! Such downpours of rain are most ‘unbecoming’…when you wish to wear that special Ascot outfit! So nearer to home down at the charity shop, Stephanie was decked out in Read More
So on a recent visit to my local High Street (as usual) I walked into River Island, (I don’t go there often..so that was one surprise!) and the second ‘surprise’ was – what was ‘confronting me’ on arrival? A mannequin who in my eyes has more than a look of that eponymous fashion mogul Anna Read More
Slogan it! I say or rather that’s the message I’m getting from browsing my local High Street shops, especially as we are now entering the Summer season, ready-made slogans are a plenty. From the most obvious on T-shirts, to bag’s, badge’s, sweatshirts, leggings, make-up bags, even mirrors. The amount of places you can ‘slogan’ seems endless…so Read More
So Marianne feeling the ‘burst of Spring’ decided it was time to try a fresh look, ‘Granny Chic’ or maybe ‘Lady Chic’ with an added dose of Maximalism to complete the desired effect – load that jewellery on now ‘armour style!’ The approach can be described as taking a ‘strong stance’ in terms of use Read More
No photo! So whilst on a recent visit to London I tried to make the most of any ‘photo opportunity’ with my ‘Fashion Eye’ scanning around to see what I could capture. I entered Selfridges with my camera phone at the ready to spot any ‘top fashion’s’ or exciting mannequin displays. Unfortunately Selfridges seems to Read More
With a ‘spring in my step’ I approached a mini project with a very ‘zingy’ feeling. It’s always been on my mind to make my own lavender scented pillow, but of course I wanted to do it in my ‘own style’, my ‘own way’ and subvert somewhat this ‘sweet smelling’ wardrobe accoutrement. Read More
Well I have to say I’m no ‘dumbo’ when comes to choosing hosiery and I’m certainly never in a ‘tight corner’! So on one of my recent Charity Shop travel’s I was ‘startled and surprised’ to come across a pair of tights called for wait for it ‘Dumbo’! I was attracted not only by the Read More
On a recent visit to a Town nearby, whilst I was browsing an ‘antique-style’ stall (style as it was old ‘n’ new, odds and ends etc) I came across an arresting image entitled ‘Fashion Repeats Itself’ from a sheet of The Illustrated London News dating from 1872, and I knew I just had to buy Read More
So with the onset of Spring this week Marianne is ‘celebrating in style’ with her own homage to Maison Margiela’s key Spring look, it’s certainly a ‘makeover’ complete with Beehive, metallic and transparency representing some of the top trends this season. Read More
In the early part of the year I tore out of my free (yet again) newspaper, this time, an article which hi-lighted two fashion looks that will be ‘Big in 2016’. First is the ‘box’ clutch bag, second are ‘slipper shoes’ so in order to test this out I ‘hit the High St’ to see whether these Read More
As I leafed through my free magazine on the train, I once again came face to face with ‘complete and utter perfection‘. Staring back at me were ‘perfect faces’, ‘perfect bodies from a perfect world’….smooth glowing skin, lustrous healthy tresses, cool clothes, great handbags, exciting nights out, fantastic holiday locations and amazing careers…the list goes Read More
So I was very excited last week to see an up and coming wedding fair at my town’s largest hotel. It’s rather a ‘swish joint’ so I was looking forward to attending the ‘soiree’. Plus it was free entry so what was there to lose? I certainly needed a new Bridal fix in what would Read More
The newspaper headlines were bold & boasting ‘Basildon Boomtown’, the town was on up in the polls now, as the “9th best place to live & work in the Uk” according to the local newspaper and if that’s not enough ‘big business’ is coming to town and that meant big news for Basildon. These were the news Read More
So Marianne is looking ‘red hot’ for Valentine’s Day & she’s certainly no shrinking violet… more like an intense vibrant red rose of Valentine’s day romance and love fire! So how did she create this ‘look of love’?? With my help of course!! The punchy red 80’s influenced dress (very) was yep, you guessed it, Read More
