The good thing about New Year is the amount of new stuff arriving in the Charity Shop’s after the Christmas ‘mayhem’ = Christmas castoffs = unwanted gifts…you know the story…In fact there was so much going on I can’t even fit it into one blog post! Part two will follow…with a report of my ‘amazing Read More
It was the appealing advert of McDonald’s ‘Millionaire’s Latte’ that drew me in, I never usually frequent McDonald’s but I love latte’s so I thought why not give it a try? The name ‘Millionaire’s’ also got my imagination going, living very close to my ‘version’ of not only Monte Carlo but Las Vegas too, I Read More
It’s good to know that another ‘trend’ is widely available locally, that somehow I’m not being ‘shortchanged’, and to even suggest that there could possibly be a lack of choice…er no! Therefore I can’t complain (dam…as I do like a bit of a grumble…) but to be perfectly frank regarding the availability of scarf’s near Read More
I was recently reading about how one of Primark’s make up kit’s has been a complete sell-out, not really ‘news’ except it’s a dupe for a higher end make up brand, that’s why it’s sold out…Which made me think of a number of items I’ve spotted recently where instead of being just a ‘dupe’ in Read More
It’s been impossible to ignore…even though I’ve been trying to avoid it, and that is the 1980’s influence on fashion near me. Try as I might I have not been able to ‘escape’…I’m not inherently against the whole of the 1980’s…but seriously it’s been tipped as the ‘next big trend’ for at least the past Read More
It’s a print that never goes out of fashion ever, its eternal and you can mix and match it with almost anything, it is of course and needs ‘no introduction’ Animal Print. Yes that ‘ol chestnut’ is in fashion again (though most will be ‘bewildered’ by this as it never really goes ‘out’) it’s always Read More
Whilst browsing the latest Hello Fashion Magazine in their section ‘New Fashion Hacks‘ (wow this word is really been ‘bandied’ around at the minute…) I came across a look called ‘Cuff it’ in relation to wearing bangles and bracelets high on the arm (well not that high by looking at this picture…) but what immediately Read More
Ever since I spotted the Blondie vest in a Charity Shop earlier this year, I’ve been searching for any ‘rock inspired’ fashion only to find no other T-shirt to ‘match’ it for ages and ages. Until just the other week I came across a long black and white top with a ‘mysterious woman’ on it Read More
There’s a ‘drought’ on (well as far as I’m concerned) a drought of what exactly? Well only my favourite aperitif and tipple Sherry, but not just any Sherry in fact its ‘Nobleman’ from Lidl, it’s not the best at all but it’s very cheap at £2.99 a bottle. Though on my recent visit (yesterday) there was Read More
Last year it was Unicorns now it’s Mermaids I’m seeing everywhere, in fact there are still numerous Unicorns about…and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere, so demand is obviously still very high. Mermaids take me back to my favourite tale of Han’s Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid from my childhood. How my heart ached Read More
Have to say I was surprised to see bum bags available near me…why ‘surprised’? Well when they first appeared in ‘fashion’ in the 1980’s…they were definitely a ‘fashion no no’ along with shellsuits (ahhhh!). Although bumbag’s are very practical they were laughed at and included in numerous comedy sketches of the time representing the opposite of Read More
I nearly tripped up the other day over some ‘gold’ and ‘silver’ plated ‘Chanel’ tea sets (not an everyday occurrence I can assure you). I had to take a few shots ASAP (I have to be super quick as a lot of people don’t like me taking photos sometimes…Or rather ask ‘awkward’ questions that I don’t Read More
It’s round and fluffy and usually very colourful it’s the Pom-Pom! Now ‘everyone’ knows Pom-Poms have been very big in fashion recently so the fact that they are on beach bags (now reduced by the way) is not that surprising. We are now use to seeing Pom-Poms on winter wear and accessories, but my recent search shows there is no Read More
Browsing through one of those free fashion magazines I came across a trend that I have not seen before ‘missed a bit lips’ I’m like…what? Though it immediately brought to mind various mannequins I’ve spotted with a very similar though unintentional look (also nowhere near as neat…more ‘edgy’ and ‘crooked’ shall we say…) more scratched on and Read More
Baseball hats? No…not in my ‘normal’ fashion repertoire, I have never worn one ever. Never even thought of wearing one and my goodness it just wouldn’t suit me…but that does not stop me noticing a good number of mannequins donning a baseball hat recently, including one rather rude one…They have had some bad reputation in the Read More
With the ever hot weather the Boot sale season is in full swing and I’ve been gadding about ‘Boot fair country’ (I know it’s not a place it just feels like it…) I just love…never knowing what you might come across will it be ‘treasure’ or trash? I certainly don’t go there expecting to unearth a lost Turner, Read More
