So I’ve returned from my sojourn…& I must say I’m glad to be back… enjoyable as it was there’s only so much of bumpy beds & ‘guest house’ style surroundings that I could take without doing serious ‘damage’ to my health either mental or physical…So it was time for a ‘sharp exit’ ‘stage left’ if Read More
Yes I’m off on a short holiday, a ‘vacation’, ‘en vacances’….but I’m off for a whole week….I’ll be staying in the UK so I’ll have to brace myself for ‘any weather’, the temperature is cooling at present, so I’ll have to make sure my wardrobe is ‘weather appropriate’, it could be sun, it could be Read More
A recent visit to the charity shop has revealed a possible new trend..so what do I spy with my ‘fashion eye’? Well Stephanie resplendent in a straw hat ‘suitably distressed’, yes the look is what I would describe as quite definitely ‘Hill Billy’. This is not a look that crops up in fashion very often Read More
On my many trips to the various charity shops I invariably came across a very useful item, namely packets of unopened tights, the ex-owners loss is my gain in this ‘game if tights’…they can come from different decades styles & colours but in this I am certainly a winner with them costing on average just Read More
So its all a ‘bloom’ on my local High St, with the ‘flowers of summer’ bursting forth from all directions on all manner of garments, yes floral is it seems ‘de rigueur’ in my locality (& yours too – this is the High St after all). Now we’re in the ‘height of summer’ this is no Read More
So its ‘Vive La France’ as Marianne ‘jumps onto Eurostar’ to join the French in their national holiday Bastille Day. Many celebrations are afoot & Ms Marianne does not want to miss out! So I booked her a ticket & well she was off! Her fashion look is ‘decidedly French‘ first choosing a beautiful floppy Read More
So feeling rather glum I decided to try & make myself feel better by getting ‘appy’ with it, & using as my inspiration TLC’s continuing ‘Friday brideday’ theme. This would of course include my two ‘fashion queens’ Stephanie & Marianne, so now all I had to do was turn these 2 models into brides, but the Read More
Recently browsing my high-end magazines (bought on a low budget at the market again – bargain!) what item kept jumping out at me time & again saying ‘look at me, look at me’? I’ll tell you (& you may not be surprised..) the designer bag! Yes advert after advert, the ‘bag’ takes ‘centre stage’ the model Read More
So now the time has come for the ‘unveiling’ of the ‘mysterious’ Marianne..aimed to coincide with the celebration of Ascot’s Ladies day, the face of my ‘RagAsh’ label is revealed..the net remains for just a fraction of a second, before the final lifting….on this ‘face of fashionable mystery’ the true beauty of Marianne is daringly Read More
So its Ladies day at Ascot this week & to mark this momentous occasion ( though can’t say I normally bother…some of the hats are amusing at least…) I am posting here a preview of the ‘Mysterious Marianne’…whose identity will be unveiled ‘to coincide with this highlight in the Sporting & Fashion calendar’ – So just Read More
A magazine obsession of mine is ‘Golden Hands‘ a publication by Marshall Cavendish from the early to mid 1970’s, I first discovered this ‘marvel’ quite by accident in the 1990’s whilst perusing in one of my local charity shops & I can tell you I knew I had found a real gem! Of course I couldn’t Read More
Whilst doing some research online I had a look on pixabay a great resource for downloading images & for use copy right free! Of course I did a search under ‘Mannequins‘ (I just can’t help myself at times…) & what did I find?? Steph! Well not her exactly but her double! x 3! Yes here Read More
So I checked in again to this month’s June issue of Hello Fashion Magazine & sped to ‘the agenda’ section (which is a neat round up of all the latest trends) & I was delighted to see that patchwork was one of this seasons looks. Why was I happy? Well I just received my ‘Angelina Hobo Bag Read More
I hit my local Boots at the weekend as I had in my head maybe a ‘refresh in the hair department‘ for summer wouldn’t go amiss… so I headed for the hair dye section to see what was ‘on offer’ I didn’t think an ‘all over’ colour would suit, I was thinking more of a Read More
For some ‘unknown’ reason a ‘long forgotten’ fragrance popped into my mind whilst out shopping…it was Tweed perfume by Lentheric, I remember my mum having some & I used to spray a sneaky squirt from her dresser…(of course she would of known..the fragrance is very strong, very unmistakable, very might I say ‘Tweed‘ & for me Read More
One ‘startlingly‘ item that caught my ‘fashion eye‘ recently was the Gucci slipper ‘shoes’ which featured on their A/W 15 runway show. The Gucci label has a new fashion director & this first showing of their collection certainly got the fashion world ‘all of a buzz’…but it was those furry slippers that took everyone by Read More
