With the weather being super hot this last week and feeling I could melt most days my mind turned to ways to stay cool whilst hoping for a nice sea breeze, of course I thought ‘fashion’ though at my age even the thought of wearing a bikini (though it would be a lot cooler) is Read More
Well thought I’d do an update to the ‘Last time I went to the Charity Shop’…and have to report there really is not a lot going on, I think about 25-30% of the usual shops I use to go to have either not re-opened yet or have shut down for good..which is very bad news Read More
My beloved mini has broken down and I just don’t know what to do…I feel lost without it, bereft and heartbroken. It’s a major job, like a huge job and I don’t know which way to turn (literally) the repair is more than the car cost…! And I’m clueless about vehicles apart from driving one Read More
So out of the darkness of lockdown my first foray into nonessential shops opening happily commenced. As I walked down the main road en route to one of my favourite Charity Shops, the tedium of the trudge along the car filled landscape was eventually relieved…across the horizon I spotted that the second-hand shop was open! Read More
I’m now waiting in anticipation for the reopening of ‘nonessential’ shops tomorrow and wondering how it’s all going to work? With all the limitations it’s going to be very interesting to say the least…I wonder when will I be able to take a picture like above? Are there going to be big queues outside Charity Shops? Read More
Feeling rather deprived of some fashion and wondering what’ll be opening and how will it work? My tablet provided a good means of distraction, if you can’t see it for real I guess online is the next best thing. So scrolling through my fashion options, I started viewing Harper’s Bazaar magazine which I’ve enjoyed in Read More
With yesterday’s corona update delivered by the prime minister there are obviously lot’s of questions and concerns with some clarity needed! ‘Confusion’ reigns…but I digress…so as I have not been able to go on my usual round of shops, my mind drifted to some pictures of places I took before the lockdown…does anyone remember that…? Read More
At the beginning of this crisis fairly early on the Laura Ashley group crashed and burned and went into administration closing all its stores for good unless a buyer is to be found which looks sadly highly unlikely. I must admit with this news I felt an immediate pang of nostalgia, harking back to the Read More
Seems like a very distant memory long ago…(when in fact it was only March before the full lockdown). A different world where you could roam freely and only worry about certain aspects on your daily travel whether it be on public transport, down to the shops or a walk in the park. Now everything is Read More
Since my last blog post 20 days ago a lot has happened in between. The corona crisis has escalated to a level of national lockdown and it is an issue no one on this planet can ignore (don’t try you won’t be able to…). It’s all very surreal…Disturbing in fact to be living in such Read More
With all the very bad news, the scary news dare I even say the Cxxxxx virus word? It’s all getting a bit much for me…I just can’t deal with it…Life is becoming like an episode from the 1970’s TV series Survivors (also I think there has been a recent remake?). Anyway with people acting ‘crazy’ Read More
Is it ‘pathetic’ to be upset when a brand essentially dies? The shop that has been there all your life… now suddenly gone? My mind got thinking this way for a number of reasons, though what piqued my interest was a report of a lone mannequin dressed in black wearing a veil looking very forlorn and Read More
Patchwork is back! Did it ever go away? Well yes for a short while…but it’s now firmly on the fashion agenda for 2020. I covered this trend in 2015, see here https://philippanestie.com/patch-work/ well there’s not much more to add as it’s pretty self-explanatory, but of course like all crafts there is an art to it. Read More
So there I was thinking I was ‘safe’ home alone watching re-runs of Charlie’s Angels on the Sony channel (a favourite of mine from childhood..explains a lot…) when midst a ‘Redwine glare’ a horrid and grotesque face flickered on and off the screen…was I ‘seeing things’? Was that a mirage? What the hell…was…that? ‘Chilled to Read More
Whilst scrolling on my phone I read with interest that “second-hand fashion is set to surge in coming years” and “could overtake fast fashion”, hello? have they not seen my blog??! LOL! With environmental concerns it’s the obvious choice and anything that puts fast fashion in its place has to be a good thing…but to Read More
Not sure if there’s a bling ‘thing’ going on as we start the New Year but on viewing what I’ve come across recently I’m beginning to ‘suspect’ so…with all the ‘evidence’ I have gathered…especially over the last couple of days alone. So ring a ding! I’m now thinking of the ‘Bling Ring’ gang who broke Read More
