So my favourite style this season is what I would describe as the ‘Gucci look’, I was very impressed earlier this year with the new fashion director’s collection for S/S 15 so I‘d thought I’d better check in on what the latest was at the house of Gucci! I immediately headed to style.com & found Read More
I spotted the Kylie Minogue jean patches in a rather dusty basket of oddments they certainly took me back to the 1980’s so I snapped them up immediately & at 3 for £1 I wasn’t going to pass this offer up! Of course I’m not going to ‘wear’ them I mean Philippa in denim is 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
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
So Easter Saturday at the Charity shop & I find Stephanie dressed smart & ‘strong’ using the boldness of a red blazer, accompanying black dress, with black, red & white ‘statement necklace‘ topped with a blue formal netted hat, so whose looking smart for Easter? Wearing the blue hat with the red & black outfit Read More
So back at the charity shop this weekend Stephanie’s new look nearly blasted me away with that in ‘your face owl hat!’ I was like whoa…this is a strong look & yet again bang on trend! I mean not anyone can wear this look its just ‘so runway’ to me…(the hat is also very ‘weather Read More
I’ve started so I’ll finish… now its time for a ‘high tea’ instead of a ‘high latte’! So as I am a very keen needle woman my eyes were immediately drawn to this basket of mags recently, at yes you’ve guessed it at a local charity shop…. I mean where else is there to shop Read More
I may have found a new ‘friend’ for Stephanie…. on a recent excursion to some further a field Charity Shops I captured this mannequin featured in one of the shop windows. Her pink wig & fascinator drew me in…her black & white polka dot dress complimented the look nicely too, though where are the shoes? This detail Read More
So firstly Greetings to all! Hope you like the Christmas baubles! Very fetching I feel, they are in fact ‘retro’ due to the image of a card from a 1970’s pack I found in a Charity shop a while back. So I have an update (as promised) regarding Stephanie – she has changed outfits for Read More
So I made two excursions to the Charity Shop this week & captured two different looks on Stephanie. In the first look there is minimal change from the last time except the formal wear hat has been swapped for a ‘Frank Spencer’ ‘French’ style beret. This adds a ‘mysterious‘ feel to Stephanie, is she on Read More
So now it’s ‘back to basics’ found these 2 Like/Dislike stamps on a visit to a charity shop last weekend. I couldn’t resist at 50p for both! I’m not really of the ‘Facebook generation’ (surprise surprise..!?) So I thought I’d bring a whole new level to ‘likes & dislikes’ with my manual stamps. I have Read More
I was met with a more somber tone at the Charity Shop this week, ‘ Stephanie’ (I named the mannequin this in my last post as it seems only polite to do so) was dressed in a long black textured coat with a brown fake fur collar (which is actually bang on trend this season), Read More
So now we go from a more ‘day-wear’ look to an evening ensemble, the beige/black colour theme remains. The Mannequin wears (maybe I should name her…emm..Stephanie I think will be nice) a long black dress with swirling leaf design, a short cream fake fur cropped jacket, black feather boa, soft cream wool hat (very flattering) and Read More
Took this snap at my local Charity shop yesterday, I popped in just as they were closing…(hence the rather overcrowded shot) the weather is getting colder now so the mannequin’s coat is very ‘climate appropriate’, (though I am not sure about the hat…) the swirly black & grey scarf and black lightweight sequinned & print Read More
