Taking up a recent New Year magazine offer with Harper’s Bazaar at £1 an issue for a six-month subscription, I couldn’t resist. I mean, I can hardly miss out at £1 a pop! I do ‘like’ fashion magazines; I say this hesitantly because I certainly don’t enjoy the high amount of glossy advertising and the Read More
Being inspired by an advert I spotted in my latest Vogue magazine (get me now..) it set me off in a whirl of thoughts and memories. The boldness of the design and style was a ‘flashback’ to the days when fashion was extremely ‘daring’ (not saying it isn’t now) in which you certainly didn’t hide Read More
A mannequin with a ‘face’ rare these days but boy does she look miserable! I spotted her alongside another 3 at a branch of River Island (still going – for the moment). Zooming in on her face I thought well…she sums up a gloomy outlook not only on retail but well rather a grim start Read More
On my usual rounds of junk and charity shops, I began to encounter items that were embellished, decorated and textured. So I thought let’s ‘celebrate’ that. From beading to embroidery adding a whole new layer of interest to what would otherwise maybe a rather boring bag or jacket. Embellishment is nothing new at all…but what Read More
In a recent search through my ‘archives’ whilst looking for bed jackets…I came across an ‘arresting image’ of brooches to make..so I thought why not? I did not indeed make the bed jacket, but maybe I would have more chance at making a brooch. This rather ‘clawing’ image of lace, ribbons and flowers was in Read More
So on viewing my two latest fashion magazine’s, I spotted a trend in which they can both agree. ‘Needlework’ or ‘Embroidery’, either way it’s a very good ‘stitch-up’ on this ‘handiwork’ of a trend! With beautiful embellishment’s appearing on dresses, tops and jackets, even shoes, and of course bags. My very favourite pastime is now Read More
Well it’s ‘all Bridal’ with Marianne this week…inspired by Givenchy’s S/S 16 look, a more ‘laid-back’ approach to Bridal was achieved in homage to Givenchy’s great style. Of course it was all about ‘lace & transparency’ and concocting these on a tight budget. With the best way by ‘upcycling’ and customising. 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
In trying to ‘keep up with the Jones’ as it were in this fashion blogging arena I decided that I needed to create an ‘icon’ to represent ‘My Fashion Eye’, I was inspired by an image I ‘spied’ in one of my vintage magazines….’Titbits’.. from 1967 & yes this is the right name (& the 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
Found this rather forlorn manicure set at a junk shop it was dusty, looking old & rather jaded…I was drawn to the fact it was by BHS in bygone times (one of my fav shops – it’s so sensible & well ‘no nonsense‘ ) the set intriguingly came with the title “Lyme Regis”. A charming Read More
A customisation of my ‘pin’ cushion gave me 2 options. Whether to ‘Stick a Pin on it’ (as usual) or ‘Pin it’? In my efforts to catch up with all the latest ‘online lingo’ I was curious about ‘Pin it’ & the site Pinterest (a brilliant wording I have to admit) so I mean ‘pin Read More
Now that the winter nights are truly in, I have been pondering over a new embroidery project to start to occupy me in this cold nights. So I looked through some of my research pictures & came across this strange image of an embroidery fire-screen I captured last year on my visit to the Witches Read More
