I occasionally visit Lakeside shopping centre to do my sideline, which is a secret…shhh…! I’m not particularly a fan, I would prefer Bluewater if I had to choose, but well, it’s okay to have a look around. Browse and not buy! I missed their free fashion magazine the last time I visited, completely forgetting it Read More
Testing out my low value camera at a high-end department store, I was thoroughly enjoying the non-interruption of my focused activity. Happily snapping away with no one bothering me, asking awkward questions like what are you doing? And how can I help you? No, none of that, which was a huge relief. I mean people Read More
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
With a lot of personal matters and deadlines to deal with in January the new year has started slowly for me. Despite that, I have been actively adding to my ‘portfolio’. Before Christmas I went out with the aim of documenting the decline of ‘real’ retail using my new 68-megapixel camera. It was low cost Read More
Like the ol’ Hall and Oates song, “I can’t go for that…no..no can do”. What am I talking about? Well it’s the tacky ‘fashion’ shops that I’ve encountered lately. There’s at least one in each town. (Don’t know if that’s a ‘good’ thing – suppose it keeps some people off the streets…but definitely couldn’t see Read More
At the moment, I’m trying to sell 14 items on Shpock so far I’ve no takers, no luck and not one enquiry! Help? What do I need to do? I don’t believe they are overpriced, some are as new. Very disappointed. I can’t be bothered with eBay just too much work (working out the postage Read More
Interesting to note that some major fashion retailers have been taken to task regarding their green credentials. Fair enough if you’re producing fast fashion that is damaging the planet you must be made accountable. But how true are their claims? If environmentalists didn’t ‘force’ them into it would they even bother or care? Like causes Read More
There has been rather a delay in posting and I blame the weather! We’ve been through a heat wave and it’s just been too hot for many things. However the one thing it hasn’t stopped me doing apart from on the 18th/19th of July (when it was way too hot for anything) is getting around Read More
The £160 value for a £25 price tag sounds like a real bargain but you will need to spend £30 before you can snap up this ‘treasure’. Also of the total 11 items six are full-size and five are travel mini’s which is okay but is it worth the £55 outlay? (considering the £30 up Read More
Browsing online recently I came across a bold fashion article claiming that Sainsbury’s £6 sliders were the sandals of the summer. At this price point and claiming to be a dupe of some rather more expensive sandals I thought I’d better investigate. Not only were they commended for their style and price but were compared Read More
A quick trail around my usual charity shops I made a connection = the colour purple and not the book or film (not that they aren’t important) but I purely mean the colour purple itself with items from as little as 25p (the Shhh…sleep mask) to £5 for the rather disturbing Wolf bag. Also not 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
To my confounded surprise on browsing my free newspaper whilst travelling (and…why not?) I came across an article a few weeks ago about Greggs joining forces with budget retailer Primark to launch a fashion range. Wow! And well…definitely food for thought came strongly to mind (no pun intended LOL). It did however get me intrigued 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
I feel like saying in ‘the bleak mid-winter’ but not singing, it’s miserable outside. Cold, dark early and today the wind has really picked up. Yes today has been bright but with a variety of things going on I seriously needed cheering up. I’m feeling really down and just trying to find some hope. I’ve Read More
A seemingly unsung fashion ‘heroine’ presented herself to me unexpectedly whilst watching (of all things) Border Security USA, yes I’m being serious! Why? When & how? You may wonder…well she appeared as a very difficult passenger stopped at the Canadian/USA border, she was awkward, belligerent, didn’t want to answer any questions at all (& I Read More
