Another key trend this season is ’70’s Chic’, as I grew up in the 70’s this is no news to me… I have always known this, it’s just its taken decades for everyone else to realise this & catch up! Honestly forget the bad pictures of your relative’s clashing colours, flyaway collars, dodgy hairdos & 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
Was in W H Smith recently & spotted a new fashion mag for just £1! Produced by Hello magazine I thought I’ll have to check this out.. So settling down with a nice cup of tea & a Swiss roll I took a deep breath & ‘delved in’..& there was plenty inside that caught my Read More
Friday the 13th just gone, Friday ‘Brideday’ unlucky for some? Or indeed maybe ‘lucky’?…Went to the Wedding dresses show at the Victoria & Albert Museum to ‘view and assess’ the offerings on show. I just had to go…what with my strange ‘bridal obsession’….I mean why I love looking at bridal wear is beyond me…when I Read More
So according to the latest cat walk reports for A/W 15/16 ‘geek chic’ makes a prominent appearance & I was mighty glad to hear this what with my ‘chic de chic’ glasses….looks like I’m ‘trending’ without even trying (which of course is always a bonus). Design brand Max Mara took inspiration for its collection from Read More
Spring is arriving early at the Charity Shop, the look was ‘bold’ the colours strong, a vivid yellow & a ‘deep’ purple, this was no ‘wallflower approach’ no ‘fading into the background’ the attitude was very much ‘I’m here, I’m now, it’s spring, let’s get on with it’. The dress is a gathered flower print Read More
Inspired by this nail shop ‘naïve’ sign I wanted to discover a ‘no nonsense approach‘ to nails, so when browsing in my local Primark, I came across their ‘Love your nails’ range, the polish was on offer for 80p so I couldn’t argue with that! I selected the colour ‘Caramel Kiss’ which is a nice ‘uniform’ Read More
Looking through my recent catalogue I espied a number of woolly head scarves that got my attention. Three of which I’ve selected here for your perusal, from ‘Snuggles’ neck warmer, which promises that ‘the freezing cold won’t upset you anymore’ & instructs ‘just slip over your head & fasten the lovely fashionable buttons’ well you 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
So today is ‘Friday Brideday’ on TLC so I thought I would join in the fun… its the last Friday of month & I need a bit of a pick me up as I’ve been bed ridden with bronchitis all week so not ‘any fun’ at all…I present here a Bride from my archives…(yes I know Read More
A recent exhibition I visited was Guy Bourdin Image Maker at Somerset House it was my birthday so I thought why not? A favourite fashion photographer of mine for a long time he was relatively ‘unheard of’ just ‘known’ by those ‘in the know’ but when you look at his work you can clearly see 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
This weekend there was a ‘special’ on Fashion One channel with (thank goodness) more up to date shows & features, so I had to tune in & catch up on all the latest trends….so instead of continuously showing A/W 14 shows, Belarus, Poland, ‘Blonds’ or Fashion Philosophy etc etc again & again, we were treated with Read More
2015 – I mean to start as ‘I go on‘ with a fashion accessory ‘system’ spelling out not only my ‘fashion philosophy’ but also my general stance on the world at large & I’m ‘not messing about now‘! In the run up to Christmas I raided my local Primark when I saw these ‘Style Your Read More
Thought I’d give one of this season’s latest fashion trends ‘a go’, ripped jeans are back! (Oh no! I hear you wail – thought that was well over in the 80’s…remember Kylie & Sam Fox in them? – no, we don’t need to go there..) Well I suppose the current generation needs to ‘experience’ this 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
