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
I now I find out on a recent visit to Pitsea market the cheap magazine stall is back on a Saturday! Hallelujah! Got this Elle magazine for £1 so I am almost ‘up to date’ as this is the Nov 14 issue..so I am getting there… Inside I have just been catching up on all 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
I didn’t realise my trusty shopper is currently really all the rage..as reported recently by the Daily Mail Online & also last year in Feb 2013 – so this it seems is a trend that won’t go away . Previously regulated to ‘Grannies’ even Louis Vuitton & Chanel have come on board! Who knows who else Read More
Flicking channels recently I was very pleased to come across ‘Fashion One’ channel on Sky 257, since a year or so ago when World Fashion show was on “My Channel’ both the show and channel seemed to disappear…so I was pleasantly surprised to know there is a whole channel to appease my ‘fashion fix‘ whenever 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
When viewing images from your latest shoot it can be very hard to make a pick, my recent shoot ‘On the way to the launderette’ (see Fashion page) presented such challenges, it is very important to get across ‘my stance’ as it were, so the pose and location, framing are paramount. This one ‘By the Read More
Since Pitsea market has been reduced and I believe ‘destroyed’ from it’s former glory to its now ‘mini’ size, the cheap magazine & book stall that used to be there on a Saturday has gone….the market was reduced to make space for a Morrison’s car park, so Basildon council kindly obliged & also knock-downed the swimming pool Read More
Granny’s Attic junk shop is located in Ramsey on the Isle of Man, my visit last year was during the closing down sale (sadly as the owner had died) I picked up the below item, a sign from the original Museum of Costume when it was in Eridge Castle, (now in Bath) nice to pick Read More
