Fashion

It’s just…..50p!!

Well it’s very hard for lots of people at present, so it’s time to take stock and conserve what you have and try and not spend a penny…! (hmmm…well yes sorry for that pun but it just came out…!). What if you do need/want/desire absolutely have to buy something…like today I bought a make-up sponge Read More

Stay cool….whilst it’s hot

With the weather being super hot this last week and feeling I could melt most days my mind turned to ways to stay cool whilst hoping for a nice sea breeze, of course I thought ‘fashion’ though at my age even the thought of wearing a bikini (though it would be a lot cooler) is Read More

Driven crazy…!

My beloved mini has broken down and I just don’t know what to do…I feel lost without it, bereft and heartbroken. It’s a major job, like a huge job and I don’t know which way to turn (literally) the repair is more than the car cost…!  And I’m clueless about vehicles apart from driving one Read More

A ‘mixed’ bag…

So out of the darkness of lockdown my first foray into nonessential shops opening happily commenced. As I walked down the main road en route to one of my favourite Charity Shops, the tedium of the trudge along the car filled landscape was eventually relieved…across the horizon I spotted that the second-hand shop was open! Read More

Fashion Fix

Feeling rather deprived of some fashion and wondering what’ll be opening and how will it work? My tablet provided a good means of distraction, if you can’t see it for real I guess online is the next best thing. So scrolling through my fashion options, I started viewing Harper’s Bazaar magazine which I’ve enjoyed in Read More

Survivors…

With all the very bad news, the scary news dare I even say the Cxxxxx virus word? It’s all getting a bit much for me…I just can’t deal with it…Life is becoming like an episode from the 1970’s TV series Survivors (also I think there has been a recent remake?). Anyway with people acting ‘crazy’ Read More

Patch it up!

Patchwork is back! Did it ever go away? Well yes for a short while…but it’s now firmly on the fashion agenda for 2020. I covered this trend in 2015, see here https://philippanestie.com/patch-work/ well there’s not much more to add as it’s pretty self-explanatory, but of course like all crafts there is an art to it. Read More