Seems like a very distant memory long ago…(when in fact it was only March before the full lockdown). A different world where you could roam freely and only worry about certain aspects on your daily travel whether it be on public transport, down to the shops or a walk in the park. Now everything is Read More
Since my last blog post 20 days ago a lot has happened in between. The corona crisis has escalated to a level of national lockdown and it is an issue no one on this planet can ignore (don’t try you won’t be able to…). It’s all very surreal…Disturbing in fact to be living in such Read More
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
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
So there I was thinking I was ‘safe’ home alone watching re-runs of Charlie’s Angels on the Sony channel (a favourite of mine from childhood..explains a lot…) when midst a ‘Redwine glare’ a horrid and grotesque face flickered on and off the screen…was I ‘seeing things’? Was that a mirage? What the hell…was…that? ‘Chilled to Read More
Well…to be honest sometimes I’m only in a mood for a treat and then sometimes a trick if I’m in that ‘devilish’ frame of mind. Love it or hate it it’s impossible to ignore Halloween…and it’s not going to go away no matter how much you wish it so…what do you do? If you hate Read More
With the depressing wet weather (like is it ever going to stop raining…) and the on going crazy political crisis I thought I would distract myself with ‘flower fashion’, where a flower motif unsurprisingly is the main feature. Starting with a vibrant red rose to burn through the misery, red always makes a bold statement Read More
Earlier this year it was Audrey Hepburn now it’s Marilyn Monroe that is ‘haunting me’, or rather she just ‘pops up’ whether I’m in a Charity Shop, boot fair, shopping centre or antique market. The images here are just skimming the surface. Apart from Marilyn appearing before me on a regular basis at present…from a Read More
Always wanted to visit New York…I nearly made it over there in the 90’s, but I got ill so the trip had to be unfortunately cancelled and I never got to experience the big apple…dam…I didn’t have the money later on as I was a cash-strapped student, so when I see pictures of New York Read More
While it’s good to think of yourself it’s also good to think of others too. I guess I’m just not from the ‘selfie generation’ as I have no interest whatsoever of taking multiple selfie’s of myself and uploading them to social media (especially when I don’t do social media..!) Despite this I do own a Read More
So I nearly posted this on Friday but didn’t get the time…with “Thank Scrunchie it’s Friday”, in ode to the old Crunchie advert “Thank Crunchie it’s Friday”, though that honeycomb middle did stick to your teeth and felt like it instantly rotted them, so even though I love Crunchies I avoided them often no matter Read More
With the recent humid weather a fan is a very fashionable and ‘demure’ way of cooling off, I only own a few including the purple one featured here. Prompted by seeing a recent magazine article about the re-emergence of fans in fashion I thought I would ‘investigate’. The fan I own was the most usual Read More
So if I buy a bag that says ‘Fashion’ does that mean I’m in ‘Fashion’ or not? I suspect not…more likely if it was to say ‘it’s not Fashion’ I might have more of a chance..? My favourite of these fashion bags is the one with the tantalizing encrusted lips and nails, I think that Read More
It’s a fashion style that doesn’t disappear forever (what does??) in fact if I think about it is always on something even if it’s only just a trim…or more appropriately a ‘glimmer’ it has that ‘other world’ space age quality and I rather love it. As a child growing up with 1970’s Sci-Fi, I felt Read More
I recently came across some old photos from way back when I bought a Lomo camera in the late 1990’s, they were like ‘all the rage’ and became very trendy…I remember Jarvis Cocker having one so I thought why not have a change from the normal 35mm? The results were mixed but generally not ‘boring’ Read More
It seems as if I ‘can’t escape’ from Audrey Hepburn at the moment, whether in a Charity Shop (as usual…) or in a ‘normal shop’ (not many of those left …) that demure icon of the silver screen is gracing either a bag, purse or pillow! She is there! Either as most famously Holly Golightly Read More
