Due to enforced bed rest with my continuing flu, I thought back to my childhood in the days when any respectable lady or indeed child (as I was) wore a bed jacket. Yes! A jacket especially for bed! To not have one, was to be totally underdressed…! So I started a search in eBay to Read More
On the second ‘leg’ of my journey (don’t think there will be a third..) around the Island I present here my findings in the form of ‘sketches’ via my ‘very latest’ app, I mean why ‘bother drawing’ them when I can app ‘snap’ them into a sketch form with just a click? (or am I Read More
It was with great interest I read that the ‘High Gloss’ look from the late 1970’s disco era is about to make a resurgence. An article I read in ES magazine reported that fashion designer Marc Jacobs would be hosting a party to celebrate the launch of a book appropriately called ‘Gloss‘ by photographer Chris Read More
I spotted the Kylie Minogue jean patches in a rather dusty basket of oddments they certainly took me back to the 1980’s so I snapped them up immediately & at 3 for £1 I wasn’t going to pass this offer up! Of course I’m not going to ‘wear’ them I mean Philippa in denim is Read More
A recent visit to the charity shop has revealed a possible new trend..so what do I spy with my ‘fashion eye’? Well Stephanie resplendent in a straw hat ‘suitably distressed’, yes the look is what I would describe as quite definitely ‘Hill Billy’. This is not a look that crops up in fashion very often Read More
On my many trips to the various charity shops I invariably came across a very useful item, namely packets of unopened tights, the ex-owners loss is my gain in this ‘game if tights’…they can come from different decades styles & colours but in this I am certainly a winner with them costing on average just Read More
So its all a ‘bloom’ on my local High St, with the ‘flowers of summer’ bursting forth from all directions on all manner of garments, yes floral is it seems ‘de rigueur’ in my locality (& yours too – this is the High St after all). Now we’re in the ‘height of summer’ this is no Read More
So feeling rather glum I decided to try & make myself feel better by getting ‘appy’ with it, & using as my inspiration TLC’s continuing ‘Friday brideday’ theme. This would of course include my two ‘fashion queens’ Stephanie & Marianne, so now all I had to do was turn these 2 models into brides, but the Read More
Recently browsing my high-end magazines (bought on a low budget at the market again – bargain!) what item kept jumping out at me time & again saying ‘look at me, look at me’? I’ll tell you (& you may not be surprised..) the designer bag! Yes advert after advert, the ‘bag’ takes ‘centre stage’ the model Read More
A magazine obsession of mine is ‘Golden Hands‘ a publication by Marshall Cavendish from the early to mid 1970’s, I first discovered this ‘marvel’ quite by accident in the 1990’s whilst perusing in one of my local charity shops & I can tell you I knew I had found a real gem! Of course I couldn’t Read More
So I checked in again to this month’s June issue of Hello Fashion Magazine & sped to ‘the agenda’ section (which is a neat round up of all the latest trends) & I was delighted to see that patchwork was one of this seasons looks. Why was I happy? Well I just received my ‘Angelina Hobo Bag Read More
For some ‘unknown’ reason a ‘long forgotten’ fragrance popped into my mind whilst out shopping…it was Tweed perfume by Lentheric, I remember my mum having some & I used to spray a sneaky squirt from her dresser…(of course she would of known..the fragrance is very strong, very unmistakable, very might I say ‘Tweed‘ & for me Read More
One ‘startlingly‘ item that caught my ‘fashion eye‘ recently was the Gucci slipper ‘shoes’ which featured on their A/W 15 runway show. The Gucci label has a new fashion director & this first showing of their collection certainly got the fashion world ‘all of a buzz’…but it was those furry slippers that took everyone by Read More
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
Feeling the real need of a weekend ‘pick me up’ I was pleasantly surprised whilst browsing my local ‘cheap store’ where I found some potential ‘lift me up’ products so I pounced upon 2 ‘Trendy Wendy’ offers, (I’ve never heard of them but a great name! Whoever ‘Trendy Wendy’ is….) I grabbed the ‘handy’ turban which 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
