What Are You Wearing? Faking It
After being boiling hot for weeks this sudden cool comes as a bit of a shock. It is, of course, actually still quite warm…
Top of the Retro Chick Pops
I am suffering with insurmountable technical issues at Retro Chick HQ. Technical issues which boil down to “My new laptop won’t play my video…
A Smashing Day Out – The Chap Olympiad 2010
This weekend, as you may have heard me mention, was the weekend of the Chap Olympiad. On Saturday 17th July the ranks of the…
Friday Frock Love – Poppy Valentine
I first found Poppy Valentine through the wonderful world of Twitter. I liked her pretty vintage style avatar and her website looked cute. Then…
Weight Loss Body Battles – A story from the Trenches
I witter on a lot, about a lot of different things. You might have noticed. I’ve talked about body image and dress sizing in…
Shoe Love – Clarks Originals
There’s a holy grail in the shoe world. It’s shoes that are comfortable to walk in, attractive to wear and versatile enough to do…
Ethical Design Spotlight: Nancy Dee
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these spotlights. To be honest nothing was inspiring me that much. But yesterday I had…
Dress Me Up, Dress Me Down.
Frankly it feels a bit weird writing this today. Yesterdays blazing sunshine has given way to grey skies and curl dampening downpours of the…
Complicated Shoes and a Potential Trip to Paris
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you might have heard about these shoes. Just over a week ago I suddenly noticed a…