Fashion & Beauty
Fashion & Beauty

All That Glitters

I remember buying my first pair of gold shoes. They were from Faith, and they were gold sandals with those stringy bits that wrap up round your ankles. They had the wooden stacked heels that seemed to be on everything at the time. Since then I’ve owned multiple pairs of gold shoes. They’ve been surprisingly

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Outfit: Stripes and Colour

This skirt is now getting its third outing on the blog in as many months. You wouldn’t have thought a black and white prom skirt would be such a key wardrobe piece, but it totally is. The fact that is a matte woven fabric rather than satin means that it feels much more appropriate for

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My Essential Products for Short Hair

It’s been 4 months since I had my hair chopped off. I’ve had it cut twice more since then, and its settled into itself a little. With much trial and error I’ve also figured out the best ways to dry it, style it, and keep it looking good with minimum effort. Figuring out what products

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Playing With My New Toy

Mondays is normally outfit post day. No particular reason, it just often works out that over the weekend I have left the house wearing clothes and Monday seems a convenient time to share. Sometimes they’re very boring outfits, other times they’re fancy outfits, it’s nice to have a mix. Other times, of course, I might

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Retro Chick's Got a Brand New Bag

Today’s actual outfit is really boring. Well, not REALLY boring. It’s a leopard print dress and a bright yellow cardigan. You have seen everything in it before though. The dress has appeared at least twice, in 2014 and 2016, the cardigan has appeared at least as often and the shoes, well, you must be sick

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Where to Get Your Own Varsity Jacket

On Monday I shared my Roller Derby Varsity Jacket. When people think of vintage style they think of nipped waist suits and tea dresses and seamed stockings. But it is perfectly possible to create a vintage inspired look suitable for more casual occasions! My varsity or letter jacket is the perfect example of that. Worn

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Essential Fit Kit in the Sale

Sportswear can be blooming expensive. It also takes a hell of a beating and can need replacing far more often than you’d like. Socks is one thing that I seem to get through like they’re going out of fashion. I’d never actually managed to wear a hole in a pair of socks before I started

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My Own Varsity Jacket

Hey there sunshine! No, not you, the actual sunshine. After days of grey gloom today the sun came out, just in time for me to take some photos of my new varsity jacket. In the US there’s a High School and College tradition of Letter Jackets or Varsity Jackets being awarded to high level sports

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Friday Frock Love – Things I Haven't Bought With My ASOS Voucher

Shopping is weirdly easy when you have no money. You see a thing you like and you say “Oh, that’s beautiful, if only I could afford it I would immediately buy it” and then you go away and wear all the clothes you already have. I imagine shopping is also pretty easy if you have

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