I can’t resist a vintage brooch. The advantage of a good vintage brooch is that they can often be picked up for mere pennies at boot fairs and charity shops, though sometimes they’re a little more expensive. Mim from Crinoline Robot wrote me a guest post with some great ways to wear vintage brooches back
I’m very much enjoying seeing the sunshine. On Saturday I braved the world with no tights, but rapidly realised that the sun was beautiful, but the breeze was cold and I returned to covered legs. Hopefully not for long! ❤ Broderie Anglaise Blouse – c/o Boden ❤ Skirt – Vintage from a Charity Shop ❤ ❤
A couple of weeks ago I discovered they had discontinued my regular foundation. It was one I’d been using for years. And I mean YEARS. It was a mineral powder foundation and worked as foundation and powder in one and was suitable for my pale but pinky toned skin, which is a rarity in a
Those of you who follow me on instagram would have already had a peek at this dress. I tend to use instagram as a much more instant kind of blogging almost, so I post things on there when I get them, and then when I wear them properly they get a proper blog post! At
There’s never anything in this world that everyone loves. Whenever you see talk of Dior’s “New Look” arriving post war in 1947 it often comes attached to the idea that after the privations of the war women were all delirious to fling off their utilitarian clothing and prance around in petticoats and corsets again. But
Did you see it?! The Sun was here! I mean there was still a chill in the air, but the sun was definitely shining. I sat in a beer garden and everything. On Saturday I had sensible plans to do all sorts of important and necessary house work, but the sun was just too irresistible
I haven’t had a style icon for a while. But last weekend I was watching a documentary on The Good Life and it reminded me how much I adore Margot Leadbetter. Margot Leadbetter is a suburban housewife par excellence. Given other circumstances Margot Leadbetter would be running a multi national corporation, but if she’s going
It’s time for another red lipstick review. It’s been a while, in fact it’s been a whole year. Last week I popped into Superdrug to experiment with foundations seeing as it appears my favourite shade in my existing brand has been discontinued and got a free Max Factor Colour Elixir Giant Pen Stick with purchase,
As I mentioned on Monday I was asked to review shopping portal ShopStyle. My original intention was to review it as part of the post on the dress I bought. But after using it I wanted to give it a bit more space. Shopping portals are popping up left, right and centre at the moment,