Despite the doom bringers promising more cold weather to come, I’m relieved to feel a touch of spring in the air. It promises fresh, line dried clothes, afternoon picnics by the river and, most importantly, lovely summer frocks. During the…
Today this is kind of a book review, but more just a book recommendation. The book is Orchids on Your Budget by Marjorie Hillis and I actually bought it some time ago, but have only just got around to telling…
Hello, I’m here, didn’t want you all to think I’d abandoned you or anything. I’m going to start this post with a big thank you to everyone for their thoughts and lovely words on my last post about my Grampy.…
It was aaaallll the way back in January last year when I made the man himself, Hercule Poirot, my style icon. Since then I keep meaning to add another very stylish cast member to the style icon ranks, but it…
This is the last of the lipsticks I have been sent by PRs to review…. I will be purchasing some of the more common brands myself to try out (so expect some cheapies!) and I might put out another shout…
The title of this post pretty much sums up my weekend! This outfit is bought to you courtesy of my new Heyday! trousers. When I saw this new fabric on the Heyday! website I just had to have them. They’re…
I thought I’d do a little hair tutorial today. The Page Boy was a popular style in the 1940s. It’s a smooth hair style rather than a really curly or wavy one, with curls at the bottom the hair tucked…
I remember once a cashier in M&S asked me where I bought my clothes from. She’d gushed about my hair as I had a little fringe roll and we had a little chat about pin curls. But at the time…
Van Dal Shoes has launched a “vintage collection” This is the latest thing for shops with a bit of history behind them with Marks & Spencer, Clarks and even Boots also having done something similar. I was quite excited. Van…