Lest We Forget
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3d ago
Every year I manage to lose my British Legion poppy within hours of buying one so as back-up I'm also showing my support by wearing this trippy poppy print velvet maxi created by British boutique designer, John Marks, in the late 1960s. It's been in my wardrobe for almost 15 years, bought with some birthday money from my parents, from a vintage stall at Clothes Show Live in Birmingham. With it being the weekend prior to Armistice Day, on Friday night we decided to watch the 2022 remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, the epic German anti-war film based on the 1929 novel by Er ..read more
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A Week In Outfits
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5d ago
Hello! Excuse the gap between posts, it's been a busy old week. In addition to making a waistcoat and spending most of Monday in Spoons, I've swum 1.25miles and walked around ten, spent an hour and a half on my Wii Fit and listed over 200 items online. I've spent four mornings exploring the charity shops of various Black Country towns, sold a shedload of stuff on Vinted and managed to get it all wrapped and despatched within a few hours of selling it.  On Saturday, for a morning of photographing & listing stock and a quick sprint into town for some eyelets for my waistcoat from th ..read more
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Counter Culture Meets Curtain Couture
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1w ago
Back in January I published a post entitled Aesthetic Dressing - The Anti-Fashion Arts & Crafts Movement. The Arts and Crafts (or Aesthetic) movement was a reaction against the damaging effects of industrialisation and the relatively low status of the decorative arts.  A group of like-minded artists and intellectuals, including William Morris, sought to reform the design and manufacture of everything from buildings to jewellery and to encourage an appreciation of art and an understanding of what was beautiful. They saw the prim and proper Victorian society as rigid and the ..read more
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All In A Day's Work
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1w ago
 I've fallen behind with sharing our vintage chazza shop finds so, before I start laundering, polishing and putting them away, here's what we picked up this morning. Not bad considering we only visited three shops! A 1990s wool midi length coat from Benetton, a label I'm always excited to spot to charity shops. Back in my youth it was such an aspirational brand, I loved going in their shop in Walsall's Saddlers' Centre and admiring the rainbow of folded jumpers neatly arranged in wooden pigeon holes, never daring to unfold them. Another 1990s coat, this is in textured cotton and by W ..read more
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Outfits & Outings
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2w ago
I'm gradually working my way through my wardrobe, selling what I don't wear and having fun trying out different combinations of the old favourites I'm keeping. Although I've owned this 1970s Anokhi maxi skirt & Oasis Trading cotton blouse for years, Thursday was the first time I'd ever worn them together.  It's always a bit of a gamble getting dressed before sunrise and I often wonder how the colours will work together in the cold light of day but, judging by the compliments from my fellow swimmers, I didn't look like an explosion in Oxfam when I emerged from the cubicle after m ..read more
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The Girls Are Back in Town
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2w ago
This week's been spent in the company of some fabulous women!  On Wednesday I met up with my friend Lynn, caught a train to Birmingham's New Street Station and then caught a bus up to the leafy suburb of Edgbaston, home to The Barber Institute of Fine Arts. The gorgeous Grade 1 listed Art Deco building, designed by Robert Atkinson in the 1930s and opened by Queen Mary in 1939, was the first building in the UK to be purpose-built for the study of art history.  The Barber Institute is currently hosting a free exhibition called Scent & the Art of the Pre-Rapha ..read more
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Rave On!
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3w ago
Here's what we wore on Saturday night for our friends' daughter's 1990s themed 30th Birthday party.  Jon recaptured his rave days in black denim dungarees, a bucket hat, Vans Hi-Tops, a baggy tee shirt and some Sick Eye shades along with the obligatory dummy and some stick-on smiley faces - which he doled out to the party goers - E's for grown-ups! I went for a Cheong-san (as worn by Madonna, Kate Moss and Ginger Spice), silver platforms, bug eye spex, a 1990s magazine clutch and a Gwen Stefani Lamb bangle. My Space Buns were adorned with some vintage diamonte hair grips. I took ..read more
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Clothes Make The (Wo)Man
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3w ago
Get me! I've been blogging for 15 years and it's the first time I've ever written a post on my phone.     It's Saturday afternoon and I'm currently upstairs, listening to 6Music and getting tonight's outfit sorted. We're off to our friends' daughter's 30th birthday party (how did that happen? I remember her being born!) and there's a 90's dress code. I'm going for a Madonna/Gwen Stefani/Raver mash-up....Fingers crossed that the look I've got in my head works in real life! I've been refining my wardrobe. Last week I decided to have a big clear out and listed loads of my clothes ..read more
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Autumn In Corfu - The Grand Finale!
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1M ago
It's my final travelogue and this time it's all about the stunning village of Paleokastritsa on the northwest coast of the island, where we always stay when we visit Corfu. Ever since our first visit, back in June 2017, we've been utterly captivated by its beauty and having to whittle down a few photos from the hundreds we take is a daunting task. One of the first to fall for Paleo's charms was Sir Frederick Adam, the British High Commissioner to the Ionian islands in the early 19th century. Paleokastrítsa's appeal lay in her deep wooded slopes, blue sea and bathing beaches but ..read more
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Autumn in Corfu - Meet You At The Cemetery Gates
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1M ago
For us, a trip to Corfu's premier town, Kerkyra (aka Corfu Town) is a must. A designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, wandering aimlessly and getting lost amongst the labyrinthine Venetian-era alleyways of the atmospheric Old Town is one of our favourite things to do. The bus from Paleokastritsa to Kerkyra costs 2.50€ (cash only!) and takes around 40 minutes. Unlike the UK where there's always someone guzzling a stinky burger or chomping on greasy deep-fried chicken, the consumption of food and drink on board buses in Greece is prohibited and the conductor had to tell a British woman off fo ..read more
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