November 24, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty

Sensible Footwear for Autumn Feet

Ok, so, I’ve finally given and admitted it’s autumn. I’m checking through my stocking drawer to see if I actually have any I can still wear and eventually I’ll get around to making sure all my summer frocks are cleaned and repaired to go away for the winter. As the rain starts falling and the

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Retro Chick Reviews: The 1950s Look

Back at the beginning of September I reviewed this books sister, The 1940s Look At the time I promised you a review of the 1950s Look as well, and here it is! I do feel like I’ve been reviewing rather a lot of things lately, do you find them handy or would you rather I

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Dear Diary

When Flamingo Amy did my Hair for Bo Nanafana

Those of you that follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or read my blog on Friday will know I’ve been poorly. I was determined to be well enough to go out Saturday night as I was finally letting Flamingo Amy loose on my hair to make me look like a vintage Princess. Thus it was that,

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Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick is a Sucker for Good Packaging

Sore throat, earache, aches and pains. That’s me today. I am hoping that I’ll feel better tomorrow as I have tickets for Bonanafana and I’m getting my hair done and everything. In fact Flamingo Amy is supposed to be setting my hair for me tonight, so I’m hoping against hope I’ll feel better later today.

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Dear Diary

Events for Vintage Lovers in Norwich – October

October looks like another busy one for Norfolk based fans of the world of the vintage and slightly bizarre. The Bo Nanafana Social Club kicks off the month after it’s summer hiatus  (for which I will be having my hair done all lovely by vintage hair stylist Flamingo Amy) and Clutter City ends it with

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Retro Chick Competitions

The Dying Days of Summer (and the winner is)

Today I am mostly looking moody in hotel rooms. There’s no particular reason for my moody looks, these are just the pictures that came out best in the bad hotel room lighting. This is bound to be one of the last wears this 50s cotton dress gets before it gets too cold and it has

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Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick Reviews – Illamasqua lipstick

When I went to the My Sugarland blogger event the other week we were packed off home with a little goodie bag. Inside that goodie bag was a lipstick. But not just any lipstick, this was a really sexy looking lipstick. With incredibly tactile glossy black packaging, concave sides and rounded corners, I just wanted

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Fashion & Beauty

A Love Story About a Dress and the No Strings Burlesque Cabaret

This outfit is like a love story. One of those stories where the protagonists meet, and they’re in love, but they’re not in the right place in their lives so they go their separate ways and meet up again in 20 years when they’ve grown and matured, and then they live happily after. Well, it’s

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Fashion & Beauty

Your Weekend Entertainment – Black Book

It’s entirely possible that I am the only person in the world who hadn’t seen this film. Possibly once again I am the last to know about wonderful things that I should have already seen. Equally possibly none of you know what the hell I am on about. If it’s the former, then feel free

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