November 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty

4 Summer Wardrobe Basics Every Woman Should Have…

Back in March I wrote about 4 wardrobe basics every woman should have. A black dress, a pair of straight leg jeans, a decent winter coat and a good leather bag. All well and good, but I think we all know that those 4 items alone don’t make a decent wardrobe. As Summer approaches that

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Fashion & Beauty

Ethical Design Spotlight – Heart's Desire Jewellery

Heart’s Desire Jewellery is a partnership of two designers, Ann Marie Hodrick and Marie Johnson, who met when their children were at school together. Their jewellery is all hand crafted, making each piece totally unique. Jewellery can be a bit of a minefield for ethical shoppers, but as well as recycling vintage components Hearts Desire

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Fashion & Beauty

Amber from Clueless

Last night Clueless was  on Film 4, and, it being Easter Monday, and me having nothing better to do with my time than sit on my papasan chair and polish off the last of the chocolate (the calories don’t count if you finish them all before the end of the holiday) I decided to watch

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Fashion & Beauty

What are you wearing? Vintage wiggle dresses at a Charity Ball

White Wiggle Dress - Vintage Blue Crystal Earrings - Vintage, borrowed from my Mum Blue Crystal Bracelet - Borrowed from my Mum Silver Snake Belt - A gift. Satin Clutch, Peep Toes & Net Hair Bow - New Look Those of you that follow me on Twitter may be aware that I was attending a

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Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick Style Icon – Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham gets a lot of stick, and I fully expect this to be a bit of a controversial choice, but truth is I’ve been a fan of Victoria Beckham since her Spice Girl days. I think you can probably tell that from this picture taken while getting ready to go out on New Years

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Fashion & Beauty

Ethical Design Spotlight – Tammam

This weekend, whilst on my wanderings, I popped into an exhibition / sale / workshop of weaving and ethically produced clothing. Then I popped straight back out again. There is also an ethical clothing boutique in my town, but I’ve never been in there, for the same reason I popped straight back out of the

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Fashion & Beauty

What are you wearing? Statement Coats and Peep Toes

T shirt – Ebay Trench Coat – Vintage Jeans – So old I forget Skull Print Peep Toes – Ebay Bag – Topshop Slightly Awkward Grin – All my own   Today it is raining, and windy and cold and miserable, but at the weekend it felt Springy enough that a trip to the pub

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Dear Diary

Top 5 Tips to have fun with no money

When you have no money, whatever the reason, it’s easy to resign yourself to a life of 10p Supermarket noodles, (economy) beans on (economy) toast and endless sit com repeats on TV. But it doesn’t need to be that way. Redundancy, lack of availability of credit, falling interest rates for savers and rising interest rates

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Can Cheap Fashion be Ethical Fashion?

Today I have heard the news that Primark has created the role of Ethical Trading Director and appointed Katherine Kirk, previously from Gap, who were themselves the centre of a sweatshop scandal, to the role. It would seem, on the surface, that Primark are seriously dedicated to ensuring that their products are ethically produced. They

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