Things You'll Never Be Able To Afford – Christian Dior Couture Fall 2010
Lusting over things you can’t afford can be pretty depressing. I, however, have no illusions that I will ever be purchasing myself a Christian…
Vintage Hair with Flamingo Amy
No vintage look is complete without a proper hair do. For years I’d admired elaborate rolled hair dos, curls and fingerwaves, but remained totally…
10 Question Style Snapshot – Intrinsically Florrie
Last year I started this series in order to give me an excuse to virtually nose around the wardrobes of some of my favourite…
War & Peace
This weekend I happened to be in Kent. Happily this coincided with the annual War & Peace show at the Hop Farm in Paddock…
What Are You Wearing? Faking It
After being boiling hot for weeks this sudden cool comes as a bit of a shock. It is, of course, actually still quite warm…
Top of the Retro Chick Pops
I am suffering with insurmountable technical issues at Retro Chick HQ. Technical issues which boil down to “My new laptop won’t play my video…
Retro Chick Style Icon – Mae West
Sometimes it’s not the way that someone dresses that makes them my style icon. Style is about so much more than just putting on…
A Smashing Day Out – The Chap Olympiad 2010
This weekend, as you may have heard me mention, was the weekend of the Chap Olympiad. On Saturday 17th July the ranks of the…
Friday Frock Love – Poppy Valentine
I first found Poppy Valentine through the wonderful world of Twitter. I liked her pretty vintage style avatar and her website looked cute. Then…