November 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
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Telegraph Fashion Photography Exhibition at London Fashion Week

************************************************************************* I couldn’t make this exhibition, but it sounded fabulous, so because I know Missy Vintage is a budding photographer I asked her to head along in my place and do me a little write up on the show. ************************************************************************* There are lots of press reports and flurries of excitement on social media right now

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1940s Glamour Day at Great Yarmouth Library

This weekend I headed off with the Historical Sauces to teach the ladies of Great Yarmouth about 1940s Glamour. These sessions at libraries and museums are really great fun to do with the Sauces. They just completely encapsulate what we wanted to do, with the combination of historical fact and practical, hands on, glamour, showing

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Dear Diary – January

January Stats… Start Weight: 11st 9lb Weight Now: 11 st 6lb Monthly Loss: 3lb Total loss: 12lb Waist: 29.75″ Miles Run: 45.1 Average Distance per run:1.4 Well, Janathon is over, but of course, it’s not all about the running of a mile a day. I have weight to lose and January has been a difficult

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What's Goin' On?

It’s time for one of my random occasional update posts. Today I launched the final voting for the Best of Vintage Norwich Awards, which this year is sponsored by Jane Richards Interiors, so if you’re Norwich based, or know anyone who lives in Norwich then feel free to pop over and vote for your favourites!

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Lounging in Luxury

One of the secret resolutions I have made this year is to lounge more. Ok, so it’s not so secret anymore. But it really is. I need to learn to relax more, and do it in a bit of style.  I was inspired by this photo of Faye Dunaway on the Penny Dreadful Vintage Facebook

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A Fond Farewell

Apologies for yet another post with no vintage, frocks or frivolity. On Sunday morning I got the phone call from my Mum that I’d been both waiting for, and dreading, to tell me that my Nana had died overnight. She’d been in hospital since before Christmas, and I spent 3 days there at the end

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Highlights of 2012

Well, the year is drawing inexorably to a close. After a week of self indulgence and laziness I’m ready to get on with things.  In 2012 I’ve certainly learnt a lot of lessons about myself and what I can do. I’m finishing the year feeling more confident in my abilities, and keen to get myself

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Christmas in Pictures

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas? This year was a bit more low key than some past years, for various reasons, but it was still lovely and relaxing. In fact probably more so because I now have a very unvintage dishwasher, which means I can make as much mess while cooking as I like

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Winter Fitness Goals Update……

Well, it’s Christmas Eve, and I’m looking forward to a few days of unashamed laziness, booze and unhealthy food. Though I might sneak in a run, because it at least makes me feel like I earned those crisps. Before the indulgence begins its time to take stock of where I am now, and how I

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