December 21, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty

Sunshine and Showers

Saturday started with thunder and hail. Then rapidly moved onto blinding sunshine. By the afternoon it had settled into warm, but with grey skies, but it was with a typically British sense of distrust that I headed out wearing those crazy high raffia wedges that I’ve been waiting to wear for ages, carrying an umbrella

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Fashion & Beauty

The Thin End of the Wedge – Summer Wedge Heels

I do like a good pair of wedges for Summer. I have the most amazing pair of wedges at home that I’m still waiting for a chance to wear out and photograph as Summer is still insisting on hiding behind a large rain cloud. Ever the optimist I have decided to shop for yet more

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Fashion & Beauty

Staying Blonde – Review of Fudge Blonde Products

When I started going blonde what I was really after was platinum. However, I soon discovered that whatever colour hair the woman on the front of the box has, your hair will be yellow when you dye it. The only way to knock that yellow out is with toners and shampoos and all sorts of

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Retro Chick Presents: How to Tie a Headscarf 1940s Style

2 years without a video and then 2 in 2 months, I know! I seem to be on a roll, so if there’s anything you’d like to see in a video, tutorial or otherwise, feel free to let me know in the comments! This video is on how to tie a headscarf, 1940s, Land Girl

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love – Summer in the Sale

The Sun is occasionally peeking through the clouds and my thoughts have turned to summer frocks. Sales are often an end of season thing. If you’re looking for bargains then buying coats in May and swimsuits in October is the way to go, but there are more seasonal bargains out there  if you look around.

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Fashion & Beauty

Style Advice Clinic – Vintage Hair Tips

I often get asked for advice on style things. Hair, make up, frocks, shoes. Most of what I know about any of these things has been learnt through years of experimentation, reading and talking to people. But if you don’t pass on what you know how does anyone learn? So I decided it was time

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Fashion & Beauty

Off to the Opera

I’m off to the Opera! I’ve never been to the Opera before, so obviously I am dipping my toe in the water with one of the world’s top Opera festivals, Glyndebourne, which was established in 1934. I’m not unfamiliar with Glyndebourne Opera Festival, I used to work at a major public school and it was

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Fashion & Beauty

Surprises, Eyelashes and Absinthe

Well that was an interesting weekend! If you follow me on Facebook you might have seen that one of the things I had on this weekend was “The Secret Thing”. Mr Chick and some other male friends of our acquaintance decided to throw us a surprise, and what a magical evening it turned out to

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Fashion & Beauty

Channeling My Inner 50s Librarian

I know you hardly ever see me in my specs, but I do wear them! I wear the sort of contact lenses that you sleep in for a month, then I spend 2 or 3 days in glasses at the end of the month before going back to lenses. I have a super cheap pair

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