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

Friday Frock Love: Wishing for Spring

I’m cold, and I’m fed up of it. I swear this winter has lasted forever, but there are tiny little hints of spring. The sun occasionally peeks through the clouds, there are fresh tulips and daffodils in my house and the nights are getting a little lighter. Now it’s March I feel it’s time to

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Fashion & Beauty

Oscars Fashion 2013 – My Top Frocks

I didn’t stay up to watch the Oscars. I did what I do every year, which is go to bed at a sensible time and get up and look at hundreds of online galleries of pretty frocks. Those online galleries are the reason I don’t normally publish a pretty frocks post, they’re everywhere, but this

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Fashion & Beauty

What Are You Wearing? The Bargain Dress

Remember hunting for vintage inspired sale bargains back at the beginning of January? I do. Just after Christmas I devoted a whole Friday Frock Love to vintage inspired High Street bargains. One of those bargains was a beautiful deep blue chiffon and lace dress from Warehouse reduced from £75 all the way down to £25.

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

History of the Bob

The Bob certainly isn’t a new hair style, even if by “new” you mean 20th Century. Shorter hair on women can be found in 2nd Century Rome, Ancient Egypt and the 14th Century (think Joan of Arc) but today I plan to have a quick look at the history of the bob haircut in the

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Fashion & Beauty

What Are You Wearing? The Heyday! Coat…..

When I moved house last Summer I put most of my “everyday” winter coats into a box. Mr Chick put said box in the leaky shed and now all my coats are mouldy. So I needed a new coat. Badly. My fancy vintage astrakhan isn’t always the most practical for day to day wear and

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love: My Vintage Valentine

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is less than a week away. This means, shops and magazines are full of things in pink and covered in hearts. I love Valentines Day for the same reason I love Christmas, Easter and Halloween. I love an excuse to shop, dress and eat to a theme and

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Vintage Styles for Short Hair

“My friend/I have quite short hair, will I be able to do anything with it?” That’s one of the most common questions I get asked when at events like Great Yarmouth library, or at the Historical Sauces hair workshops. So I have decided it’s time for a blog to answer that question once and for

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Fashion & Beauty

What are you wearing? Leopard Print

Last week I asked on my Facebook page what people thought of leopard print. The overwhelming opinion seemed to LOVE, if it’s done right. One of the reasons I asked was that just after Christmas Debenhams asked me if I wanted to “review” something from their website. So I sat and did a bit of

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

The Retro Chick Guide to Charity Shop Shopping

The largest proportion of the clothes in my wardrobe come from Charity Shops. I feel reluctant to spend huge amounts of money of things unless they’re really special. I once spent nearly £80 on a 1930s vintage dress on Etsy that turned out to be too fragile to wear and tore the first time I

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