I considered changing todays post to Umbrellas. But, I figured some people might be going on holiday and escaping this persistent downpour, and those of us that aren’t might need to swim to work soon if it doesn’t ease up. When looking for swimwear with a bit of vintage style you’re generally looking for high

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful 4 day weekend and wore lots of red, white and blue and ate plenty of cake. It’s been a full and busy one for me. On Sunday the Historical Sauces were at Gressenhall Museum Fabulous Fifties History Fair. We had the pop up reading room set

4 day weekend! Woo Hoo! I hope you all have something lovely planned, if not then check out my post from Monday for some suggestions, or book yourself into a virtual street party and avoid the rain! Lots of retailers have special Queen based discount codes for the Jubilee, so I thought I’d round up

Retro Chick is taking a well earned break, but to keep you entertained today’s post comes from The Fabulous Miss K, stylist and events co ordinator at Blue Skies Vintage Events When it comes to looking fabulous on a budget versatility is the key. Investing in pieces that mix and match and work together to

Retro Chick is taking a well earned break, but to keep you entertained today’s post comes from Wake Up Little Susie. Susie is a vintage seller, and this post about her style evolution is particularly interesting as she comes to “vintage” from the Rock ‘n’ Roll scene of the 1980s and has a slightly different

Retro Chick is taking a well earned break, but to keep you entertained today’s post comes from Simon Pritchard, an artist specialising in art based on Rock ‘n’ Roll music and pop culture. View his work at Art Beat 64. For anyone brought up on the British gothic horror films from the Hammer studios in

Retro Chick is taking a well earned break, but to keep you entertained today’s post comes from Betsy Hatter, I want to use my guest post on Retro Chick to introduce you all to brilliant, under used online historical picture archives which everyone can access. These amazing resources are local newspapers picture archives. Many of

It’s time for a bit of glamour… Monday night was the Vintage Norwich Awards ceremony, and the culmination of 2 months of nominations and voting to finally reveal the winners. Thankfully the lovely Blue Skies Vintage Events stepped in to organise the party and arranged us a red carpet and a photographer to pap our

It’s about time I talked about Glossy Box. I actually signed up for Glossy Box last August, and paid for it, then 2 days later I got an email offering me a free box, doh! So I cancelled my subscription, and they sent me my next box in October for free. The idea of Glossy