December 22, 2024
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Fashion & Beauty

What Are You Wearing? The Jumpsuit…

A few weeks ago I wrote about Jumpsuits. I had an urge for a kind of 1930s lounging pyjama, something like this Top of my lust list was the ASOS Fan Print jumpsuit in mint green, which was £50, too far out of my budget for something so speculative as a jumpsuit! So a few

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The Lazy Girls Guide

The Lazy Girls Guide To Being Cool as a Cucumber

That’s actually the opposite of how I’m feeling. I like a nice bit of sunshine. Picnics by the river. Fanning yourself gently with a sun hat as you rest in the shade while someone brings you freshly squeezed lemonade. Sunny days that feel like these pictures look. Relaxed, a gentle breeze. Lovely. Only that’s not

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Finger Wave Clips – First Experiment!

You might remember that on my day out at War and Peace at the end of July I came home with some vintage marcel wave clips. They’re hanging around there, at the top of the picture. Well, on Friday, I decided it was time for them to get their first experimental outing. I wasn’t going

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Red Lipsticks

Retro Chick Reviews – No 7

My last red lipstick review was in April, would you believe it! I’ve been using this one for a while now. So I thought it was time for a review. The lipstick I’m reviewing today is Boots No. 7 Moisture Drench lipstick in Dare Devil, which costs £10. First, the chart. You’ll notice as it

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Night, Sunday Morning

Monday AGAIN. How does that keep happening? For a change Friday night was my chance to get dressed up and be a bit glamorous this weekend. I was still slightly hungover after “afternoon tea” on Thursday with The Glamourologist and Missy Vintage turned into afternoon drinks, and then “oh, I’ll just pick up another bottle

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Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick Designs a Frock – An Update

Squeeeee! Remember the frock you all voted on? Well, I thought you might like a little update. This was the eventual winner was a nice slim fitting day dress with a contrast trim and puffed sleeves. Well, Lady K Loves has been hard at work and we now have a very rough Muslin of the

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Fashion & Beauty

One Look, Two Ways

I do have interesting things to post, I promise. But currently work on upgrading and discovering why my websites server keeps crashing is ongoing and I wouldn’t want to lose anything actually interesting. So instead today I’m sharing a couple of recent outfits. I’m putting them together as they contain many of the same elements,

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love – Jumpsuits

Ok, Ok, so technically a Jumpsuit isn’t a “dress”, but it IS a one piece and it IS Friday. After years of actively ignoring any trend for the jumpsuit on the basis that it must be the least flattering garment in the world. I suddenly, and somewhat randomly, find myself lusting after one. Not any

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Fashion & Beauty

What Are You Wearing? Same Dress, Different Day

I always wonder whether to bother posting outfit photos when you’ve seen the main part of it before. But in the end I decided, hey, sod it. It’s not always about the frock, it’s the accessories that make it an outfit! This is the same bargain Kitty Copeland purple dress that I wore on my

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