November 24, 2024
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Fashion & Beauty

Christmas is Coming!

It’s the 1st December. As far as I’m concerned that officially means I can witter on about Christmas as much as I like! I have an incredibly cheap advent calendar, bought last minute yesterday as everyone I know inexplicably failed to take the hint about the Fortnum & Mason Advent calendar. If you’d like a

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Fashion & Beauty

Vintage Hair and a New Hat

Monday morning meets us with a blanket of snow over Norwich. The snow started with a vengeance on Friday last week, which was typical as it was the evening of the Vintage Hair event at Flint Salon and last years event in December was beset by the same weather based traumas. Despite the dodgy weather

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love – Vintage Looks on the High Street

Searching for the perfect vintage party dress can be a time consuming business. Searching eBay, etsy, vintage fairs and shops all for the perfect dress in the perfect size at the perfect price can take hours, days, weeks even. If you have a party to go to and you need a dress there’s plenty of

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Fashion & Beauty

Toasty Winter Vintage Feet

Seeing as “they” are predicting Snow this weekend it’s time for an emergency reassessment of the footwear situation. You have a nice smart coat, a hat or two and a selection of gloves to complete your vintage winter ensemble. But what about your poor chilly tootsies? Your sensible Autumn footwear will see you through a

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Fashion & Beauty

Countdown to *cough* Christmas

I’m so sorry, but it had to be done. It’s mid November, and Christmas is creeping inexorably closer. It might be slightly too early for decorations just yet (though when I spot my first domestic outdoor lights it’s always a momentous moment) but the Starbucks Red Cups are here *dribbles slightly thinking about Egg Nog

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Fashion & Beauty

What Are You Wearing? An Outfit Inspired By…..

This outfit has been a long time in the making. One of the things about being permanently on a budget of zero is you have to be patient. If there’s something you really want you can’t just pop to the shops and buy a £50 jumper, you need to hunt it down as cheap as

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Sponsor Spotlight: Swelle Boutique

Honestly, I’ve been longing to write about Swelle Boutique for ages, but the site had been waiting for a relaunch for Autumn Winter. Swelle Boutique is full of the kind of one off and limited edition pieces that make perfect statement wardrobe pieces. I think most of them would mix perfectly with a vintage wardrobe,

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Fashion & Beauty

The Dress That Makes Me Feel Like a Princess

On Friday Mr Chick & I had been married for 5 years. To celebrate we’d decided to head off to Cambridge for the night on the train for a nice romantic dinner and an overnight stay in a hotel. I’d been a little stressed about finding something to wear. I don’t have anything that really

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Fashion & Beauty

An Outfit for Radio….

This week I found myself with a dilemma. What does one wear to be on the radio? In theory it doesn’t really matter. In practice I’m sure we all know that of course it matters. The right outfit and hair can make you feel far more confident, and besides, I was going on to talk

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