I am definitely never knowingly under-dressed. But occasionally I am unknowingly over-dressed. Yesterday we headed out to meet up with some old friends who were holidaying on the North Norfolk coast. Anticipating a pleasant afternoon of pottering around antiques shops, followed by fish and chips and a couple of beers in a quaint cottage I

In the 20s and 30s it was considered a little “extreme” to paint your entire fingernail. The “moon” manicure or reverse French Manicure was far more common. Often with the tip of the nail also left unpainted. For the past few seasons it’s been kicking around on the contemporary catwalks too, and of course Dita

Busy, busy, busy. Like a bee, bee like, actually. That’s me right now. See. (Not too busy to spend time cutting out my head and sticking it on Clip Art of bees, though, oh no) Over the last few weeks I have picked up a fair few lovely new pieces for my eBay Shop, which

No vintage look is complete without a proper hair do. For years I’d admired elaborate rolled hair dos, curls and fingerwaves, but remained totally convinced (with good reason after years of half hearted experimentation) that the most I could expect of my fine flat hair was a small bun. Then in December I met Flamingo

After being boiling hot for weeks this sudden cool comes as a bit of a shock. It is, of course, actually still quite warm out there, classic British Summer weather in fact, but after the heat and humidity of the last few weeks it seems a positive chill! No matter though, as it gives me

This weekend, as you may have heard me mention, was the weekend of the Chap Olympiad. On Saturday 17th July the ranks of the fabulously dressed descended on Bedford Square Gardens in Bloomsbury with well stocked picnic baskets to view some sporting events for the athletically disinclined. The Olympiad is in it’s 6th year, I