I’d like you to imagine red velvet curtain…. Now mentally swish it aside to reveal…… A TABLE! These are the lipsticks I have reviewed so far, painstakingly marked out of 10 in 5 categories and then ranked in order. I was pleasantly pleased, once I’d scored them all, to find that they actually came out
As I’ve mentioned before, the occasional free frock is a perk of writing this blog. I have a bit of a funny relationship with freebies. No one gives you something for nothing and the reason they give me things is they want me to say nice stuff about it in public in the hope that
Oh dear. One of my interests is in eco fashion. It’s one of the reasons I got into vintage and thrift or charity shopping in the first place. It always seemed so incredibly wasteful to buy so many clothes that then just get discarded when people are tired of them. I used to write about
It’s been a busy couple of weeks chez Retro Chick. I feel a bit guilty as all I’ve been writing is “hey, look what I did” style posts. The reason for that is that as well as all the Norwich Fashion Week stuff I’ve been up to I’ve also been making a……..drumroll……… NEW WEBSITE It’s
On Friday night I finished off an already busy week by attending a Burlesque taster session with the Hot Bopping Girls. The Hot Bopping Girls (or 2 of them anyway, the third being currently heavily pregnant!) are just returned from their international debut in Rome on Valentines Day with an act they previewed at the
Last night I should have been at the Norwich Fashion Week After Party at Franks Bar. It was billed as a 70s themed party, serving retro 70s cocktails starting at 7:30pm last night. I planned to prove that 70s doesn’t have to mean disco glitter and put together a bit of a 70s does 30s
So yesterday you saw the pin curls. Today you can see the results! Last night was the Poppy Valentine vintage event for Norwich Fashion Week and it went astonishingly well! The place was packed with people eating cupcakes and drinking fizz. I don’t know if I offered much in the way of styling advice as
Today I want to look extra nice. Some may say that’s just not possible (and they might even mean it in a nice way). Others may say I should have thought of that some time ago and embarked on an intensive programme of exercise and healthy eating in order that I might have clear glowing
I can’t do everything on my own. So the lovely Jess, from Norwich based fashion blog Feeling Stylish, kindly agreed to write a little piece on the Norwich Fashion Week Launch Party last week. She takes wonderful photos and recently featured in the Telegraphs list of the top 50 Fashion Insiders on Twitter. I went