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Travels in India, 2016 - Back To Black (And White!)
The BBC warned us that we'd need big coats and sunglasses yesterday and they were right, glorious sunshine and icy cold temperatures were the order of the day, so out came the 1950s fake fur and...
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Because The Night(ie)
Apparently some people identify their wardrobe needs and shop for garments that will fit in with the clothing that they already own. Not me. I see something, fall in love and, price permitting, buy it...
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Palácio Do Deão - Flea Market Chic Goan Style
Furnishing a home from flea market finds is pretty normal to us vintage lovers & frugal living types, but the magnificent Palácio Do Deão in the village of Quepem in South Goa takes bargain hunting...
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Vix's Vintage Makeover - From Mediocre Maxi To Tarted Up Tribal
'Scuse the bare face and ratty bun, it was early Sunday morning!This Paula Lee, England maxi dress was, like last week's nightie, another find on the £3 rail at the Moseley Vintage Fair. Despite it...
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Ancient & Modern - Secondhand Finds of the Week
Shock horror! Not only do I buy vintage clothes from charity shops but, very occasionally, I find some cracking modern stuff, like the gigantic wool shawl of indeterminate origin I found in a 50p dump...
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Superstition Ain't The Way
I'm not overly superstitious, I don't lock myself in the house on Friday 13th, avoid black cats, chuck spilt salt over my shoulder or any of that nonsense but, when it comes to clothes, that's a...
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Eastern Promise - A Day Trip To Leicester
Even though we'd only planned it a fortnight ago, yesterday took an age to arrive and I was beyond excited when the alarm went off. I wore a 1970s corduroy maxi dress by the Dove Clothing Company...
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I've Got A Pair Of Gohill's Boots
There was no need to bin yesterday's work outfit as we had a respectable day's trading in Clapham, South London. The Kinky pitchA lot of people are under the illusion that the capital is packed with...
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The Hippy Trail - Vintage Hunting in The Cotswolds
When Jon suggested a day trip to Cirencester in The Cotswolds I was excited.Joan and Reg on holiday in The Cotswolds in the 1970sMy Grandparents holidayed in The Cotswolds every year and always brought...
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A Twentieth Century Makeover - Victoriana Meets The 1960s
Torrential rain, gale force wind, thunder and lightning, glorious sunshine and a couple of inches of snow, our Great British Easter weekend weather was typically schizophrenic but it did us a favour....
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Ship-Shape & Bristol Fashion
We've traded in Bristol loads of times but neither Jon or I had ever actually explored the city until last Saturday when our mates, G & T, suggested a day trip. The Bank Holiday weather was...
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Making & Creating - A Maxi Makeover & Some Bostin' Batik
Back in the bad old days of my career in corporate hospitality I regularly worked sixteen hour shifts, often five days in a row for weeks on end. These days I only need to do one and I'm absolutely...
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Visible Monday (and Friday, Saturday and Sunday!)
Bloody internet! Our connection has been on the blink for the past week and an engineer can't get out to us before Thursday, bang goes any catch-up TV, eBay bidding or an involved blog post. As it's...
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Charity Shop Finds - The £1 Miu Miu Cardi
A black cardi, probably the least exciting item of clothing to have ever featured on my blog but darlings, this isn't any old knit, this is a silk & cashmere cardigan by Miu Miu which retailed at...
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The Coastal Town That They Forgot To Close Down
When I drew back the curtains on Saturday morning I was greeted with a scene straight off a Xmas card, the garden was covered with at least four inches of snow and the purple-blue skies looked...
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Dreaming The Green
Gardener's Question Time had just started when I turned on the radio the other day. I've just moved to a house with a huge neglected garden and know nothing about gardening, I'm confused by all the...
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And I Would Have Gotten Away With It, Too, If It Wasn't For You Meddling Kids
Yes, blame me. I'm the idiot who packed away all my winter gear last week and should have known better. The UK has been battered by hailstones the size of golf balls, snowstorms, thunder and lightning...
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My Head Is A Jungle (And So's My Skirt)
I've only ever had this one so I'm not sure if my brain's wired in the same way as everyone else. From the moment I wake up it's relentless.....Have I got enough on the women's rail for the...
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Sun Is Shining, Weather Is Sweet
Makes me want to drink pear cider by the gallon, cover myself in sequins and dance in a field...but I'm at work in the morning so I'll have to make do with wearing glittery trainers and pottering...
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Finnished! My Marimekko Mini
I had some free time yesterday so I cracked open my pattern stash and made myself a dress from the 1965 Marimekko curtain I found in a charity shop in Cirencester a couple of months ago. (I also...
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