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I'm A Barbie Girl
My eyes bored into the lady examining this fabric at Wednesday's car boot sale, mentally willing her to put it down. Luckily, once she found out the price, she dropped it in disgust and walked away,...
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Buying & Selling
Kinky Melon was off in Warwickshire yesterday trading at my friend Amy's Blighty Boutique Vintage & Handmade Fair. Many event organisers struggle to get people through the doors during the summer...
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Charity Shop Gold - Vintage Emilio Pucci
Hmmmm...what was it I said about no more shopping this side of the Green Man? I take it all back. I had to pop into town for some safety pins and couldn't resist touring the chazzas on the way...
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We've Gone Green, Man!
Oh yes, it's Vix & Jon at yet another festival.A photo-heavy post featuring unwashed, dishevelled folk, having the time of their lives.This time we were revellers rather than sellers so an entire...
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Rock 'n' Roll Underachiever
Over the weekend we were part of an audience with Julian Cope, the former singer/songwriter from legendary Post-punk band, The Teardrop Explodes, and now a political & cultural activist, expert on...
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The Lost Weekend
Bloody hell, where have the last seven days gone? Last Thursday we headed off to the Upton Festival for the Bank Holiday weekend, experienced almost every type of weather known to man, met Pat Sharpe,...
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Grown-up Style? Are You Having A Laugh?
Each time I hear those words I die a little inside.Me in 1978 dressing up in my Great-Grandma's wedding dressAs kids we stomp around the house in our mothers' heels, fantasise about becoming a grown-up...
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Take Me Out There, Sit In The Green Garden
I've got a to-do list as long as my arm but as long as the sun's shining I'll make every excuse in the book to stay outside and top up my tan.There's hardly a weed to be seen amongst those blue bricks...
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It Costs (Not) A Lot Of Money To Look This Cheap
(Apologies to Dolly Parton for bastardising her famous quote!) Today's outfit cost me £1 - yes, a quid! I'm wearing a 1960s crimplene maxi bought off a Cats Protection market stall for 50p over 8 years...
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Legs Out, Boots On And Handbags At Dawn
It's most unlike me but I've had my legs out twice in a row.I'd better share over at Patti's for Visible Monday.I was dying to give this Jean Allen culotte dress a whirl since I bought it from a fellow...
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Never Say Never
I woke up this morning with the urge to dress like an Italian widow.Blame the demise of the Summer or watching The Young Montalbano but I reckon the real reason was that when a friend urged me to try...
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Couture In The Kitchen
Despite me despairing over how too many women fear colour sometimes it can work to my advantage.Take my new dress, for instance. This 1950s beauty had been in the window of one of my local charity...
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Take Me To The Hospital
I know, two blog posts in a single weekend! You'd be forgiven for thinking I don't have a social life. Truth is that I'll be hospital tomorrow for a steroid injection to my hip joint and I'm doing...
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Soldiering On
Despite suffering chronic pain for most of my life, other than a total hip replacement, Monday's steroid injection was the first pain relief I've ever been offered.My fellow patients were shocked at...
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London Kills Me
Back in the bad old days of corporate whoredom I had to travel to the capital a lot and hated it. A city full of miserable tossers who wouldn't give you the time of day, barging you out of their way on...
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Forget Fashion - Have Fun!
Reading posts by bloggers identifying gaps in their wardrobes, complaining they've nothing to wear and identifying what they need to see them through the forthcoming season is a constant source of...
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Psychedelia In Surburbia
Liz had the day off work yesterday so she supervised me through the making of this bell-bottom pants suit.Before you remind me that I can already sew, I still get a bit jittery about putting the...
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Bloggers In The City - Six Go Wild In Brum
Perplexed by that tricky between-the-seasons transitional wardrobe? Simple. Give away one of your favourite coats to a friend so you feel justified in buying a second-hand replacement, put said coat on...
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Staying Fab When It's Drab - Vix's Tips For Surviving Autumn
It's not a secret that I'm no fan of Autumn.Hot chocolate turns my stomach, wool itches, berry tones makes me look like shite and tweed makes me feel about as sexy as Miss Marple and don't get me...
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Things To Make & Do
This was how I was originally dressed when I popped into town this morning. It's the first outing for my 1960s brushed denim and suede Beau Jac of California jacket I found in a charity shop back in...
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