I love coloured tights! I also love autumn and to be honest I think it’s my favourite season (with spring being a close second) I love the colours around us and getting my tights and thin coats out. I also…
It’s the fourth week in my vintage colour inspiration series and today I am featuring the colour purple. When I was a goth back in the late 1980s, I loved purple. I had an amazing crushed velvet midi skirt that…
I am in the process of adding some cute details to my 5 year old daughter’s room – I recently moved her wardrobe to a more accessible place which has revealed a large white wall which needs some accessories on…
Hands up who loves the Quest show, Salvage Hunters? For those of you who haven’t seen it, it features the antiques and salvage dealer, Drew Pritchard and his team, scouring the UK unearthing wonderful treasure to sell. They travel far and…
Recently I have been asked by Amara to describe my favourite kitchen style for their comprehensive guide to kitchen design. I chose to discuss the 1950s vintage English Rose kitchen which is a firm favourite for most vintage loving fans.…
Last week I went to London to deliver a seminar at London Edge as part of Vintage Academy which I founded with Keeley Harris back in 2013. It was a great experience and I especially enjoyed the chance to go vintage…
One of the things I hear my readers and followers saying is that they wished they had more confidence to wear vintage. During my #dressupjune this was a theme that ran most days with comments on my Facebook page focusing…
It’s week three in my vintage colour inspiration series and this week I have chosen a colour that isn’t seen much in my home; the colour pink. When I met my husband, Adam, I had a lot of pink in…
When was the last time you printed your photographs? I bet there is a whole generation out there who didn’t even realise you could. Remember when we used to have photo albums? Remember taking your film to the chemist or…
We all love to buy vintage don’t we? You wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t! But, have you like me, bought something fabulous only to get home to find it has a crack in it or a stain on…
I love a vintage dress, as you all know, but finding more autumn/winter styles can be hard. I think that is because we are all drawn to a 1970s maxi or a 1950s cotton day dress, all of which are…
I have chosen the colour green for the second in my series: Vintage Colour Inspiration. Each week I am choosing a colour and sharing some of my favourite items in the hue. There is quite a bit of green in…
We’ll she’s gone and done it again. Orla Kiely has designed another great shoe collection for Clarks and once again it has a real vintage vibe to it as well as being covered in her iconic prints. ‘I love Ali…
I have recently been asked how I value my vintage things? Well I believe that there are two ways to value them: financially and sentimentally. The clever people at Legal and General have written an interesting article on how much people value…
Recently I was invited to the Fashion and Textile Museum in London to see their Riviera Style exhibition showcasing the history of swimwear. It is flippin’ ace in every way – from the Art Deco Lido design, the vintage posters…
As the rain comes down and the weather turns chilly and brisk, it is easy to forget that we are still only in early September and may indeed have 6 more weeks of warm (ish!) weather before the season truly turns to…
So the big question is this: is the 1980s vintage? What about the 1990s? I think we all accept that 1980s fashion is now vintage (well it is over 30 years ago) but what about 1990s? To be honest, from…
