These beautiful art deco buttons I found at a market long ago have been waiting and waiting for the right garment to appear on and here it is. Continue reading
Tag Archives: fashion
nothing but style
I’ve just watched the documentary ‘The Eye Has To Travel’, about Diana Vreeland’s extraordinary life in fashion. The documentary makes much of Diana Vreeland’s looks. There are many references to how plain she was and how this affected her confidence as a woman. She mentions early on that her mother called her extremely ugly. Although … Continue reading
shalwar dance?
I have been looking around and noticing how more and more Western women are favouring a variation of garments worn by many women in the Indian sub-continent called Salwar kameez. Typically these are garments consisting of a loose long tunic (kameez) paired with pants (salwar). There are many spellling variations but this is the Punjabi … Continue reading
waist not want not
As we head towards Christmas I want to be careful not to step into my comfy clothing. It is not that I want to be uncomfortable, it is just that I’m uncomfortable with the idea of putting on weight. (More weight really) It is easy these days with most clothing containing a degree of stretch … Continue reading
dress ups with Estella
Estella Havisham isn’t the only one to wear old wedding dresses…dressing up in them is fun even if you are wearing inappropriate footwear. That is the toe of a converse peeping out from under the hem. It is possible to get the feeling for the time this was worn. This dress is made by hand.Did … Continue reading
love vintage
Yesterday my very beautiful and decorative friend Jane and a young Japanese friend of hers Hanae and I trawled through the Aladdins cave that is the Love vintage fair at Canterbury race course. Colour, texture, movement it was a sensory overload of the best kind. I lost track of the time trying on mad hats. … Continue reading
