I didn’t get quite as many books for my birthday as I did at Christmas – probably for the best – but I did get a few nice things that I’ve been mulling over this week. 1) Mapp...
I’m quite certain that no-one needs to see any more Jubilee tut, but I am quite taken with Penhaligon’s Jubilee Bouquet EDT. It’s not so much the crown and regal red ribbons that do...
I’ve spent most of this week banging on about Hathersage Swimming Pool to anyone that will listen. The lido is a short drive from my childhood home and right down the street from my great grand...
I am massively excited to say that I won the ASOS More Looks, Less Luggage competition! Thank you to everyone who clicked tirelessly – it’s much appreciated. Holiday spoils to come once I...
1) COS has teamed up with Clifton Nurseries for a second year, launching a pop-up store to celebrate the Chelsea flower show. And what weather for it! You can sample the glorious Clifton experience a...
Finishing off a Gatsby-packed birthday week, here’s the trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby – which I’m sure you’ve all enjoyed already. I’m still not convince...
Nah it doesn’t! In the wise words of Emma Bunton, “I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of wearing pink.” What can I say, it’s the most flattering colour on me and th...
I started to watch 1920s epic Boardwalk Empire on a plane a couple of years ago – I watched three episodes and although it was obviously right up my street, the combination of a few gins and a ...
I’ve seen a lot of pineapple items in the shops this spring, and what with the whole tropical print trend still looming over us, I’m sure we’ll be faced with plenty more throughout ...
I don’t know if I realised that my Instagram was private. Well, anyway, it isn’t anymore. Mainly pictures of pints and burgers, but don’t let that put you off – and you’...
My love of Jon Savage is pretty well-documented, and I definitely believe his book about teenagers should be required reading. Teenage: The Creation of Youth is probably number one in my all-time boo...
1) Photographer Sam Ashley has launched The Skatorialist. Not a street style blog dedicated to zoot suits and pork pie hats, as the name may have you believe, but rather a street style blog dedicated...
This week I received an unexpected treat in the post, in the form of a book from my dear friend Harriet. Love books, love cookery books and especially love cookery books that are related to the 1920s...
It’s my birthday tomorrow, so here are the things I’m hoping to unwrap when I wake up. Well, maybe if I wake up in a parallel universe. 1) I think I’m long overdue a Judith Leiber h...
[Pics: 1 - Models.com, 2 - Fashion Gone Rogue, 3 - Because Im Addicted, 4 - Electric Style, 5 - FashionOdor, 6 - Derek Wood] ASOS are attempting to eliminate the usual sitting-on-suitcase scenario th...
I was watching the Big Bang Theory in the gym the other day (there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write) when I became quite enamoured with one of the character’s dressing gowns (...
1) I still haven’t been to the Bauhaus exhibition at the Barbican (it’s on the list for my birthday weekend), but I’ve been eyeing up the events around it anyway. On Saturday 19 May...
There I was, reading my 1930s book, learning something new, expanding my horizons… when I fall accidentally into a 1920s trap that I should have seen coming a mile off. DANG, caught out again. ...
‘To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It’s in pursuit of art.’ – Vidal Sassoon If you think Vidal was just a hairdresser, there’s probably no better ti...
Flatforms and platforms and woodgrain sandals, oh my! There’s never been a better time to be an ugly-shoe-lover, has there? Shuffling around in orthopedic shoes that your mum doesn’t unde...
Happy Bank Holiday! This fantastic flapper May pole picture comes via the really interesting Long May She Rain blog. Here are a few other Bank Holiday things of note: 1) There’s some really goo...
Happy Anniversary, A.P.C.! The French brand turns 25 this year – just like me, eh, lol – and to celebrate they’ve released a limited edition hoodie emblazoned with the year of their...
Not even sure how I came across this new Kid Acne t-shirt today – I guess being in Sheffield for the weekend makes the internet magic machine spit up South Yorkshire-related things with more re...
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race. -H.G. Wells You only need to take a cursory glance at most street style blogs to know that bikes are as ub...
1) Pug on a trampoline! 2) Fashion advice from Debo! 3) Madonna and Arianne Phillips talk W.E. costumes! Still not seen it – have you? 4) Berkeley campus in the 1970s! Really digging these! 5) ...
No-one does stripes quite like Petit Bateau and their Autumn/Winter 2012 collection is a masterclass in how to make the most of the classic Breton fabric. There’s a big of a Coco Chanel sportsw...
Really into this Brooklyn t-shirt that Jay-Z may or may not have designed for the basketball team he co-owns, the Brooklyn Nets. Is wearing a t-shirt for a sport you know nothing about considered the...
I was in a filthy mood yesterday when I started this. I’m totally over it now (GIRLS EH) but here you go anyway, with a few lighter additions. 1) My love of expensive candles knows no bounds so...
My favourite hair of London Fashion Week was the French-pleat-meets-messy-beehi ve created by the lovely Kenna for ghd at Jean-Pierre Braganza… so when I got the chance to have the style recreat...
Spring may have sprung but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s time to go out all guns blazing in sun dresses, shorts and all those SS12 items that you’ve been so carefully harvestin...
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