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Alexandra Thérèse
alexandratherese.wordpress.com
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I blog regularly aboutbvintage clothes, literature , period drama and my current interests. Do come and have a look around!
#60135 in All , #6472 in General Fashion

The Rise and Rise of the Topshop Cult

As I sit here at my desk, drowning in the emotions of Kate Bush’s vocals I try not to think about the torrent of exams I have to face next week and beyond. I know that as long as I do my best t...

08 may 12

We are the Youth of Today

It’s late August. The last remnants if the summer are swept away in a scourge of last year’s games kit and M&S have been promoting “back to school” buys for at least three...

29 apr 12

The Nature Of Change

I don’t particularly like flowers. Or rather, I like looking at them but I would never go out to buy plant seeds and make painstaking attempts to grow my own. I admire beautifully-kept gardens ...

24 apr 12

White Heat: A Tangled Web Of Revolt

1960s: L-R Jack, Charlotte, Lilly, Alan, Jay, Orla, Victor White Heat: a piece of original British drama starring seven young actors; six of them relatively unknown and emerging from obscurity in one...

15 apr 12

Great British Schooling Tradition

“Where They Are Just And Loyal” It always struck me that, of the four illustrious Hogwarts houses, the fair students of Hufflepuff never had any glory or recognition bestowed upon them. E...

10 apr 12

The Hand Of Kinship

Have you ever reached the end of a novel or a film or a play and wanted it to continue, not because you didn’t want the fiction to end and reality recommence, but because you felt that should a...

03 apr 12

Primavera, Printemps, Spring

It isn’t often I play the part of a tourist in my own region, but today has been one such day. Sometimes it’s revitalising to get out there and appreciate where you live, wherever you are...

24 mar 12

The Emerald Isle – St Patrick’s Day

When I think of Ireland, the images conjured up in my head are a jumble of memories, maps, photos, Visit Ireland adverts and downright stereotypes. My perceptions of the Emerald Isle are, for the mos...

19 mar 12

Dorothy Meets Glastonbury

Being able to pick a single item out of my wardrobe and team it with a collection of other mis-matched purchases to create a unique outfit is perhaps my favourite aspect of my love affair with fashio...

15 mar 12

Women Of The World…

First posted February 15th - February 28th 1942 For the past three years, this poster has been the view I have awoken to every morning. Staring me in the face was a strong-willed woman – urging...

11 mar 12

Cinematography

For me, a visit to the cinema has always been something of a treat. Only rarely do I see a film when it has just been released – with the matters of finding the time to go, finding a film I rea...

07 mar 12 1 person likes this

The Joys of Spring (Reading)

What I wouldn't give for an original penguin copy Today is the 1st of March and it has been a glorious one at that; mild and sunny with blue skies and a beautiful sunrise. It is days like today ...

01 mar 12 1 person likes this

Is Fashion Frivolous?

Alexander McQueen AW 2009 A blank post with the title “Is Fashion Frivolous?” has been lying unwritten in my drafts page for months now – all the while simmering away in the back of...

26 jan 12

Too Many Charity Shops?

As is often the case, an article from a Wednesday issue of The Times prompted me to pen a post, this time about the nation’s need for charity shops. Wednesday is fashion day in The Times, and m...

17 jan 12

London Snapshots

Trafalgar Square with Big Ben in the distance In all its glory The Eye

15 jan 12

Crunchy Numbers – 2011 Blog Report

Gary Harvey Denim Dress - This, to me, epitomises the creativity of fashion. One of the perks of blogging on WordPress is receiving a round up of your blog progress every January 1st. I found it real...

07 jan 12

Catwalk

I went to a fashion show the other day. A fashion show with a catwalk and models and flashing cameras and women craning their necks to get a better view – BlackBerrys in one hand, Chanel 2.1...

24 nov 11

Fashion: It’s a Global Thing

Vogue Paris When most people holiday in a foreign country they usually like to spend their time “soaking up the culture”. You know; food, drink, landmarks, the faffing around with a phras...

30 oct 11

The Diary of a Film-goer

I knew this would happen. I knew that once I was back in a daily 9-5 routine my blogging schedule would be scrapped in favour of meeting work deadlines and all of the other commitments that September...

27 sep 11

Surreal Sunday

After an extremely busy and tiring week it has been really very cathartic to retire with my laptop and my mind for a little while to write this post. It is only when you are unable to do something th...

14 sep 11

Great British Drama: Downton Abbey

The Crawley Sisters The Maids of Downton Apologies if the post title came across just a little too BBCish for your liking, but those three words are true to form if you cast a surreptitious eye over ...

05 sep 11

Bowing Out Gracefully – August Inspiration

This Was My Summer Well it appears that this is it. Tomorrow we wave goodbye to August and with it the last remnants of the Summer. Without wanting to launch into a lengthy post about the transition ...

31 aug 11

Transition

Like all good things, the Summer of 2011 seems to be flashing by at an alarming rate. Already the shops are encouraging the back to school rush and everyone’s coming round to sinking back into ...

26 aug 11

Guilt?

A little while ago, the topic of ‘Fast Fashion’ surfaced its distracting head as a topic of posting and discussion on what I like to think of as ‘my’ area of the blogosphere &...

21 aug 11

Rolling and Pitching in the Deep

The relationship between humanity and the ocean which surrounds us has always fascinated me. As a little girl I was afraid of the sea – stood at the edge of the beach, the precipice between the...

17 aug 11

Contrast

My last post, ‘The Unpleasant Truth’, was written in anger and in shock. I honestly couldn’t comprehend the levels that people here, in the UK, were sinking to in their acts of riot...

12 aug 11

The Unpleasant Truth

I’ve come to the conclusion that there are some places in the world that can evoke such a profound sense of calm and tranquillity that the thought of terror and crime sweeping through a city on...

08 aug 11

The Hour Is Upon Us

Romola Garai As Bel Rowley In the words of William Shakespeare: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it i...

05 aug 11

Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London…

London. One of the most iconic cities in the world. Dirty, busy and oh so exciting. I was lucky enough to spend a weekend in the capital recently and although it’s still my home country it feel...

28 jul 11

Torn

With so many horrific and tragic events having happened so recently (right up to a couple of minutes ago when I found out from Twitter that singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home by police a...

23 jul 11

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