New Name and a Dress: your most important relationship…?

I’m at the stage in my life when all my friends seem to be having kids and/or getting married. I’ve been to three weddings in the last month. Watching these celebrations of relationships, I’ve...

How Would You Wear…a Maxi Dress in Autumn?

Hello! How nice to see you again! The next FashFem post is out on Wednesday, so I’m easing myself back in with a post about, you know, pretty clothes and shiz. And you know I like to ask your...

Wardrobe Staples Revisited.

Can you hear that sound? That’s the sound of me back-pedalling, frantically. Last week I got all snooty over at The Loudmouth Lifestyle, with my post ‘5 Wardrobe Staples I Can Live Without‘. Black...

Guest Post: A Year Without Mirrors

With thanks to Kjerstin (A Year Without Mirrors) for sharing this intriguing and very brave idea…! * * * Thanks, Mrs. Bossa, for this wonderful opportunity to write a guest post! I’m a feminist...

Guest Post: How I Rock Vintage

With thanks to Cyrillynn (Any Second Now) – fellow Depeche Mode fan and all-round fabulous dresser. Firstly, I would like to thank Mrs. Bossa for allowing me the chance to do a guest post on her...

Guest Post: Packing a Capsule Wardrobe for a UK Holiday!

With thanks to Emily from Sugar & Spice for this guest post – I selfishly begged for it because of the changeable weather this summer… * * * In April, my mum, sister and I took a trip to Scotland...

My Guest Post is on The Loudmouth Lifestyle!

Before I decided to take a break, I wrote this guest post for Stephanie of The Loudmouth Lifestyle. (Check out her outfit posts, by the way – she is gorgeous and always looks so happy in what she’s...

Mrs B Takes a Break.

You’ve heard the expression ‘life gets in the way’, right? You may know that I moved a few weeks ago, and the truth is – it’s taken it out of me. The move itself, the new commute to work, the money...

A FashFem Fix…

"Dont tell me Im pretty - just accept that Im smart." Have you noticed that feminism has become even more visible of late? Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying the Slutwalks have got people...

Charity Shopping: Mrs B’s Mini Guide.

Even before my cash dwindled, I was a passionate charity shop advocate. Everyone loves a bargain, a one-off, the thrill of finding an item in your size and your size alone. But it ain’t always...

Delighted, Destroyed and Dangerous: women in the media.

Do you ever get fed up of the same messages from trashy magazines? Tired old aspirations that belong in another era, for example? Or thinly disguised warnings that we can’t have it all? I had a bit...

My Top 7 Unlikely Style Icons…

I lied to you. I told you I was influenced by Catherine Deneuve, Giovanna Battaglia…even Carrie Gorman from Elle UK. Turns out my influences are much more prosaic. I submitted the photo below for...

What Have the Feminist Fashion Bloggers Been up to?

Edited by Franca from Oranges and Apples. In a new series on Feminist Fashion Bloggers, we are compiling posts that weren’t produced as part of the FFB themes/topic prompts, but sit along the...

How to Colour Block in Vintage…Whilst Moving House.

Isn’t moving fun?!! Moving Day - used with kind permission of Mariel Clayton I’ve moved the blog with relative ease – did you notice? – but the house move is proving to be much more stressful. So...

Dressing for Your Shape #3

Fancy a bit of shameless and infectious inspiration? Well you’ve come to the right place today! One thing struck me when I read the comments on Dressing for Your Shape #1: everyone was aware of...

Dressing for Your Shape #2

So…do you dress by the rules? I do – most of the time. I don’t always know I’m doing it, but by god they’ve gotten under my skin. If you’re anything like me, you’ll put thought into your outfits:...

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Why Mrs B is Moving.

Well, this is all very exciting. Not only am I moving geographically, from here: Edgeley, Stockport – photo by Mr Bossa to here: Hebden Bridge …I am also moving my blog to another site. I won’t...

Outfit Post: the Jumpsuit Edition.

Boosted by your advice and words of confidence, I braved the jumpsuit last night to my mother’s birthday meal. Arm-modesty prevailed; I flung over a loose knit in a pale mango, belted up and donned...

How Would You Wear…a Printed Jumpsuit?

Oops, I did it again. It happens occasionally – I’m browsing for a perfectly practical item of clothing and I leave the shop with something über-trendy. This time the practical item was a pencil...

6 Things You May Hate About Me.

It’ll be short and sweet today, as things are quite hectic chez Bossa, what with my prep for the Royal Wedding street party. Ha. Kidding. Between moving house and attempting to dodge the bullet of...

Ladies in (the) Red.

Today I’m wearing…red – for those ‘in the red’. Yesterday was ‘Equal Pay Day’ in the States – the day that symbolises how far into 2011 women have to work to earn what men earned by the end of...