Spring/Summer 2022 sees the return of the ‘mini’, not that it has ever really went away, however over the past few years we have been more inclined to wear it over the Autumn/Winter months, with thick black Opaques, chunky knits and boots. We have Mary Quant (above) to thank for it’s arrival, some 60 years…

Step away from the black…. as colour is back…. with a vengeance. Spring/Summer 2022 is filled with it. After a gloomy couple of years the crème de la crème of fashion designers have added more than a ‘pop’ of colour into their Runway collections Alluring Alberta Ferretti  Giorgio Armani’s Amazing Ignite with Isabel Marant Very…

A memorable fashion moment was when Sharon Stone wore her husband’s crisp white shirt to the 1998 Oscars, teaming it with this Vera Wang lavender silk skirt (SHE REALLY PULLED THIS OFF, PARTICULARLY WITH HER PIXIE CUT), and so proving the white shirt goes with practically everything. It freshens up the older woman’s complexion by…

Yves Saint Laurent once said ”Accessories are what, in my opinion, pull the whole look together and make it unique”, (and he would know having introduced jewellery to his couture collections and runway shows in 1962). The cheapest, simplest top can be transformed by a statement necklace. If I am wearing something plain with a…

Well Ladies, for those of us working from home, it looks like the time has come to get our ‘ish’ together …. ……no more staying in ‘that’ onesie all day, no more scraping your hair back into ‘that’ scrunchie (whilst you drag your way over to the fridge or biscuit tin …… again!!!) The days…

Dorothy Parker once quoted ‘ men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses’ Maybe in your day daaahhhllliinnngg, but times have moved on and being a girl who wears glasses, I have never had any problems – keeping the men was more of a problem!!! It is now seen as niche to wear glasses,…

Casual Chic I have always been a fan of the Oxford Bags, from the early days of watching old b&w movies with my dad. The most iconic figure to wear them was of course, Katharine Hepburn. I love this look , it’s just so retro but soooo wearable present day Today we can dress up…

Hi, I don’t want to come across, in these early stages, as someone who is so sure of herself and super confident in their own skin, that is certainly not the case. It’s only as the years have passed that I have found a way to be happy (er)in the way I look – and…

Hi there. My name is Val and I am a ‘shopaholic’ and a fashion addict – there I have said it!!! I have always strived to make the most of myself, albeit there is slightly more of me at the moment, (thanks to something called a pandemic) working from home does that (too close to…

After breaking my hip a couple of years ago (I now have two metal pins holding me together – great fun when I bleep going through airport security!!), I had to seriously rethink the height of heels on ‘going out’ shoes. I found it really difficult to find anything other than a kitten heel, which…