What Are You Wearing? Dancing in the Dark.

I planned to show you a beautiful photograph of me in my carefully put together outfit for a wedding reception I went to in Twickenham (well, as beautiful as any photographs of me can be)

Sadly, however, my inability to figure out the low light settings on my camera, and the fact that the lights were [...]

New Years Eve – Love it or Hate it?

Ah, New Years Eve. That night of the year when “fun” is obligatory.

Personally I love to go out on New Year, it’s a perfect excuse to get all glammed up and get rid of that post Christmas slump. Yet I’m always surprised by the number of people who “hate” New Years Eve.
Do you Love or [...]

Ethical Design Spotlight – Beyond Skin

I’ve cast this monthly spotlight in the past on numerous ethical ways to clothe and decorate your body, but so far I’ve left your feet bare. Which is odd, really, as I’ve mentioned lustworthy ethical shoe label Beyond Skin a couple of times.
Beyond Skin are a vegan shoe company, created in 2001 to address the [...]

Christmas In Pictures

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day! Though still technically on holiday I thought I’d share a little bit of my Christmas to keep us all going till we’re back to work next week.
Gifts this year included the Booja Booja truffles I asked for in my wish list, a bottle of 12 year [...]

Links à la Mode 24th December 2009

The Happy Holidays Edition
Edited by Retrochick
Well, I suppose I shall start this weeks Links à la Mode with this:
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
It’s Christmas Eve and I’m sure visions of sugar plums are dancing in everyone’s heads as they trim the tree and sup mulled wine in preparation for tomorrows frivolities. All too soon it’ll all be over [...]

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Well Retro Chicks, this is it. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I’m planning to spend a lovely day doing girly things like painting my nails and taking long bubble baths to make myself all beautiful before Christmas.
I just wanted to make sure I wished all Retro Chick readers the very merriest Christmas possible!

I’m going out [...]