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Friday Affordable Frock Love – New Look

By Retro Chick ⋅ January 22, 2010 ⋅ 11 comments

Although I rarely shop on the High Street I do love to drool over pretty things as much as the next girl. New Look is one of my favourite stops when I do shop the High Street. Their shoes, particularly, I find amazing and affordable, I can pretty much always find the style I’m looking [...]

Links à la Mode 21st January 2010

By Retro Chick ⋅ January 21, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Heavyweights Edited by Dramatis Personae Fashion’s getting heavier– and I’m not just talking about the rise of supermodels like Crystal Renn. This week we’ve got meaty posts covering ethical topics like the sustainability of bamboo at Awakened Aesthetic while Bonne-Vie covers the the implications of buying items made in China. We’ve got not 1–not [...]

Define Your Style ❤ Part Six ❤

By Retro Chick ⋅ January 21, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

Evolution To be honest, you’ve really done the hard bit. In the first 5 parts of the series you established what suits you, what styles you are drawn to, how to incorporate that into your every day life and built up a small capsule basic wardrobe of outfits and accessories that you love and can [...]

Luscious Lingerie – Vintage Inspiration

By Retro Chick ⋅ January 20, 2010 ⋅ 10 comments

*sigh* isn’t that just gorgeous? It’s Rigby & Peller’s Platinum collection created for their 70th Anniversary. It consists of a padded retro style “bullet” bra for £109 and high waisted ruffle back briefs £89.95. Now that’s lots of money, but Rigby & Peller have been making underwear for 70 years, hell, the Queen buys her [...]

My New Mulberry Dress & a Charity Reminder

By Retro Chick ⋅ January 19, 2010 ⋅ 19 comments

Eyeliah at Style Symmetry invited everyone to her virtual birthday party this year. Never one to turn down the opportunity to get dressed up, and considering I don’t have to actually fly to Canada to attend, I decided that it was a party I just couldn’t miss. I even took balloons! I also thought it [...]

Define Your Style ❤ Part Five ❤

By Retro Chick ⋅ January 18, 2010 ⋅ 8 comments

What Do You Need? In Part Four we looked at your existing wardrobe to try and create a small capsule wardrobe of items you like and suit your shape and your style. The next step from there is to look at the items you need to lay your sticky paws on to be able to [...]

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