February 2010

A Charity Shoppers Guide to Banbury

25 February 2010

You might have caught my Charity Shop Guide to Norwich at the end of January. Well this is the second of guides to the places I shop regularly. Banbury in Oxfordshire. I’ve been frequenting the shops here for well over a year and I’ve witnessed many changes. Initially almost all the shops were the source [...]

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Hidden Gems – STUFF in Croydon

24 February 2010

Croydon. Not the most exciting place in the world. Sorry, if you live there, but it’s really not. I stayed there over London Fashion Week, because one of it’s prime advantages is it’s cheap and only 15 minutes by train to London Victoria. I really love it when you find amazing things in unexpected places [...]

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London Fashion Week- Estethica – Tara Starlet

23 February 2010

By FAR the highlight find of my otherwise not great Saturday was when I stumbled across Tara Starlet in the Estethica Exhibition. I’d found them online a few days earlier, looking at the Estethica exhibitors. It’s not often you come across a label that so completely meshes with your own likes and I was particularly [...]

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London Fashion Week – Day 2

22 February 2010

Retro Chick is currently poorly and at home under a blanket. Do I hear a chorus of “Aahhhhhs”? No? Well, my second day at London Fashion Week this season started well, and rapidly went downhill, partly due to my burgeoning disease. It started well with the Kinder Aggugini show. A collection you can read about [...]

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London Fashion Week – Kinder Aggugini A/W 2010

22 February 2010

From the minute I took my seat I fell a bit in love with the Kinder Aggugini show as the catwalk was decorated with elaborate gold candlesticks festooned with greenery and gold eagle statuettes. Kicking off with Kate Bush I did my best to snap pictures from my back row seat as the collection that [...]