August 2010

Designer Spotlight – Lena Hoschek Autumn Winter 2010

31 August 2010

I take it all back. You can keep Summer. When the Summer weather disappears at the end of July there’s better to cheer you up than looking for beautiful Autumn clothes. (Apart from, possibly, cake and wine) Lena Hoschek is an Austrian designer who shows at Berlin Fashion Week and started her own label in [...]

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Exclusive Preview – Lady K Loves new for Autumn

30 August 2010

I have an exciting little preview for you today! Back in June I filmed a little behind the scenes video of Lady K Loves shooting her new Autumn Winter pieces. Well, it’s now nearly launch time and I have a proper exclusive sneak peek of the new pieces just for you lovely Retro Chicks. At [...]

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Happy Bank Holiday. Watch This Space.

27 August 2010

It’s Friday afternoon and my hair is in pin curls in preparation for meeting up with the lovely vintage loving ladies from Poppy Valentine and Lottie Loves for drinks tonight. I don’t know why I’m bothering, though, as today, and the rest of the weekend, is looking like it will be a traditional British Bank [...]

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Sponsor Spotlight: Make Me a Film Noir Femme Fatale

26 August 2010

I’ve always harboured dreams of being a Film Noir Femme Fatale. She’s a proper bad gal. Elegant, sophisticated, but with hints of a dark and troubled past that makes men weak at the knees and desperate to do her every bidding. Sadly I am almost the polar opposite of the femme fatale. I talk too [...]

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Event Alert – V&A Friday Late: Retro Hollywood Glamour

25 August 2010

Sadly I am not in London this Friday, or I would absolutely be going to this. If you are in London then you should definitely go. It sounds so lovely. Friday Late is Retro Hollywood Glamour on 27 August. Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what [...]