Friday Frock Love – Summer in the Sale

7 June 2013

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The Sun is occasionally peeking through the clouds and my thoughts have turned to summer frocks. Sales are often an end of season thing. If you’re looking for bargains then buying coats in May and swimsuits in October is the way to go, but there are more seasonal bargains out there  if you look around. [...]

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Style Advice Clinic – Hair

6 June 2013

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I often get asked for advice on style things. Hair, make up, frocks, shoes. Most of what I know about any of these things has been learnt through years of experimentation, reading and talking to people. But if you don’t pass on what you know how does anyone learn? So I decided it was time [...]

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Off to the Opera

5 June 2013

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I’m off to the Opera! I’ve never been to the Opera before, so obviously I am dipping my toe in the water with one of the world’s top Opera festivals, Glyndebourne, which was established in 1934. I’m not unfamiliar with Glyndebourne, I used to work at a major public school and it was part of [...]

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Surprises, Eyelashes and Absinthe

3 June 2013

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Well that was an interesting weekend! If you follow me on Facebook you might have seen that one of the things I had on this weekend was “The Secret Thing”. Mr Chick and some other male friends of our acquaintance decided to throw us a surprise, and what a magical evening it turned out to [...]

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Channeling My Inner 50s Librarian

31 May 2013

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I know you hardly ever see me in my specs, but I do wear them! I wear the sort of contact lenses that you sleep in for a month, then I spend 2 or 3 days in glasses at the end of the month before going back to lenses. I have a super cheap pair [...]

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