New York fashion week SS14: street style
(details and sources: 1 Yasmin Sewell wearing Preen by Thornton Bragazzi dress and Nicholas Kirkwood shoes, photography Phil Oh for Vogue; 2 photography Tommy Ton via Style.com; 3 Shorouk necklace on...
View ArticleSS14 fashion weeks: catwalk style
sources and details @ New York fashion week 1-5, J.Crew (with Sophia Webster shoes); 6, BCBG Max Azria, via Harpers Bazaar; 7-8, Mara Hoffman, via Vogue; 9, Michael Kors, via Elle; 10, Badgeley...
View ArticleMake your own Brit-Stitch bag
Brit-Stitch bags only appeared on my radar a few months ago. The company is only a year old but the bags’ popularity has grown and spread quickly, and after my initial introduction I soon began seeing...
View ArticleTK Maxx Style Tour comes to Leeds
We all know that if you’re prepared to put the time in, TK Maxx is a prime place to find a one-off designer gem at a bargain price. The Leeds store on The Headrow is one of my favourites around...
View ArticleEclectic home store: RE
At the beginning of our recent few days in Northumberland we stopped off in the small town of Corbridge. “We’re here,” I said, as we parked up in front of a rather uninspiring rural petrol station. My...
View ArticleJoules summer festival style
I’ve said before that I love how the number and range of festivals has grown in the last few years. When I was a student in the late 90s, it seemed like it was all – Glastonbury, parting with £200 for...
View ArticleA boy, a girl and a bike
Bike fever has well and truly taken over in Yorkshire, with the Tour de France being here this week. So I thought it fitting to share this lovely 1940s-style fashion shoot, visualised by West Yorkshire...
View ArticleSummer wish list
So summer is being pretty kind to us Brits this year, no? How have you been spending these sunny days? As you know, I’ve been away camping and we’ve been busy making progress with the house renovation....
View ArticleMy top 5 home DIY tips
Apart from a couple of days when I had to be absent because of a work crisis, it’s been pretty much non-stop DIY at our place over the last week or so. The plasterer’s now been in and done his thing,...
View ArticleSpring summer 2015 fashion
Few of us have the funds to clear out our wardrobes every season and fill them up again following new fashion trends. And let’s face it, we don’t really want to. When the fashion weeks come round, I...
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