Today I say goodbye to one of my first customers who along the way became a very dear friend, Kay Gillard. Kay spent the last 50 years of her life in denial of the degenerative muscle wasting disease, MS. When I asked her how she had managed to keep the disease at bay for so… Read More Don’t save the best ’til last
Last week I had the absolute pleasure of attending the brand spanking new Dior Designer of Dreams exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris – a pleasure for me, as normally when I’m scheduled to visit a city the exhibition of choice has either just closed, or about to open the day after… Read More Dior: Designer of Dreams
Over the years my personal style has evolved, regardless of fashions and trends, to what suits my lifestyle and more importantly my back. Many was the year when I could be seen with a huge bag (latterly my bag of choice was the Mulberry which weighted a fair old tonnage when empty!), crammed to capacity… Read More Bag off
I’m two months into my Project 333 challenge and I’ve gone through rain, hail and heatwave (twice). Whilst I’m very much enjoying the project, I have, dear readers, a confession. I’ve discovered I love clothes! There I’ve said. Actually its probably closer to the truth to say I adore clothes. I, admittedly, have a lot… Read More Challenge 333 – two months in
I always knew the 333 would be a challenge, but this morning, for the first time, I felt I’d bitten off more than I could chew. The last 6 weeks had been going relatively smoothly with my new (actually very old) sleek edited wardrobe, I’d reacquainted myself with a few old favourites which had been… Read More Project 333 – The Rain Edit
I’ve become a much savvier holiday packer over the years, although I’ll admit there was a time when that wasn’t always the case. A trip around the world with my mother, many years ago, saw us take a couple of suitcases each for the 21 night break… coupled with a few purchases along the way,… Read More The Holiday Edit
On Sunday, to complete my recent hat-trick of exhibitions, I visited the Hepworth Wakefield and in particular Disobedient Bodies, the exhibition curated by JW Anderson which brings together sculpture, art, fashion and design showing “how the human form has been reimagined over the course of the last century”. Its a fantastic exhibition – very visual,… Read More Disobedient Bodies @ The Hepworth
Earlier this month, I made the short trip to the delightfully charming Harewood House, only a ten minute drive from my hometown of Harrogate, to view a combined exhibition of Victorian Harewood (I hadn’t been aware that Princess Victoria visited Harewood House) displaying memorabilia from Queen Victoria, together with a number of costumes from the… Read More Victorian Harewood… with costumes
Last week I took a trip to London to view Diana Her Fashion Story at Kensington Palace. Much has been written about both the exhibition and Diana’s relationship with clothes. Having seen some of her clothes many years ago when I was at College (might have been before the auction in 1997?), I was interested… Read More Her Fashion Story
Spring; my second favourite time of year (sorry folks but Christmas will always be my fav!). A time of hope and joy, as mother nature springs back into life and colours the landscape. The last couple of weeks have certainly seen a riot of colour burst forth from nature, well it has in Harrogate. From… Read More Wardrobe Detox
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