Halloween. When I was a kid, you were lucky if you got a plastic mask or a witch hat with a few strands of rubbish coloured hair attached with which to go out on Halloween. It really wasn’t big business and back in the 1980’s you could barely buy a pumpkin in the supermarket,…

My most recent Shein reviews have consisted of a gorgeous mustard coat and a red wiggle dress which I fell in love with. If you didn’t see either of them, you can read about the coat and the dress here. My third choice for review was a beautiful floral pleated dress with a pussy-cat…

Without repeating myself too many times, I have an ongoing collaboration with Shein Clothing which means they usually send me four or five items every 6 weeks to review. I recently showcased the fabulous long mustard coat which has been doubling up as a dry robe for me on my sponsored swim. If you…

Northampton! Not quite as exciting as the lyrics of the Sting song ‘An Englishman in New York’ but this particular Englishman was pretty spectacular. I am talking about a relatively new café that has opened up locally called “The Eccentric Englishman” Located in what used to be the original ‘weights and measures’ building, which…

For many of you vintage aficionados you will have been as dismayed as I when I received the email to say that Miss L Fire were closing down. Having been a lover (and wearer) of their shoes, it was a bit of a shock, given that they were one of the first vintage reproduction…