Before the World went wonky I used to look forward to weekends and going out and about. Whilst I didn’t spend every weekend looking for vintage events to attend, this year was supposed to be the year I experienced many more of them. As readers know, the highlight of my year is Twinwood; held…

Over the past five years I have been fortunate to travel quite widely with my blogging wifey, Boo of ‘Does my blog make me look fat’. We have been lucky to have two or three European City breaks a year and this year was supposed to have been no different. Poland, Romania and Croatia…

I am a big fan of Joanna Hope clothing. I have had several different elegant dresses including the blue sequined flapper style dress and a hot pink wedding guest dress that I have worn on many occasions. I love the fact that Joanna Hope creates elegant dresses which make even the shortest, tubbiest person…

A few months ago readers may recall a photoshoot that my baby boy Theodore had with the so very talented Adrian Bullers. We spent an hour or so in a Bedfordshire Country Park whilst Theodore kind of played along – that is to say, he did exactly what he wanted, when he wanted until…

In the past few years the choices of reproduction vintage garments have improved in both style and sizes. So many companies only went up to size 20-22 including some of the biggest brands (Collectif to name just one) and I admit I have both struggled to find items in my size AND drooled over…