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…

Most readers will know of the different projects that I have been doing with Q.L Salon; colours, brows, no mirror challenges and more. This time it is a very special kind of project and that is the Salon itself! For the past several years Q.L has been housed inside the local Private Health Club.…

Regular readers know that I frequently run out of patience with my hair. This happened recently when I decided to bleach my hair in order to go grey. All that actually happened was I turned my hair into a big straw mess! From the front I thought it looked pretty good and I had…

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…