Posts tagged ‘turbantimes’

Wounded but perfect to me

Wounded but perfect to me

In a previous post I talked about a vintage straw hat that I absolutely loved but was a wounded bird. With the power of Google and Amazon, I was able to buy glue, dye and the brush needed to work on the hat and revive it. Some might say that I have ruined it…

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Sun Damaged Sadness

Sun Damaged Sadness

I don’t have to tell any of you that I *love* Hats. Straw, material, felt, fur, knitted, large, small, platter, topper, tilt, beanie, beret and more. Summer or Winter, if I can possibly wear a hat, I will. So, a few weeks ago I saw this wounded beauty on a popular auction site. To…

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Perfect Pyjamas

Perfect Pyjamas

Firstly I must apologise for the slightly misleading title. I am talking Beach Pyjamas and not the ones you wear in bed! Beach Pyjamas? What the hell? And why would you wear pyjamas to the beach? Well, back in the day it was the in-style for the fashionistas on the 1920s beaches. Originally designed…

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A Vision of Velvet with Voodoo Vixen

A Vision of Velvet with Voodoo Vixen

You know when you find the dress of your dreams? The perfect colour and vintage style and you KNOW you have to have it? And so you go onto the website to order one and find out they only do it in standard sizing, no plus sizes at all? Yeah That. This happened earlier…

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Mumu-licious

Mumu-licious

A couple of weeks ago as I drove home, I passed a new restaurant in our town. Mu Mu is a burger restaurant with a couple of branches in our area, but I had never had a chance to visit before. Now I hadn’t seen a long time friend of mine, Jan for quite…

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