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Charity Shop And Vintage Buys – July
In a post last month I talked about using charity shop finds to revitalise a holiday wardrobe without spending a heap of money on new outfits. I think the idea that you can look amazing on a budget, whilst helping to recycle clothes rather than adding to the landfill problems, whilst also contributing to good causes is a sound one, one that more people should be trying out. Earlier this month I went on holiday, and, practising what I preached, much of my suitcase was filled with charity shop finds, probably totally less than £100. For me, charity shop finds mean that you are not wearing the same old High…
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Hair At 50 Still Packs A Punch
It was the musical that shocked the unshockable 1960s. Hair, the story of counter cultural dropouts, featured nudity, drug taking, flag burning and shades of homosexuality and made stars of many of its cast including Paul Nicholas and Oliver Tobias. But as it tours again 50 years on, does it still have that power in our sadly apathetic times? After watching it at the Wolverhampton Grand last night I would say it resonates as strongly as ever. The thing about Hair is that the story is hardly there, but the mood and message is everything. The dropouts, led by the charismatic Berger and Claude, live on the streets. They avoid…
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Wedding Hats And Fascinators – Get Some Celebrity Inspiration
When it comes to being the best dressed wedding guest, a lot rests on your choice of head wear. The hat or fascinator that you choose can often make or break your outfit, and can also elevate something plain and simple to the realms of the chic and showstopping. When it comes to choosing your head wear of choice, there are a lot of stylish celebrities you can look to for inspiration. They show how your choice can either compliment or contrast with your outfit to ensure that it is not only the bride who will be turning heads at the wedding, a new fascinator is always a statement piece…
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Summer Holiday At The Walsall Leather Museum
On the day that my son breaks up and school is out for Summer, it seems apt to look at a new exhibition at the Walsall Leather Museum which celebrates all things related to Summer Holidays. The Summer Holiday exhibition takes items from the Walsall Collection, and the Hodson Shop collection to give a glimpse of how we spent our Summer holidays in the last century. The Summer Holiday exhibition showcases fashion, accessories and archive photography which shows how the British experience of holidays moved from the Kiss Me Quick hats and Butlins chalets of the original British holiday, to the cheap trips to Spain that made us look more…
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A Summer of Sport
The weather has not yet matched last years glorious spell, but 2019 will definitely be seen as a great Summer of Sport. We’ve had the Women’s World Cup which threw up some great games and a well deserved winning team in the USA. The cricket World Cup followed, and wow, what an amazing final, with England lifting the trophy for the first time. There was an amazing Wimbledon men’s final, the longest lasting on record, only spoiled for me in that Federer wasn’t the winner, and now we have the start of the English football league and premier league just around the corner. If this Summer of Sport has wetted…