The BBC has launched another competition show, à la The Great British Bake Off, this time aiming to crown Britain’s best amateur sewer. Certainly The Great Brit...
For a while now my wardrobe has felt a little stagnant. I should perhaps clarify, it’s clean and everything however just the teeniest bit dull. You know you’re ...
Is bikini season starting to seem all too soon? Are you starting to worry that that beach body you promised yourself at Christmas is still, well, hibernating? D...
Bad hair day? Nope... never heard of it.
Facial hair, it seems, has arrived. Not for women obviously, but for men this year it seems that a beard is the mus...
Guess who’s been learning some interesting things about early modern cross-dressing recently? That’s right, it’s me! I have to say that my current essay has bee...
Advertising has always been skewed in favor of the… attractive. I suppose that’s the right word, after all advertisements are always intending to show you an id...
As Valentine’s Day approaches you may have already considered getting something special for that special someone. Perhaps you’ve gone traditional; flowers, a ca...
Atten-shun! Stand easy...
Around me the snow seems to be declining and, whilst the buses to University are now running, this is still the weather for a warm co...
Firstly an apology for a rather long absence, as a Masters student I am currently looking anxiously forward to an approaching decision: to academia or not to ac...
Home baking is certainly in fashion at the moment (that’s my excuse anyway). What’s more, as Halloween approaches, with winter and Christmas to follow, I find m...
“Fashion” used to mean to make, or shape; that is the manner and mode of things. Any etymological source can tell you such, indeed it wasn’t until the late 15th...
Day one, week one, term one, just gone. I had to get out of bed this morning, still your plaintive cries I can hear them from here and believe me your sympathy ...
So I’ve just been taking a look at some of the trend updates for A/W, you know, the sort of magazine websites that claim to provide the top 10 inclinations of t...
It's that time of year. Back to University and time to make a fresh start; a new impression. Whatever you were before you will no longer be and that long awaite...
So… peplum’s doing the rounds this summer isn’t it? That little extra hem seems to be decorating the midriffs of women everywhere, be it through skirts, shirts ...
Hello again and please accept my most humble apologies I’m afraid that I have been on holiday and, until fast, free internet access is available to me everywher...
To many sales, too many many sales. Every which way I turn this week I seem to find myself confronted by a myriad of signs; 25%, 50% and, yes, in some cases eve...
Fundamentally most high street shops purport themselves to be democratizing agents of fashion, making high quality and stylish pieces available to the public at...
Summer approaches and with it the need to balance fun with earning at least some money; a need that becomes more immediately weighted in one particular directio...
Snog Marry Avoid?, along with an attendant increase in documentaries about the proliferation of plastic surgery (for examples see the BBC, Channel 4 and… well everywhere), seem on one......
This isn’t directly related to the Jubilee, believe it or not, but I love bunting; no really I do and frankly the last week has been really difficult for me. Ev...
You may have heard of the “Teddy Boys”, one 1950s British subculture in which a younger generation of men rejected post-war austerity by donning Edwardian dress...
is a recent graduate with an MA in History so needless to say if it happened yesterday or earlier then she's interested. Nevertheless she enjoys keeping up to date with fashion and really appreciates the more eclectic tastes and styles. Other interests include running and baking (a dangerous combination), along with reading, writing and traveling. Comments welcome and hope you enjoy the posts!
