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How to hold a swishing party

Clothes swapping parties (swishing) are a great way to give your wardrobe a new lease of life for little or no money, as well as making sure items you no longer want go on to a nice new home. Until … Continue reading

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Handmade: 70′s print dress

I used vintage fabric to make this Vogue pattern dress. I made it in just over an hour so either I’m getting better at this or it was just a super easy pattern! Lucy styled it with a thrifted suede … Continue reading

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Girls just wanna have fun

As per my previous post, I had some friends over this weekend to do some dressing up in my latest thrift and vintage finds. My living room turned into a dressing room for the day, filled with fabulous outfits, shoes, … Continue reading

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Favourite find: In situ

A couple of weeks ago I posted about a dress I picked up from a vintage rail literally on the street outside my house. I managed to cajole the brilliant Chris Brock into photographing me wearing it, with a 70′s … Continue reading

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Styling ideas: florals and cardigans

This is Lucy’s favourite outfit so far… It’s a skirt made out of Cath Kidston fabric (picked up at TRAID), a polka dot shirt, green cardigan and green belt (all thrifted.) The floral print makes it pretty spot-on trend-wise for … Continue reading

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Styling ideas: pink and tweed

My super gorgeous friend (and contributing stylist) Lucy is pictured here modeling a completely thrifted outfit, consisting of a tweed pencil skirt, peach and pink sweater, brown leather belt and black handbag. I think the entire outfit cost less than … Continue reading

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