The other day on Twitter I did a couple of jokey tweets with the hashtag #vintagegirlproblems. They were to do with my head being the wrong shape for headscarves and my freeze-hold hairspray about to run out, but I did say in one that I was allergic to cupcakes. It was meant entirely as a…
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Best things
On Friday, I got to watch my best friend of fourteen years get married to her soulmate. It was the smallest, most fuss-free and intimate wedding I’ve ever attended, with only a handful of guests drawn from family and closest friends, a simple dress bought off-the-peg from a high street shop, two flower girls for…
Birthday Nuit
Sooo… following swiftly on from my last post about my birthday suit, which was in fact my outfit during the first, and indeed more sedate part of my birthday; I’m going to post a couple of pictures from the rather different second part(y). The PARTY! …unfortunately, I was too busy enjoying myself to actually take…
Feeling fruity…
This is just a quick one as I’ve already done an almighty plug this week, but I’m just going to do one more bit of marketing for my namesake dress. Shona and I have just released one of the super duper, ultra, mega, limited-edition Fleur dresses… Classic Fruits! I can’t even explain how much I…
When it’s time to Party
…we will Party Hard! And by golly we did! Lots of photos follow, so avert or direct your eyes below… Last Saturday marked the third annual joint Birthday Bash for myself and Torquil Arbuthnot of the New Sheridan Club. This year Miss Bethan of the Vintage Mafia joined us and a truly awesome shindig was…
Prohibition meets pop
Last weekend, the vintage world met the modern one in a big dance off, featuring much whipping of hair. My five best vintage girlfriends (also known as the Vintage Mafia) and I had a big night out, which was supposed to be a sort of farewell to lovely Jeni‘s old flat (even though we only…
A-rounding up I shall go
Good evening everyone! I hope you all had splendid weeks and weekends? Last week was jam-packed for me, with my first-ever tap dancing class, the monthly New Sheridan Club meeting, two shifts as a glamorous vintage tea party waitress, and last but not least, two splendid nights out at the weekend. Tap dancing is something…
Welcome to the Future
Good afternoon everyone! I hope you’re all doing splendidly today, in the first week of the New Year. I have to say, I have a really good feeling about this year – so many exciting things are afoot. I’m putting all the gloomy bits of last year firmly behind me, and setting my sights on…
39 Steps & a call to arms
Last Thursday was the aforementioned Vintage Tea Party to mark the 4th birthday of that most splendid, spiffing and top-hole of West End plays, the 39 Steps. But something less than spiffing happened at the end of the evening, and it is with this that Naomi Vintage Secret and I need your help. Please stay…
Booze, Glorious Booze! Part 2
Following neatly (if not promptly) on from my last post about Gin, is today’s offering, which is in fact about Cider. Those who knew me in my late teens and early twenties will know that I have imbibed a fair amount of cider in my time, particularly one memorable (or perhaps I should say dimly…