Vintage Vixen

On Thursday I pulled this Seventies Soul (via Vinted) skirt from the wardrobe and, rather than combine it with the matching wrap top, chose a vintage gauzy Indian cotton blouse (bought from the original owner) and a velvet Afghan waistcoat. One of my young friends in TikTok tells me that the hair I've not tied into bunches is known as Slut Strands....every day's a school day!

Friday's outfit was the vintage Kate Beaver hand-printed maxi dress I bought from a charity shop for 99p back in 2015. The day kicked off with an early morning swim. I didn't wear a hat to the pool but wore one to walk to the corner shop as my new swimming cap had left a huge crease on my forehead and I looked like I'd been lobotomised.

Despite warnings of high winds and rain, Friday afternoon was gorgeous and I was able to sit in the sunshine reading with a cat slumped at my feet.

Inspired by Frida Kahlo, who didn't let her mobility issues stand in the way of looking fabulous, on Saturday I braided my hair and wore the army jacket I'd embroidered in her honour after visiting her exhibition in Coventry with Nikki in 2023.

Louise had asked if I had a cool walking stick ...here it is...

I'm quite fancying a gold pimp stick like Snoop's, it'd go a treat with my gold Adidas Superstars.

This spring sunshine doesn't half show off my slatternly ways. When Jon invited Akeel, one of the neighbours, to look around the house I was praying that he'd not notice the cobwebs festooning the chandeliers or the thick layer of dust covering the surfaces in the lounge. After I'd got back from my walk to the lockers to deposit my Vinted sales I dashed around the house with the feather duster and the dustpan and brush.

On Saturday night we met up with Liz, Adrian, Ruth and Slash in the pub. I wore this vintage 1970s Santagostini lurex maxi dress for the first time. I think it's Italian but the only Santagostini online is a Milanese poet.

I've just realised that there's something missing with this outfit...a gold walking stick!

What a fab night!

With having to drive to the swimming pool we're not only missing out on our Wetherspoons breakfasts but we're also missing out on the charity shops. Thank goodness for Vinted! Here's this week's purchases - which, as I'd sold a couple of my own things, were technically free.

As you can see, this week's Vinted recommendations were heavy on the vintage embroidered blouses, possibly because it knew I wore my Greek one last week. The brown one is 1970s St Michael and 55% wool and the label on the cream one is too faded to read.