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Poor Jon's undergoing some dental work and had to have two teeth extracted this morning so I went swimming solo. The alarm never went off so I didn't wake up till 6:35. I managed to wash, get dressed, feed the felines, make Jon a cup of tea and briskly walk the mile into town, getting into the pool at 7.10am. Mile completed, I was back in the house by 8.15am, just in time to wish Jon good luck with his ordeal. Swimming gives me so much energy, after breakfast I whizzed off five festival trading applications and spent the rest of the day, between nursing duties and walking to the corner shop (to buy Jon some marshmallows and Angel Delight!), sorting out our latest chazza shop finds.
Original 1960s Harrington jacket, Jeff Banks wool waistcoat, new Converse in woven denim.
1990s rayon dress, current Adidas, 1980s jacket
Cropped fake fur jacket, 1980s Indian cotton patchwork midi skirt, Miss Selfridge sweatshirt (with store tags still attached)
Both of these Fatface shirts are still on their website, White Stuff velvet blazer.
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Jon was amazed to find these brand new Vans, he's got them in another colour way and paid a fortune for them! Also an official Barcelona scarf (and the first football stadium I ever visited!), Converse Vs Comme Des Garcons and some purple suede platforms from Office.
I found a few things for me, too. Here's my keepers and what they look like on.
Tiktok has inspired to post daily "Fit Checks"(that's showing off your outfit in kid speak) I love how there's so many alternative girls (and boys) on there who couldn't give a f*ck about trends, with the exception of the handful of women I follow, most style blogs are all about what's in fashion, what's age appropriate (yawn) and promoting stuff they'd had for free.
A vintage Indian maxi and my secondhand Suzani coat for a morning of charity shopping.
A vintage Adini maxi and bruise-coloured Rawhide coat for swimming and a Spoons breakfast.
Vintage India Imports of Rhode Island maxi dress and an Anokhi jacket for dropping some books off at the out of town charity shop (and coming back empty-handed!)
A vintage embroidered Pakistani maxi dress for dropping my Vinted parcels off at various points on our 5 mile walk. I'd had a wardrobe rejig the previous afternoon and sold everything I listed in 24 hours!
A vintage psych print maxi dress for swimming, Spoons and a look around the chazzas.
An All About Audrey recycled cotton sari blouse and a vintage maxi skirt for a day spent sorting out the stockroom.
A charity shopped mini dress (Pull & Bear with £29.99 labels still attached) and a vintage silk scarf for a very wet walk down to the swimming pool.
The Seraphina, London £325 cutwork blouse I found in the £2.99 charity shop last year with a vintage Samuel Sherman woven maxi skirt and a charity shopped Moroccan belt by Jigsaw for a day at home.
A rare 1960s Marion & David Donaldson maxi dress, made in Scotland from Liberty fabric (spotted on Vinted for £20, there's another on Etsy for £395)...I wore this in Rome and also for a Spoons all-dayer.
A vintage Mayur midi dress with some big leather stompy boots which a man stopped to tell me I shouldn't wear them as they weren't feminine! What a dinosaur...are there really still men out there who think women dress to please them?!
Contemporary Monsoon blouse (well, six years old!) with a vintage silk maxi skirt for my first day home from Rome.
Before I sign off to resume my nursing duties, here's three amazing TV series you really must watch...Small Prophets is brilliant, we watched the entire series in one night. If you enjoyed The Dectectorists, also by Mackenzie Crook, you'll adore this this quirky offbeat British comedy (on the BBC).
Set during the Cold War, the uber stylish Ponies, is a gripping spy series set in 1970s Moscow. The soundtrack and the clothes are fabulous, the plot is full of delicious twists and it also stars, Adrian Lester and Harriet Walter. It's on Netflix and we watched it over two nights.
Frustratngly, only one episode of Under Salt Marsh is aired each week on Sky Atlantic so no bingeing. Starring not only Jonathan Pryce but also the phenomenal Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone) and the brilliant Rafe Spall, it's a compelling British cop thriller set in North Wales. Rafe plays a detective from the Black Country and his accent is perfect (well, his mum and his partner are both Black Country born and bred!)
We're currently rewatching The English. Rafe Spall is terrifying in it and Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer) is extremely easy on the eye!
I'm off to resume my nursing duties, I promise to catch up with blogs, emails and comments tomorrow.
How rude of that man to say your boots aren’t feminine! Like you say, you aren’t dressing for him (or men in general), bloody fossil! Your outfits all look tremendous. I don’t TikTok. I don’t even Instagram anymore but I am addicted to Pinterest. Sometimes I see pictures of you on there xxx
ReplyDeleteI love that you're on YouTube shorts, I'm sometimes there because I follow a few painters there, and now I also follow you. I don't post there myself, maybe some day! It's great seeing videos of your outfits because on video I can get a much better sense of the fabrics and how they move. You vintage check fits are gorgeous, keep them up.
ReplyDeleteSo, great you do your swims! Swimming is amazing. Today I took off my sneakers and put my feet in the sea. I walked barefoot a bit and on the rocks and then walked in the little natural sea pools. I can't wait to start swimming in the sea again.
A few days ago, I watched a YouTube video of a lady that gets up and runs 5 km in -60 Celsius temperatures in Siberia....and then she breaks the ice to go swimming in that cold. I will never ever complain about being cold again.