“Greige”; not a word found in any dictionary, but one adopted by the fashion industry to describe this colour that is not quite grey, not quite beige… I love it. And going by my latest fabric shopping binge carefully-considered…
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Rusty cords
I’ve made myself some new jeans, but (warning, lack of elegance alert) they’re not very exciting. They are corduroy, and I do love corduroy jeans. They are so warm and comfy during winter. But I’m first to admit corduroy is a…
Black with rose-pink accents
My husband wittily suggested I title my post “Amish chic”, he he cheeky… It’s my hat. But we’ve lived amongst the Amish and I never saw an Amish lady in jeans. “Amish menswear chic”? I hope not. I prefer to…
Oversized knitwear
The latest Vogue magazine has been singing the virtues of oversized knitwear for this winter. This isn’t a look I go for very often, but I thought for once in a while, why not? Granted the fashionable colours for this…
Aviation chic
My outfit today has a sort of aviator/biker appeal about it. I really love the Burberry fall 2010 collection like below, but I watered it down to suit my suburban not-very-high-fashion neighbourhood with its elderly population. I’m not sure why…
Undersea-garden crocheted scarf
Now, I am no crochet-er. I struggle with each and every stitch. I think it comes down to this, when I learnt to knit, my mother taught me. I was taught. Mum took the time and effort, it was a…
Charcoal baggy beret
So I had a discussion with a few friends about the washing your-hair-on-every-third-day-instead-of-every-second experiment; and the general consensus is that you have to persist for at least six weeks in order for results to show (you can tell I’m a…
Caramel “loopy” scarf
I made this scarf a few years ago, not really sure now how many. Originally I had done a class at Ivy and Maude, and was so inspired I went on to make dozens of these. Well, maybe a few…
