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…
Tag: jeans
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…
Black high-waist straight-leg jeans
I’ve made some new jeans! After being inspired by some of the beautiful examples of other people out there making their own jeans, and the success of my own khaki stretch gabardine jeans I decided to give this a…
Except the boots…
Today my outfit is completely handmade by me!! Doesn’t happen with extreme frequency, especially during winter when jumpers and cardigans are in constant appearance, so feeling pretty pleased with this outfit! And my socks are knitted by me too, although…
