There are all sorts of different people who buy ‘vintage’, ‘antique’ or simply ‘second hand’ clothing, and for all sorts of reasons: For me, (although we were never strangers to ‘hand me downs’ as children) I guess collecting vintage clothes started as a young teenager when I fell in love with 1950s & ’60s Rock […] Continue reading →

It’s incredible to think that a year has passed since THE day of our big Fashion Show in Norwich, on 7th November 2015, when planning it had dominated our lives for so much of 2015 and there was a time when I absolutely couldn’t picture the day actually happening, and certainly couldn’t begin to think […] Continue reading →

Some of you may already have followed my journey to conquer Skirt Mountain, and if not, I would encourage you to do so as it sets the scene for the next challenge ahead of me & gives some background as to my relationship with my collection of vintage clothing & why I have so much that […] Continue reading →

I do like a treat for my birthday, and these days I much prefer an outing or an experience to ‘stuff’. My trip for 2016 was already planned when I saw that the special exhibition for this year’s Summer Opening of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace was ‘Fashioning a Reign’ – i.e. lots of […] Continue reading →

On 7th September 2016, late Rock ‘n’ Roll star Buddy Holly would have been 80 years old, had we not lost him at the age of 22 in the tragic accident of 3rd February 1959. After reading & sharing sharing other people’s posts on social media all day, I thought it was finally time to […] Continue reading →

I’m always looking for new, enjoyable & creative ways to get my vintage stock ‘out there’ & in front of the right people, and having acquired a lot of lovely nightwear & lingerie recently I’ve been really keen this year to find a way to display it all together & draw attention to what I […] Continue reading →

Around this time last week I did two things that may not seem a big deal, but made me feel really confident and happy. 1) I wore a bikini! I haven’t attempted to put on such an item for a while as we haven’t had beach holidays, and although we had lots of beach days […] Continue reading →

I’ve recently made a couple of references on my Facebook page to a huge pile of skirts in my ‘clothes room’ which has become known as ‘Skirt Mountain’ & seems to have caught people’s imagination, and I feel it may be therapeutic for me to talk about it…. Here it is after being transferred to the bed […] Continue reading →

Today I’m heading back around 3 months to Norwich Fashion Week 2016 & a fabulous event that I took part in (but because of everything else I was taking part in during that week, I never got round to reviewing it!) It definitely deserves a look back in appreciation, as our Boudoir Party Team put […] Continue reading →

I previously filled you in on my relationship with Gressenhall Museum in Norfolk and how I came to be a part of their annual Rock ‘n’ Roll themed day…So, this year I was all geared up to do my Wake Up Little Susie stall as usual, maybe rustle up a few more fab local vintage dealers & […] Continue reading →