Hope you treated your mother to a nice bit of lavender honey cake, some Lapsang Souchong tea whilst she gazes at your handmade card and gets a whiff of your freshly-cut hyacinth and tulips. Ok, I only did the flowers and the 15-minute-jobbie card (see below) but I’m a firm believer that cake and tea… Continue reading Let the mother eat cake…
Solving the Skirts
Following on from the shocking discovery of the exactitude of my skirt-addiction, action really needed to be taken. Looking at a lot of those elasticated waistbanded vintage skirts, I realised the reason I bought them was for the purpose of turning them into dresses…. i.e. wearing them pulled up over the bust, over t-shirts/tops as… Continue reading Solving the Skirts
Marbling/Scribling Already?
It’s only been about a month or so since men’s shows and already things have infiltrated my brain in a way that I never expected to. Jil Sander’s AW08-9 collection had a dubious marble/stone crack print that both me and the boyf raised my eyebrows at as to whether anyone could pull it off. Though… Continue reading Marbling/Scribling Already?
Skirt Attack
This is a mountain that has been festering under my bed. This is uncontrollable. This is the attack of the skirts. My name is Susie and I’m a skirt-aholic but I knew this along. I just never quantified that and after a surprisingly laborious amount of time spent counting my beloved skirts…. I have…. and… Continue reading Skirt Attack