Mirror, Mirror.......

Remember the nineties...or was it even the eighties?... when we rocked mirror sunglasses:Raybans,Cutler & Gross....whatever we got our hands on.

We never took them off, pretended we were extras on Miami Vice and walked into a lot of furniture....
But we were COOL and looked kinda stupid at sundown....

Guess what?
They are ba-ackkkk!!!

And I managed to get my hands on one of the featured pair in this UK Elle line up: The green acetate Le Specs....light as a feather,no one here has them and they have probably burned holes in my retinas...did I mention they are only £35 ?
What we still wouldn't do .....

PAJAMA GAMES....

It has always been my mission in life to be able to wear a 4 year old's "Hello Kitty" pajamas....
NOT!

Reality show maverick Bethenny Frankel has appeared on Instagram doing just that...

...apparently to make her daughter laugh.
 Hey!Freedom of expression .... yada yada yada...but:
 Beware the fall out. 

I used to admire Bethenny back in her RHONY days,she had chutzpah and deadpan humour in equal measures. Now she has a big head on her Skinny girl body and apparently little love for her fans....
I read somewhere that while out at a bar with her beau du jour, a girl came up to talk to Bethenny while she was dancing and her reply was simply:
"Urgh".

Well "Urgh" is how I feel looking at her in that photo.

You reap what you sow.

TOTES' AMAZE-BALLS.....

In a world where the common word becomes glamorised; whereby "totally" is "totes" and "amazing" is " amaze-balls"....
I give you : Totally Amazing ....Totes!....and toute suite!
Geddit?

Even the French have picked up on it by literally translating our way of talking into French...I shall explain:
"It is simply marvellous!"...perfect Downton Abbey diction.
Now as the new fangled French:
" C'est juste magnifique!..."  and my buggabear: THE "JUSTE" HAS NO BUSINESS BEING THERE!!!!!

The whole thing is totes affected.....
I leave it at that and to you to peruse the....erm....bags.

TO HAVE....

                                 CANVAS "LOUIS VUITTON" BAG: £985

                                 "CHANEL"TOILE ESPADRILLES: £265



If.. you can still get a pair....Otherwise they shall be listed under: 
.....To Have Not.
...and now I want a pair!!!

NB: As my hairdresser Joy said to me last week:
"£265!!! But they are only in canvas...."
Yes they are...but they have been kissed by the Gods at Chanel......

Crying over spilt...Perfume

What do you do when you have completely forgotten today's "Travelling Etiquette"....by stupidly placing your rather large and very expensive bottle of limited edition perfume into your holdall....
.....which you have now placed on the conveyor belt in security....and you are wondering why it has been put to one side....

" Oh! For F#*$'s sake....there is only a half eaten bar of chocolate and the Daily Mail in there...."  Wait for it:......

"OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO".... 

YOU CRY....Yup,no holds barred..tears streaming down your face....I did, unashamedly!
....and guess what: it worked!

Well...not in how you would expect it to work....I couldn't take the perfume with me but they offer you a way out with a system called: "Mail and Fly" by Bagport.
They place your offensive item in a plastic bag,seal it and give you the tag with a code number on it.  Once you land and 24hours later,you go on their website, type in your code and follow the instructions for payment to have your item sent to your chosen address. 

Et voila! A few days later is was delivered to my Dad's in the UK and my sister brought it back for me...in her suitcase.

You live and learn my friends....you live and learn.

You've Got Chain-Mail

My mother was always ahead of her times when it came to fashion...she was bold, fearless and championed the best during the 80s.
Gianni Versace and Gianfranco Ferre were her go to people for their extreme style and perfect,precision cut.

So why am I going down memory lane? Well I came across this image of a model wearing a chain-mail Versace ( Donatella) dress in the June Marie Claire.....

Gorgeous isn't it? Look how it glistens in the desert sun....just the sort of body armour one needs on a blisteringly hot day....and believe me that dress is heavy,if memory serves from back in the day.

My mother had several chain-mail pieces ranging from tops to dresses...(Lord knows her monthly shopping expenses were as hefty as the weight of those dresses)....and I managed to dig up this photo,taken in 1984:

Haughty as a Supermodel, classier than any Socialite and the envy of many....

Incidentally, the 2 miserable cows( and we were miserable,I cut off our heads on purpose...) behind her are me and my sister...all 80's bushy hair and mom envy: she was once again stealing the show and hogging the limelight.

I am on the right in a cast off Gianfranco Ferre top of leather and suede strips with raglan sleeves...and I LOVED IT! My sister on the left...I cannot remember what she is wearing but it may well be a "borrowed" top from Mom's extensive Versace collection.

What goes around,comes around...needless to say we auctioned off the last of her chain-mail tops at Kerry Taylor auctions a few years back now and it sold well.

Memories..like the fashionable corners of my mind.....

Don't Get Shirty with Me!

One of my all time summer favourites is a shirt dress...clean,crisp and a summer fashion statement that...well,never goes out of fashion. 
Having said that..it isn't always that easy to find and sometimes...you just don't want to spend £500.... See below...

....but Sales beckon!!...fingers crossed.

I have my eye out on a cute one by :
"Alice by Temperley"....
it comes in black or white with Broderie Anglaise and at £395 retail price, I hope to snap it up when in London.

During the sales...it is the luck of the draw....and I am in a gambling mood.

Then again there is always Margaret Howell to check out......we shall see!