Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses - Dorothy Parker

One of my favourite Dorothy Parker quotes, why because she was so right back then in 30s! I adore beauty and brain in a gal, darling! Sadly I am coming to that time in life where I squint at the London A-Z. So check these vintage reading glasses and another pair of sunglasses (remember my draw full of sunglasses in previous blog) found at a boot sale in surrey for £1.50 each. I bargained the lady down from £2 a pair to £3 for both.



Here’s another little tip I had a pair of vintage glasses updated with new lenses at specsavers a couple of years ago , luckily the guy that was serving me collected all sorts of glasses, a bit of a geek and was up for giving it a go. Today I am the proud owner of pink and white vintage wing reading glasses. It’s all about the wing when it comes to vintage reading glasses style. These ones are next in line for the new lens transformation, books at the ready gals.

Dare to be different – you bet baby

The slogan says it all really, Lulu Guiness make up bag found and bough for £19.99 from TK Max on Charring Cross Road London. What’s TKs doing in Central London? Guess it’s a sign of the times, prime site with St Martin’s Fashion Students being right opposite.

Lepoard Lady

Forever, since my college years I have always had a Lepoard item in my wardrobe each season. From a big old vintage coat to Lepoard print converse. This AW I found a little Lepoard print cardigan from H&M Oxford Street £14.99, worn it lots so it was a good buy, looks great with a bit of tweed and blouse. Got excited about the styling of this find as I feel I am starting to explore making the clothes look alive in a still life photograph. If this chair was a woman she defiantly seen a lot world and its men, a posh Bet Lynch type of lady! How rude!

Maggie’s got her tea cosy hat on !

Now I have a strange thing about Maggie Thatcher as a feminist. I find her power that was intriguing; it’s a love hate thing. I also have a thing about using tea cosies as hats. So this post is a two in one. The tea pot is an old find, found in a skip 12is years ago in Old Street, before the mass trendy move east. I keep my change in my Maggie head teapot as Maggie once said “look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves” Scary how relevant this is again. The tea cosy was bought at a church fate in Staines for £2, hand knitted by the lady I bought it from.

All this Shakespeare for a pound

This has got to be the best value buy of late, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” Bought for £1 from a church fate. Passed by and dropped in, a must for shopping this way. Had more of a hoot at the fate than I expected they were selling Beer and Pimms. I was expecting Jam and Fairy cakes, how wrong I was, rubbing shoulders with the vicar and all my new fate mates!

South African Statement Necklace

Found this mother of a necklace at a boot sale in Surrey for £3 one of my fav haunts for bargains. The lady I bought it off said she bought it in South Africa, as a holiday treat. I was drawn to as it has an insect inside the main feature bauble and at first it reminded me of Victorian mineral jewellery. Then when I got it home realised it was more tribal than Victorian. Styled it on a Victorian vase my sister bought me for my birthday a few years ago, the vase is the real McCoy, completely over the top home wear.

DKNY denim skirt from a chazzer shop

Found and bought this DKNY denim skirt in a charity shop in Staines for £4. I never know what I am going to find and that I even needed another one, it’s the luck of the chazzer shop draw. Finding this brand in a charity shop is the total opposite to what designer brands try to control and create. Love that once its bought it has a life of its own and ends up where ever it’s ex owner decides. Worn it a lots already, could be a sticker, can’t stop wearing it!