Playing dress up.....Tea, Ladies??

Because I was a bit bored earlier, I thought I would play dress up with my tea dresses :-)

Marc Jacobs Red and White Silk Tea Dress, £5 Help The Aged Charity Shop

Topshop Brown Floral Silk Tea Dress, £2 Collier Row Boot Sale

A pose for Pamcasso's project

The fabulous Pamcasso at squareoldsoul.blogspot.com is doing an exciting project of a white t + jeans. Please check out her excellent post for further information-click on my title for a link directly to her blog.

I jumped at the chance to participate-here are my contributions :

Top: Roberts vest(!) Jeans: Levi's Sandals:Peacocks Belt: Leopardskin from Topshop

Favourite Things!

After yesterdays post, I have decided that quite rightly, I shouldn't have any regrets where clothes are concerned-lifes's too short!! I am very fortunate to have a lovely wardrobe anyway and I thought I would post my current favourite things !!

My darling younger son, Robert-he is nine and rocking in his batman pyjamas-ha ha!!

My oldest son Christopher-he is 14 and already taller than me! (I'm 5'7"!)

My favourite plain colour dress of the moment-my weekend bargain! Plus my favourite bag and sandals of the moment!!

My favourite floral of the moment-my Vintage 70's Ossie Clark double tiered chiffon dress

My favourite patterned dress of the moment-Celia Birtwell for Topshop

What are your favourite things of the moment? A dress, handbag, shoes, family member, anything!!

Regrets-yes a few!!

You may or may not be aware that I adore Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell. I have three pieces by Ossie and about eight of Celias. For those of you who don't know Celia, she was married to Ossie Clark in the 1970s and has produced three collections for Topshop.

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Cash restraints mean I cannot collect a lot of Ossie Clark, but I do try and get Celia's pieces wherever possible. This brings me to my sorry tale of finding an immaculate Ossie Clark in my local charity shop, about four years ago. It was a maxi dress in the exact print and chiffon material as below, without the halter neck and mine had short sleeves. Well, to cut a long story short, I sold this dress (Resurrection in Los Angeles bought it from me) for a very good price so I could pay off some debt. I also sold my Chanel bag, too as I thought I wouldn't use it as it was too big.

On sale at C20Vintagefashion.co.uk, for £595

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Well, to say I regret these two sales is an understatement! I would love these 2 items back in my wardrobe, but to quote a couple of phrases-"tough luck!" and "c'est la vie!" spring to mind!

I suppose it was the thing to do at the time.

But fellow fashion lovers, my story is a cautionary tale to any of you who may be tempted to sell those cherished treasures you have in your wardrobe-Please, please think twice!!

Maybe finances will have to dictate otherwise, but if at all possible, try and think of an alternative, or you may well regret it in time to come!!

Other Bargains To Inspire!!

I thought I would show you some more bargains I've picked up over time. I really do like to sing the praises of thrifting at boot sales, flea markets and charity shops- you never know what you will find and someone else's trash can be your treasure. These are some of my favourite buys :-)

Mulberry weekender clipper bag £1, Willow Farm Boot Sale

Missoni Foulard (Scarf) £2, All Aboard Charity Shop

Turquoise Eelskin Leather Saddle Bag £1.50, Dunton Boot Sale

Fendi Wallet/Purse £2, Wanstead Rugby Club Boot Sale

My cheapest find of all -From Wanstead Rugby Club Boot Sale, a Gucci Accessory Collection Satin Purse for 20p !!! PLUS £100!!!

Yes-£100 found in a secret compartment!! Oh yes-I did not find this until about a week later, when I gave the purse a once over-I was totally gobsmacked when one of the compartments revealed a money bag which had 5 old £20 notes in it!!

The bank changed them for modern ones, but this has got to be the ultimate buy so far!