Hello Bruges!!

I am going to Bruges with Christopher for the day tomorrow!! An early night, as I have to wake up at 5am!! I will be there for a day and come home late Saturday night-I hope the weather is not too bad! The forecast predicts cloud and rain and sun?

Have a lovely weekend everyone-I eagerly await my blogging on Sunday-ha ha!!

Seven Songs For Spring-Tagged!!

The lovely Kate at make do and mend has tagged me for seven songs for spring!!

I've decided to pick a few tracks from my newest purchase, the Sex and the City Soundtrack and as I am loving the 80s and 90s era, some songs from then as well!!

From SATC

1.Labels or Love -Fergie

2.All Dressed in Love-Jennifer Hudson I absolutely adore this song!!

3.The Heart of the Matter-India Arie

4.Walk This Way-Run D.M.C.

From the 80s and 90s

5.Stop To Love-Luther Vandross

6.Summertime-DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

7.Planet Earth-Duran Duran

I tag-Wendy@http://wbjewelry.blogspot.com/,
Silje@http://www.siljesfashion.com/,
Ida@mailto:Ida@http://rougemarie.blogspot.com/, Danz@mailto:Danz@http://fatalfashionattraction.blogspot.com/,
Fashionchalet@http://fashionchalet.blogspot.com/,
Winnie@http://diamondcanopywinn.blogspot.com/,
and Yiqin@http://qinatthedisco.blogspot.com/

Please can you post your 7 songs for spring and then tag 7 other girls-hope you don't mind participating-thanks so much!!!

My Pick of top jackets-Topshop

I thought I'd check out what jackets Topshop have to offer and these are what my favourites are-all available to purchase at the moment-click on my title to get to Topshop's website

Leather biker jacket, £120
80s style jacket, £65
Balenciaga style floral jacket, £45
Faded denim jacket, £45
Tartan Viv Westwood style jacket, £55

I adore the last one-it gives me inspiration to go and get something similiar when I go thrifting, especially as I don't have anything red or tartan in my wardrobe!!

Collection

As a few of you may be aware, I have been collecting Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell pieces for a couple of years now. The inspiration to collect came from an original Ossie Clark that I thrifted and sold on for a very good profit, but this inspired me to source pieces and start collecting.

To date, I have 2 black Ossie Clark for Radley dresses and 1 floral Ossie Clark for Radley below. The Celia Birtwell pieces I have are 3 floral tea dresses-2 shown below, 4 blouses and 1 Celia B plain black dress. I also have a couple of pieces by Jean Paul Gaultier-a black waistcoat and denim jean jacket and 2 pieces by Jean Muir-a black dress and a navy wool crepe jacket. I have single pieces of Zandra Rhodes, Thierry Mugler, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent, Issey Miyake and Comme des Garcons.

Ossie Clark for Radley floral dress
Celia Birtwell for Topshop Blouse
Celia Birtwell for Topshop dresses
One of my favourite ladies, Wendy Brandes has an extensive and beautiful collection of Ossie Clark dresses-http://wbjewelry.blogspot.com/search/label/Ossie%20Clark/ .You must view these on her blog-I do from time to time and constantly swoon over her stunning collection!

For me, thrifting has become the ideal and realistic way to collect vintage and modern designer fashion, which is essentially what my blog was designed to be all about. I've made a conscious decision recently to not shop on Ebay anymore, as I personally need to fully appreciate the numerous pieces I already have, be able to wear what I've got once in a while and for me, to essentially find these bargains at stupendous prices from the boot sales and charity shops.

I have only really started seriously collecting vintage and modern designer fashion in the last couple of years-when the boys were younger, although I liked clothes and fashion, I never really was seriously into it that much. The boys are older now and although I have cash restraints my time and knowledge has improved and this is how I put it to good use-doing my blog and thrifting-my two main hobbies!!!

I would love to know what inspires you to buy the clothes you do-is it magazines, friends, fellow bloggers and do you also collect-certain designers, accessories, dresses-you name it, I'd love to hear about it, please!!

Vogue-Ageless Style

My favourite magazine Vogue, dedicated its July issue to Ageless Style, which is a cracking read for everyone of all ages. I think it is a tribute that fashion and style is not solely earmarked for people in their 20s or 30s and there are plenty of articles and pictures to show how everyone if so interested, can really be so fashionable and or stylish at any age.

Following on from yesterdays post on denim, it inspired me to show you all this article, which bestows the virtues of denim right through to your 60s and 70s-if Lauren Hutton can work the trend, then anyone can!! I adore denim and jeans and now I'm in my late 30s, I have no intention of giving them up-hopefully I'll look as good in 30 years time in my flares or bootcuts-or even skinnys-ha ha!

The same goes for dressing up-over sixty certainly isn't frumpy-well Lauren doesn't look it!!

I know it doesn't necessarily apply to the majority of you fellow ladies-I reckon the majority of you are not even 30 yet-ha ha!!, but what it goes to show that whatever age you are, trends are there to share if you so wish and if you are stylish or fashion savvy enough, you will rock them!!