Hi everyone,
Hope you are feeling good today and that you are enjoying this fabulous weather we are currently basking in. Phew it’s been hot… but no complaints this end.
Today I am very excited to announce that British footwear brand, Butterfly Twists, have teamed up with Oscar winner and fashion maven, Catherine Zeta-Jones, launching an exclusive partnership with her lifestyle brand, Casa Zeta-Jones.
Have you every visited a place and felt like it was your spiritual home?
The first time I visited St Tropez in the South of France it was with my Mum and Dad. Perhaps I was seeing it through a 12 years old eyes but it was absolutely magical .
Morning Campers how are you all doing today as we enter week 6 of lockdown ?? I think its week 6 anyway – who knows ?
[ I’ve just been advised it’s actually week 7! Bloody hell how time flies when you … don’t do much ! ]
Is anybody else losing track of the days, or is it just me? Days are blending into days and weeks into weeks ; it’s like one big old round of Ground Hog Day!
I have to admit I’ve not struggled too much with the lockdown, in a weird way I’ve actually enjoyed some parts of it. Tik Tok. Reading actual books . Afternoon Gin in the garden followed by decadent baths. Binge watching ‘Gangs of London’ and the beautiful ‘Normal People’. Friday Night Zoom quizzes with my friends. However as the weather has taken a turn for the worse and I’ve found myself confined indoors I have found myself feeling a little like spider man … and crawling walls !
Contains gifted items , affiliated links marked * and a special guest – my dad
“Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy – but mysterious. But above all black says this: I don’t bother you – don’t bother me.” – Yohji Yamamoto
Black … one of my favourites.
Black Magic … delicious.
Black … the colour associated with death , with mortality and creatures of the night.
Black is black – I want my baby back ! [ if you know you know ]
Black … kohl pencil smudged into your water line to create a smokey eye. If it’s good enough for Kate Moss then count me in!
Amy Winehouse sang about it in her hit ‘Back to Black ‘ and chances are I’m guessing you have a little black dress , otherwise known as your LBD, lurking somewhere in your wardrobe.
My mum instilled it into me from an early age that it was something I should have in mine.
A wardrobe basic.
Have I told you I’m a frustrated performer? You know the one … can’t sing, can’t dance, [ what do you do ?] but longs to entertain. Longs to tread the boards.
Well it’s no surprise then that I like my clothes to have character too. Your probably thinking what is she waffling on about now …?!
Well basically I like to put my clothes on and take on a new persona. Clothes that give you life so to say. Make you happy.
Take this fabulous coat for example from Joe Browns I pop it on and I’m no longer Tracey from Sheffield [ well I am it’s not that fabulous!] But I feel like I could be the love child of John Lennon [during the Sergeant Pepper days] and a Bond baddie [ a sexy Russian lady one obviously]
It makes me feel sassy …
though I don’t necessarily look it . These photos were taken while I was quite poorly.
September always feels like a new beginning … a chance to start over again .
Forget January 1st my new year starts on September 1st as the trees turn from shades of green to burnt oranges and reds, the nights draw in and we bask in the beautiful ambiance of candle light.
We wrap up in cosy over-size knit-wear complete with fluffy miss-matched socks and beanie hats. ‘Bag lady chic‘ I like to call it.
