Retro clothing styling Vintage shirt and school tie My model won’t get good marks for eco dressing today. Her only eco item is the vintage crimplene checked shirt. Love that shirt. So ’70’s, so out there, and clean over the top. I mixed it with a...
DIY jodhpurs Original H and M Jodhpur style treggings A couple of posts back I showed how I gave a vintage tweed jacket some elbow patches. These H and M treggings on the right have the distinctive Jodhpur reinforced inner knee area but not the flared hip design. Good...
Bargain clothing Vintage bow tie and waistcoat My model is posing for me again. She’s about to get another eco rating. This outfit consists of a basic white shirt. You can’t go wrong with them and I have said in a previous post that I buy school shirts....
How to upcycle a hat Replace trim on trilby Keeping cool in the searing heat here in Cape Town right now is proving to be a challenge. Just getting some sleep would be nice. At night I lie awake too hot to do anything. Daytime temps are climbing close to 40’C...
Elastic waist skirt Mini as in little skirt I got in a bit of a panic last night. The last blog showed what I consider easy skirts to make. Although I did say that some level of sewing skill was required to make them. The more I thought on it, the more I realised that...
