Category: Wonderings
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What is THIS?
To walk into a slightly grimy charity shop in a West Country market town and find the THIS I am referring to – it’s in the top-10 thrifting moments of my life. And it’s ranking pretty high. It’s a peacock-blue shot silk coat with knife-pleat panels in other jewel colours. It has a giant fuchsia…
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A very practical magic
My mother’s mother was the most centred, practical, measured woman I’ve ever known. She was a midwife and when she was district, she’d go around on her bicycle. I can recall a bike lock chain with a blue plastic coating – probably the same bike, years later. I dream of her house. I still have…
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Fashion history mystery
Found this dress on Vinted – an orange, tiger-print, silky shift dress with a cool 70s-style collar. The listing said it IS 70s, but I was dubious. I’m always dubious. I looked into the brand – Pinky & Dianne – and it was a fashion line launched in Japan by two American women. In the…
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A 1930s wounded bird
How do I know this charity shop dress is 1930s – 40s at the latest? It’s a few things. The minute I spotted the lace, I clocked it was old. It just has a certain quality to it. It’s delicate, fragile. When I touched it, I could feel it had no stretch in the fibres.…
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Frankenstein’s fashion
Been watching Frankenstein – three sittings, long. But what a beauty. I’d expect nothing less of Guillermo Del Toro, of course, but costume designer Kate Hawley truly has my life-long loyalty. Mia Goth wears an enthralling array of butterfly-wing, beetle-shell, mossy, mouldy colours and textures. I looked into her green marbled jacket and it is…
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