Last Friday, I made a brief appearance on all 40 BBC local radio stations as part of the Georgey Spanswick show. Prompted by a Daily Mail article* by Sandra Howard on the supposed return of the bullet bra - or at least the more pointed shape that was popular in the mid twentieth century -... Continue Reading →
Last week I popped into Topshop at Oxford Circus to buy a gift card as a birthday present for my teenage niece and I spotted some clothing with a delightfully retro label. You can imagine my joy when a closer look revealed that this was a cute mini collection inspired by items from their archive!... Continue Reading →
I first discovered Love ur Look via a Retro Chick blog post back in 2012 and I've seen their styles crop up on her other blog too, We Want All The Dresses. Like Gemma, I'm not a fan of text speak so the name didn't really appeal to me and I'd not paid Love ur... Continue Reading →
This Monday evening we're giving the traditional festive dinner party a makeover at 'Renaissance', a 51 Degrees event in London Bridge. 51 Degrees is a series of events put on by food-geeks, for food-geeks. Having worked in the hospitality and catering industry, three of us decided to band together and create something a bit less... Continue Reading →
I'm a big fan of retro lingerie brand What Katie Did. Despite personally preferring a more modern bra shape, you can often find me swooning over items in their newsletter, on their website and in their friendly west London shop. They make wonderful vintage-style shapewear and utterly gorgeous corsets too, so I have a fair... Continue Reading →
I only properly discovered Joanna's Wardrobe last month when I opened the Kiss Me Deadly newsletter and saw a photograph of a rather gorgeous teddy. The claret stretch satin of this limited edition version of the Cherie teddy (see photo on the right) was exclusive to online lingerie retailer Joanna's Wardrobe, so I clicked on... Continue Reading →
I fell in love with the Gossard 'Retrolution' range as soon as I saw the photos accompanying Retro Chick's review earlier this year. My lingerie holy grail is something with a lot of coverage for my bottom (and good wide suspender straps where required), but with a more modern plunge style bra. Much as I... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, when I was at the Littlewoods lingerie bloggers event, I fell in love with a gorgeous new lingerie set from Wonderbra. Part of their Glamour collection, the Dots Chic set has a balcony bra and (rather unusually for this brand) high-waisted knickers in black with my favourite pattern... polkadots! In addition... Continue Reading →
As some very dear friends of mine are getting hitched this weekend - in a gorgeous outdoor Humanist ceremony - I thought I'd finally do what I've been pondering all summer... have a wedding week on Rarely Wears Lipstick! Aside from one guest post that's already been scheduled in, the rest of this week's content... Continue Reading →
On Saturday 13th July 2013, I attended my first ever Chap Olympiad. Celebrating "sporting ineptitude and sartorial prowess", this annual event from those splendid fellows over at The Chap magazine has been on my radar for quite some time but, sadly, I have always managed to have something else in my diary on the weekend... Continue Reading →