Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Dec 3, 2009, 1:50 pm
Back in November I wrote about the luscious lingerie available at Miss LaLa’s. Well, if you loved it as much as I did then I thought you might be interested in a chance to attend their exclusive...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Dec 3, 2009, 10:56 am
Links à la Stocking Stuffers Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily This week, as I’ve been getting geared up for the holiday season’s shopping ( both loving and dreading it) via Black Friday a...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Dec 2, 2009, 1:18 pm
Well? Do you see a whole outfit on someone else and want to recreate the look? Do you have a “theme” in mind and build from there? Or do you build your outfits around one piece? I think ...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Dec 1, 2009, 9:33 am
Today is World Aids Day. The first World Aids Day I remember was back in the mid 90s when I was at College and the sad fact is, that despite a global downward trend in new AIDS cases, in the UK new ca...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 30, 2009, 9:43 am
Oooh, December is tomorrow and it’s officially nearly Christmas, in celebration of this fact I have one last pre Christmas giveaway courtesy of Abilu Creations. Abigail of Abilu Creations makes...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 27, 2009, 9:05 am
As promised here is a quick step by step tutorial to a 40s style hair do. It’s really dead easy to do, though you will find it gets easier to do with practice. One day I’ll do some tutori...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 27, 2009, 4:48 am
Beyond Fashion Edited by Retro Chick This weeks Links à la Mode blows away any preconceived ideas of the narcissistic fashion blogger posting endless outfit photos and magazine shoots by covering ...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 26, 2009, 10:16 am
I came across Beautiful Soul at the estEthica exhibition at London Fashion Week and got another look at the press day a couple of weeks ago. Designer Nicola Woods only graduated from the London Colle...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 25, 2009, 3:58 am
It’s fantasy shopping time….. I’m a little obsessed with Audrey Hepburn at the moment, what with 2 gorgeous hardbook books to giveaway and channelling her hair. So, this had to be t...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 24, 2009, 8:56 am
Well, mostly black. This Laura Ashley dress has a block of coral colour and great wide shoulder straps that meet in the centre back. I’m in love with it, but as it’s slightly too small (y...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 24, 2009, 4:12 am
As I continue in my quest to find out as much information as possible about the wardrobes of some of my favourite bloggers I asked Jenny from The Style PA to let me have a virtual nose around her ward...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 23, 2009, 7:04 am
Retro Chick is sad, so sad, that she can’t be around this weekend to visit the House of Red or Dead pop up shop in Carnaby. I’ve loved Red or Dead since the 90s when the great Wayne Hemin...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 20, 2009, 6:29 am
There’s a bit of a calendar theme emerging here don’t you think? Yesterday post was on calendar jewellery and today’s is on Advent Calendars. I suspect this is a theme that will burn...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 19, 2009, 9:27 am
I can never remember what date it is. In the old days we had to check diaries, calendars or watches. Now, of course mobile phones and computers keep us up to date (Ho ho! See what I did there?) But w...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 18, 2009, 8:54 am
I’ve had short hair for a long time. After an earlier experiment with a floppy Linda Evangelista cut I finally gave up long hair for good around the mid 90s and never looked back. Since then it...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 17, 2009, 11:54 am
So, as part of my weekend on Saturday I attended the Bonanafana Social Club Cold War Party at The Talk in Norwich. I had a great evening with burlesque acts, swing dancing, wonderful costumes and gen...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 17, 2009, 7:30 am
DEBBIE CURWEN Debbie’s name was chosen at random from all eligible entries with the help of an excel spreadsheet and random.org. She chose the Tamara Fogle German Lansdowne bag as her favourit...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 16, 2009, 7:41 am
I’ve been meaning to make Audrey Hepburn my style icon for some time. She was one of my first “vintage” icons when I was a teenager. I longed for her delicate eflin glamour, though ...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 15, 2009, 10:16 am
Bonjour! Retro Chick is back from her European jaunt. I had a few days of unrivalled luxury, all on a budget of next to nothing. Some things I was very lucky with and others required a little hard wo...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 14, 2009, 6:32 am
Finding what works… Edited by Jennine Man, editing the links this week was painful, only because there were so many fantastic posts, so be sure to check them all out in the IFB forums! This week w...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 11, 2009, 4:51 am
Tomorrow Mr Chick and I will have been married for 4 years and we are off to Paris to celebrate courtesy of the tickets I won from Fashion Day Dreams Little Break competition. I’ll be back to t...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 10, 2009, 11:31 am
Animal prints are one of those fashion statements that veer wildly back and forth between Bet Lynch Bar Maid and urban sophisticate. They’re currently enjoying a revival and I say “Woo!...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 9, 2009, 10:06 am
So, my obsession with gorgeous lingerie continues as last week I went to a press day and came face to face with a rack full of gorgeous pretties from Miss La La. Miss La La is not only a boutique in ...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 6, 2009, 11:16 am
Hurrah! The news is that all further postal strikes have been cancelled until after Christmas. This is good news for 2 reasons, 1 is that my graze box turned up on time today and it had Bakewell tar...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 6, 2009, 3:43 am
Go Fashion Bloggers, Go! Edited by Debutante Clothing As more and more print magazines fold, bloggers seem to be growing in professionalism and media legitimacy. When bloggers such as Previously Own...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 5, 2009, 2:30 am
The second in my series of excuses to ask people nosey questions about their wardrobe fascinating insights into the wardrobes of my favourite bloggers is with Ashe Mischief of Dramatis Personae. This...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 4, 2009, 5:23 am
Ok, I have to say I’m not really a fan of Guy Fawkes Night. It’s always seemed to me that November probably isn’t really the time of year to have a festival that involves standing ou...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 4, 2009, 3:45 am
... this post belongs to Retro Chick. If you are seeing this post and it is not in your Feed Reader, then it has probably been stolen by some unscrupulous person. If you enjoyed And the Urban Buzz...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 3, 2009, 10:48 am
Seeing as I have a fantastic Lowie giveaway running, courtesy of Cerise UK,  it seemed to make sense to make them my ethical design spotlight for the October (yes, I know it’s November, I’...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Nov 2, 2009, 5:40 am
Today I have another fab giveaway from the wonderful Cerise UK. Cerise UK has both a bricks and mortar shop on London’s Columbia Road and an online store. They specialise in stocking the best o...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 30, 2009, 5:22 am
So, tomorrow is Halloween, wooo! I still have no idea of my plans. The Norwich Beer Festival is on, and I’d like to pay that a visit in the afternoon, but equally I’d quite like to spend ...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 29, 2009, 1:12 pm
Tim Burton has long been one of my favourite directors. I saw Edward Scissorhands at the cinema in Blackpool, in 1990 aged 11, and cried my little heart out with full on sobbing. Before I was aware t...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 29, 2009, 11:18 am
Our Differences Unite Us Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily Coming off of Ashe Mischief’s Independent Fashion Blogger’s Post (Good Cop/Bad Cop: Participating in Links a la Mode), you all brou...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 28, 2009, 8:41 am
... sophisticated grown up cocktails. Here’s my top 5 sexy cocktails for a sexy Samhain night in: LONG HOT NIGHT Good name, ... of Waitrose) BLACK MARTINI A Martini can’t help but ...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 27, 2009, 9:35 am
So, it’s 4pm on Saturday afternoon, you’re planning an evening in, and suddenly someone invites you to the Halloween party to end all Halloween parties. You need a costume, like, stat. A...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 22, 2009, 12:01 pm
There are so many wonderful colours around at this time of year that it’s impossible not to get inspired by nature and bring some of the gorgeous, muted, autumnal shades into your wardrobe. Tod...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 22, 2009, 10:02 am
Thrifty Chic Edited by Retro Chick There’s a thrifty feel abound in this weeks Links á la Mode. Maybe we’re all saving money for Christmas, or perhaps we’re all those recessionistas I hear so...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 21, 2009, 8:36 am
There are 2 reasons for this new series. The first is that there are so many fantastic bloggers whose blogs I read on a regular basis and I wanted a way to share them. The second is, well, I’m r...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 20, 2009, 11:46 am
Just a quick heads up to those of you that are in or around London this Sunday. The Affordable Vintage Fair is coming to town on Sunday October 25th and will be at : Sustainable Studios 65-71 Scrutt...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 19, 2009, 5:44 am
Urban Buzz launched it’s first collection for Autumn Winter 2007 with the aim of appealing to young women who want a wardrobe that combines excellent style and design with comfort and ethics. I...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 16, 2009, 6:09 am
Figaroscope (French newspaper Le Figaro’s entertainment supplement) has conducted a poll to find the most chic woman in Paris, and yesterday I read that Carla Bruni only came 5th. All I can say...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 15, 2009, 12:21 pm
Ethics and Morality in Fashion City Edited by Ashe Mischief This week’s Links á la Mode covers the gambit in regards to the ethical and moral questions surrounding fashion right now…. we have C...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 14, 2009, 10:55 am
... @jimmychoo.com. If you can’t, then you can still donate. I actually own a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes. They are black satin and I bought them for my wedding, ... clumsy drunkards like me sh...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 13, 2009, 11:29 am
There’s nothing wrong with dressing as a witch/nurse/cat/devil for Halloween, in fact, when it’s last minute they’re great stand bys. But if you’re planning a costume now you ...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 12, 2009, 8:00 am
Yesterday I took a lovely Autumnal afternoon walk. Outside it’s still really warm when the sun shines and really, erm, “crisp” (read “fucking freezing”) when it doesn...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 9, 2009, 6:47 am
I’m developing a bit of an obsession with gorgeous lingerie recently. I wrote about What Katie Did in August and there’s so many other brands I have my eye on that I might even make this a...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 8, 2009, 10:56 am
Fashion Roller-coaster Edited by Jennine Wow… we’ve got an interesting bunch this week… word from fashion weeks has put us on a roller coaster from the creepy toenails on Shoe Daydreams to the...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 2, 2009, 10:42 am
Firstly, apologies for the lack of any proper posts recently. I’ve been tired, busy, and any number of other excuses as September has involved a lot of gallivanting round the country and long da...
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Gemma S. posted an article on Retro Chick - Oct 2, 2009, 10:11 am
Edited by Debutante Clothing I just turned 35. It’s a landmark year not just chronologically, but style wise. I am now approaching that next age bracket in the How to Dress for Your Age features in...
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