Without a doubt, my all time favourite muse is the woman once dubbed 'The Most Beautiful Girl in The World', the incomparable Hedy...

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion” - from Ligeia , Edgar Allen Poe, 1838 When I first saw the...

Spooky Season is in full swing and if you spend any time with me in my little cottage by the sea, you'll know at my core, I am a Gothic...

Sometimes several ideas and inspirations collide when you're pondering new treasures you want for your handmade wardrobe and a little bit...

The perfect blouse for lounging in and relaxing on your chaise longue this Festive Season! The thing I love the most about sewing my own...

I recently had the incredible good fortune to while away an hour or two looking through an original copy of the Vogue Pattern Book from...

I've recently been dreaming of a trip to Venice, one of my favourite destinations in the whole world and thinking of the capsule wardrobe...

I've had a Dirndl obsession FOREVER and an enduring love for this Saint Laurent Rive Gauche blouse from the mid 1970's so for my June...

A couple of years ago, I sewed myself a 1950's Catwoman oufit for an All Hallow's party and the requests for my cat eared bonnet that I'd...

I have recently embarked on a long term personal project exploring the work of the great Elsa Schiaparelli. I wanted to really get my...

I think there's nothing prettier than an intricate cobweb seen on an Autumn morning bedecked with dew drops, caught like jewels on the...

One of the items I always seem to be lacking when I'm putting my handmade and vintage outfits together are jackets! Specifically Summer...

On a recent treasure hunt in the charity shops of a nearby county town, I stumbled across this beautiful floral glazed gauze from the...

Now that Spring is in the air, it's a good moment to whip up some fun and simple accessories to start wearing at the start of the season....

It's been in my mind to make a late 30's, early 40's style Shirt Dress for quite some time. I've come across them at vintage fairs and in...

I recently took some time off with the aim that I would read books in coffee shops and pretend to be on holiday. However, when I went to...

~Vintage Ski Style Inspiration for your Handmade Wardrobe~ The days and weeks after Xmas can be rather bleak and lacklustre so the idea...

Way back at the start of this year, I wrote about my need for new pieces in my Lingerie wardrobe {read here} and I've only just got round...

I've said it many times, both here and on Youtube but I'm really not good in the Sun! I burn, melt and suffer and have never really found...

I love a good basic pattern that you can hack the life out of and make all sorts of versions for all sorts of occasions. It becomes a...