Happy Easter! Wow that came around quickly - even though it's late this year I feel as though I'm still emerging from Christmas in a way. I hope you have a lovely weekend planned - ours is probably going to be quiet because I'm starting the dental implant surgery to replace the tooth that's been bothering me for as long as I've been writing this blog and so I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself today. We're spending the [...]
Broadly speaking I look for one of two emotions when I'm trying on something new, they're the gut instinct signals that tell me whether I should buy something or not. The first is the solid and more prosaic satisfaction that says, 'this is going to work really hard for a long time' and that's good - it indicates the discovery of a wardrobe lynchpin that will pull lots of pieces together. The second turns up less often and it's [...]
Wow - the sun's really out isn't it?! As promised, I have a new season try-on for you today and I'm looking at Spring wardrobe building blocks 2025 from M&S. When their big Spring drop arrived last week they invited me to pull together a small Midlifechic edit of my favourite pieces. As we saw in Friday's Spring Fashion Trends post they have a strong focus on the key colour palette of the season which is a tonal collection of [...]
