#FASHION INSPIRATION FULL#
If you’ve ever tried to take a full length selfie shot of your outfit you’ll know how that turns out! The best I could manage was a dubious mirror pose in a darkish room with my untidy curtains in the background. If you take a look, you’ll see what I mean by the comic pose! I wanted to document my progress on here, so I told Instagram that #colourfulmums was a thing, and set about posting selfies.
#FASHION INSPIRATION SKIN#
Rushing around with toddlers, I’ll confess I did aim for comfort and practicality in my wardrobe, rather than style, but when I turned 50 I knew that leggings were no longer my friend, and that my skin needed colour to highlight the drain of the years. The funny anecdotes of life with small children are now in the past, and writing about teenagers is a decidedly more serious task, so my blog is now much more about me. Recently, I’ve upgraded my look, both here on this website, and in real life.
#FASHION INSPIRATION HOW TO#
I don’t know how to stand, or which side is my best and I’m such a fake smiler that I generally go for a comic pose that looks okay on Instagram, but in a photo album? – not so much.
Earrings: Top Shop.īut I’ve never been comfortable in front of the camera. And when I landed my first big job in the city that came with a decent pay packet, I spent it all on snazzy suits in Episode. At university I became known for wearing hats (it was the eighties), and I colour-coordinated my socks with my sweatshirts. As a teenager my best friend told me that I was the ‘coolest’ in our group of friends at school by which she meant that although I did my homework on time and got good grades, I still found time to argue with my mum over whether or not I should be allowed to shop at Chelsea Girl. The ultimate style chameleon, Bowie transformed his look again and again throughout his career, but this will always be the moment where he changed 1970s fashion (and beyond) forever.I’ve taken a long time to get comfortable in my skin, but I’ve always loved fashion. The late David Bowie’s alter ego skewed ideas about gender and fashion in the seventies the star would perform in spray on leotards, foil flares and a whole lotta face paint. From more-is-more prints to epic perms, she trialled every trend the decade had to offer with gusto, meaning she was seventies fashion personified (and she’s still considered an absolute legend today). She wore tie dye blouses, earth-goddess hair and billowing kaftans like no other, usually completing her trademark look with bare feet and a guitar in hand.Ĭher released a whopping 10 albums in the 70s meaning, quite simply, that she was absolutely everywhere. There were many poster girls for 70s fashion, but Joni Mitchell was undoubtedly one of the seventies’ ultimate style icons – and with good reason. Two years later, she changed the shop’s name to SEX, turning fetishes into fashion under the catchy tagline ‘rubberwear for the office.’ It was innovative, expressive, and the people loved it – it’s no wonder she ended up becoming one of fashions biggest names. The new queen of punk Vivienne Westwood was about to make fashion history when she opened her boutique Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die on Kings Road in 1971. ‘They’re simple garments to wear at home, and when you get home perhaps you need the security of nostalgia.’ Personally, we love them. ‘They’re not particularly clothes for making a splash in a dramatic place,’ the designer justified at the time. When they were first created, the Edwardian-style dresses and vintage-look fabrics divided opinion amongst the more fashion-forward. Women were hooked on Laura Ashley’s romantic silhouettes and floral-drenched prints when it came to getting their 1970s fashion fix.
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