Vintage Girl Running

Life is either a daring adventure of nothing at all.  - Helen Keller, The Open Door. For my 25 th  year on this earth I have challenged myself to do 25 things that I had never done before.  This week I’d like to tell you about: why I wanted to do this; the 25 challenges and where I am now with my 26 th  birthday looming next month. Variety is the Spice of Life I’m a very goal orientated person. I like to have a list to work through and check things off. This is when I am at my most productive. I also live for the thrill of an impending deadline – which explains why I chose to make this week’s post the least formed of the three ideas I had at the beginning of the week… Go figure! At one of my grad scheme events this year we did this personality profiling exercise; we answered a bunch of probing questions, learnt about the psychology behind the profiling and were finally given our personality colour profile. It turns out I am a fiery red-sunshi...

Truth Out Vintage clothing was a way of expressing who I wanted to be a few years a go, but it has really helped shape the woman I am today.  I've never really been one for convention... Although possibly not always through choice. Being 5' 11, I stand out a bit. When you are an insecure teenager and you're taller than all the boys ¬ it's a big deal. Especially in a world where we are led to believe small equals cute. Tiny dog, cute. Tiny girl and tall guy, cute couple. Tall girl and marginally shorter guy, double takes in the street. [Short tangent - Don't get me started on the clothes. High street shops jut don't cater for tall women. Short women, yes. Larger women, yes. Anyone over 5' 8, forget it. But here's where vintage has the advantage. Long hemlines were fashionable 50 years ago, much to my jubilation!] It's taken me a long time to feel cute in my own skin and I guess that is something that comes with age and experience, but this is def...

This month's eBay antics and charity shop trawling. I started this blog with the intention of writing about both running and all things vintage, but as my fiancé (it’s still weird calling him that…) pointed out at the weekend, I’ve done very little running in the last few weeks. Things have been crazy and I’ve been kind of lazy.  Oh, hey there :) I’ve spent a lot of time watching YouTube;  in particular Rachel Maksy .  I came across her channel, The Pinup Companion while searching for vintage inspiration and now I am hooked! I think I may have watched ALL of her videos. She has such an eclectic and engaging mix of videos on making vintage accessible and how to thrift and charity shop your way to a vintage inspired wardrobe among other things.  This post is really about how I have implemented some of this and how the purchases I have made recently fit into my collection.  I’ve bought things from eBay, charity shops, Primark and a charity shop speci...