Vintage Girl Running

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...

Hello. Welcome. Bienventue. I've been thinking about starting a blog for a wee while now. A creative outlet in my otherwise very scientific and routine lifestyle. As a kid, I used to love writing in my diary and this gives me that new diary feeling. Although hopefully with less angst and definitely less boy drama. I'm hoping to combine my two favourite things in life: vintage fashion and running! An odd combination, but we'll make it work. Much like my style, we make it work. You tend to raise eyebrows when you turn up for work at a power station dressed like a 50s housewife. Such is the life of this engineer.  I can't get enough yellow at the moment I've recently been seconded away for work and my partner has taken up axe throwing in my absence. Odd, but he keeps winning me T-shirts so I can't complain. But it's off the back of this that I have been inspired by him. When we met, he lived and breathed running and the gym, but since then he has...