Tag Archives: fashion

Whitsy clothes

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

As I drove home from work on Whit Sunday, I passed a family walking in the sunshine. They were all female, and looked to be from around four years old to great-granny in her eighties. It took me back to … Continue reading →

Posted in children, family, History, Photography | Tagged 1960s, fashion, memoirs, memories, T Bar Sandals, Whitsuntide | 68 Comments

Cold stone and warm hearts

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Last year we visited Haddon Hall in Derbyshire as part of our research, both for the upcoming workshop and the continuing trail of clues we follow as we look back through history. We learned a lot about the Manners and … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, History, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged bakewell, effigy, Elizabethan, family, fashion, history, tomb, Tudor, Vernon and manners families | 31 Comments

Butterflies…

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Gilded butterflies Expensively caged Wed to appearance Wings grown too heavy to fly Weighted by expectation * Naturally beautiful Playing on the summer breeze Simplicity rests Drinking a gilded morning Living light in light *Top photo courtesy of Pixabay

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged choice, expectations, fashion, freedom, keeping up appearances | 10 Comments

Outmoded #midnighthaiku

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged fashion, haiku, old fashioned rose, perfume | 22 Comments

Hairy story

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I liked my hair orange, it suited me well, Suggestive of something ‘twixt pixie and Hell. I grew it all out, hoping it had gone grey But nope, it had left me with just the odd stray. * So now … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Poetry | Tagged dye, fashion, hair, hair colour, mdam mim, rebellion | 60 Comments

‘That Dress’ – a new tale from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard. It was only by chance that I was present at the Ball when the daughters of the House Senton were introduced to society. House Senton is a family of the old aristocracy, they were here before … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, fiction, Humour, writing | Tagged fashion, Jim Webster, mother-in-law, Port Naain, Tallis Steelyard | 2 Comments

The Mudfold and Cockeren Feud-part 2 by Tallis Steelyard

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Sue Vincent

The second part of the scandalous story of the feuding ladies of Port Naain, told by Tallis Steelyard, a poet of that city… The Mudfold and Cockeren Feud Part Two I did at the time entertain hopes that the feud … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fantasy, fiction, Guest, Humour, writing | Tagged dress, fashion, Jim Webster, longreads, poet, Port Naain, short story, Tallis Steelyard | 5 Comments

Shoe shopping

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I am sitting here contemplating a toe. It is not a bad toe, as toes go. While it may never win a modelling contract, it would not call down squeamish aversion. Unless, of course, one is averse to toes in … Continue reading →