December 14, 2018 | General
Three Reasons Why – Realisation Par Welcome dear readers to what will be a regular slot here on SDJ, featuring well-known and lesser known brands and yes you guessed it, THREE reasons why they are worthy of our buying power. In an ongoing bid to buy less and buy...
October 14, 2018 | General
The Politics of Retro Dressing Retro dressing and in particular the unmistakable aesthetics of the 1970s have been a firm fixture on the fashion stage of late. In fact every couple of seasons designers give us their take on flared jeans , silk blouses...
September 28, 2018 | General
Sherri Colter is a London based fashion designer and made her London Fashion Week debut earlier this month. Her new luxury womenswear label Colter is a celebration of fierce female strength, featuring intricate embroideries on body-confident cuts, vibrant colour...
August 31, 2018 | General, Style
The Perfect Trans Seasonal Boho Dress Hippy-luxe styling is not normally my thing. I mean I love boho style dressing on others but for me and everyday life, I seem to favour something more streamlined, easy to wear and practical. Big skirts don’t work well...
August 19, 2018 | General, Style
The Last Days of Summer Dress It’s with a rather wistful air that I write this post. I mean I don’t want to sound like a sub-standard Jane Austen or the opening page of a Mills & Boon novel, but it’s definitely there. Can you feel it? That air of...
August 12, 2018 | General, Life
Ivy League – The Ivy Brighton and The Ivy Chelsea Garden Going to the newly-opened Ivy in the Lanes this week in Brighton was a last-minute decision prompted by the fact that the Hubster and I had no children for the evening. So we grabbed the bull by the...
August 03, 2018 | General, Life
Oh Country Girl I can’t really decide if I’m a city girl or a country girl at heart. I mean, both have their obvious charms and I love the two in equal measure. But is there anything more relaxing than staying somewhere peaceful, relatively remote and away...
April 29, 2018 | General, Life
Paris – Willkomen, Bienvenue, Welcome… The City of Lights isn’t known for its welcoming attitudes towards the younger kind. Chain smoking residents, tutting, unsmiling professionals, no offers of help lifting prams on public transport and the...
