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The Librain
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Former professional school librarian, now retired through chronic illness. Trying to keep cheerful by reading, drinking lots of tea, blogging my new life, and my love of bling!
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Delighted to hear you are still walking and being quite stylish while doing so! I love your laps you and…
Dear Lauren, apologies! I have only just seen your lovely and kind comment because it had been filtered out as…
Dear Jacque, thank you for your comment. I really appreciate you taking the time to write one! Love and best…
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Category Archives: Clothes
Outfits of the week 21/05/21
At last, I am able to write about my haircut, which I had over a week ago! I have been struggling this week, in various ways, but I will not go into details as I really don’t want to moan. … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Hair, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, Dans un Jardin Anglais, fuchsia, hairdresser, Hermès, L'Arbre du Vent, Lands' End, lilac, MaiTai, navy, purple, Sainsbury's Tu, silver
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Outfits of the week 14/05/21
Yes, I did go to the hairdresser’s yesterday, but I am saving that post until next week. Today, I am going to show you the outfit that I wore earlier in the week, before I had the haircut. Outfit details: … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Cotton Traders, gold, grey, Halcyon Days, Hermès, Lands' End, navy, purple, Swarovski
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Outfits of the week 30/04/21
OK, the title of the post is rather misleading as it’s only ONE outfit and it’s from LAST week, but I haven’t been able to get dressed properly this week. I have been struggling with my mental health and have … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Handbags, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Blue Nile, Escales Mediterraneenes, Ferragamo, Hermès, Lands' End, MaiTai, Massaccesi, purple
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Outfits of the week 23/04/21
I tried a small experiment over the last few days. Oh, OK, I love this combination of scarf and twinset so much that I simply had to wear them twice! The scarf is by Alice Shirley for Hermès and is … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Alice Shirley, aqua, blue, Hermès, Lands' End, pink, turquoise, Under the Waves
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Outfits of the week 09/04/21
I am feeling rather under the weather as I attempt to write today’s post, so I am unable to make the usual collages for each outfit. Instead, I have posted the quick selfies that I use in the collages and … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Jewellery, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged asymmetric wrap, blue, Blue Nile, denim, Hermès, Jaguar Quetzal, John Lewis, MaiTai, Marks and Spencer, mauve, Musique des Dieux, navy, purple, Sainsbury's Tu
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Outfits of the week 02/04/21
Today is our 33rd Wedding Anniversary! It seems pretty amazing to have reached this point in our lives and I am so grateful that, somehow, Lovely Husband and I crossed paths so many years ago. This evening he is going … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Handbags, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, cobalt, denim, Halcyon Days, Hermès, John Lewis, Joules, Lands' End, Liberty, Massaccesi, Mythiques Phoenix Coloriages, navy, pink, red, Wedding anniversary, William Morris
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Update 29/03/21 with Olympian Gods X 2!!
I had planned to write this post a couple of weeks ago, but had to postpone because of illness. Anyway, you may remember this scarf from this post on 08/03/21: It really fits with my interest in Ancient Greece and … Continue reading
Outfits of the week 26/03/21
OK, so I said in Monday’s post that today’s would be a little different and definitely not an “Outfits of the Day”! Well, I had to change the plan. I am still having a bit of trouble with writing using … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged A L’Ombre des Pivoines, blue, Etsy, gold, grey, Hermès, John Lewis, MaiTai, orange, pink, Plumes en Fete, purple, Swarovski, teal
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Outfits of the week 12/03/21
Well, once again, I haven’t managed to wear more than one Hermès scarf this week. The scarf from another designer will be showcased in a special post next Friday, if everything goes to plan. I really needed cheering up, so … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, cobalt, De la Mer au Ciel, Hermès, John Lewis, Lands' End, navy, white
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Outfits of the week 05/03/21
I tried two small experiments this week: I wore two scarves by the same artist and used the clever reversible scarf ring by MaiTai with each of them in different ties. The two scarves were Les Secrets de Minos and … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged asymmetric wrap, blue, criss-cross knot, Halcyon Days, John Lewis, Lands' End, Les Secrets de Minos, MaiTai, navy, Persepolis, red, scarf knots, scarf rings, scarf ties, Sophie Koechlin, turquoise
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Dear Lauren, thank you again for commenting! I enjoyed my walks last week, but we are struggling with a heatwave…