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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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I have loved looking at your beautiful collection! And inspired by your story. I’m a pediatric neupsychologist and understand what…
Dear Lauren, thank you for your comment. Yes, the scarf is gorgeous! Best wishes, Anne x
Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your lovely comment, best wishes, Anne x
I love this CW Anne! It's approaching scarf weather I look forward to seeing a photo of it on. The…
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Category Archives: Wardrobe
Outfit of the day 18/04/18: All is well
All is well! Lovely Husband is back home, looking like a pirate with an eye-patch. The lads still have a toy parrot and they did suggest that he could add it to his accessories for a while, but that was … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Health, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged bangles, beige, brick, cardigans, Cotton Traders, earrings, Etsy, Halcyon Days, Hermès, hospitals, jeans, La Promenade de Platon, Lands' End, navy, purple, soutache, tops, turquoise
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Wardrobe planning #27: Wearing pocket squares
Hermés pocket squares, also known as gavroches, are 45×45 cms of gorgeous silk twill. They can look so cute and are quite versatile. I like them as they add a fun finishing touch to many outfits and work well with … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Wardrobe, Wardrobe planning
Tagged Appaloosa des Steppes, Bateau Fleuri, Bibliothèque, Bolduc, crafts, gavroches, Hermès, Mors, Savana Dance, scarf knots, scarf rings, scarf ties, Zebra Pegasus
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Outfit of the day 12/04/18
Back again! I am feeling so much better than I did a few days ago. When I get something on top of my usual list of conditions, I am completely knocked out. I won’t go into the nasty details but … Continue reading
Scarf of the moment: Persepolis
This Scarf of the Moment post is about the gorgeous and intriguing Persepolis scarf, designed by Sophie Koechlin for Hermès in 2000, and also reissued several times since. I am not sure of the date of my own version (nor the … Continue reading
Posted in Scarf of the moment, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Hermès, Persepolis, Persians, Sophie Koechlin
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Outfit of the day 03/04/18
So this is the outfit that I wanted to wear yesterday, on the actual day of our Wedding Anniversary, as this is the scarf that Lovely Husband bought me to celebrate the day. I was unable to get dressed and … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Aspinal, blue, Blue Nile, bracelets, cardigans, Cotton Traders, earrings, Hermès, jeans, Lands' End, navy, Persepolis, purple, red, teal, tops, yellow
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Outfit of the day 30/03/18
Well, this is what I wanted to wear today: Aqua cotton mix cable jumper – Lands’ End. Navy jeans – Cotton Traders. Pastel colours silk scarf – Accessorize. Art Deco silver and mother of pearl earrings. Bracelet. The bracelet would … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Health, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Accessorize, aqua, Art Deco, Aspinal, bangles, bracelets, brown, chronic cough, Cotton Traders, earrings, eau de nil, Halcyon Days, jeans, jumpers, Lands' End, navy
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Outfit of the day 27/03/18
I managed to get up for a few hours today, after a very bad start, and actually put on a scarf and some earrings for the first time in ages. Yes, the old jumper was the same, but I did … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged A Feminist at Heart, blue, earrings, jumpers, Karine Assaf, navy, orange, pyjamas, Sainsbury's Tu, white, WoolOvers
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Outfit of the day 13/03/18
Well, I am cheating a bit because this is what I wore yesterday. Once again, I have been in pyjamas today, reading in bed. I am still trying to recover from the weekend’s added illness and am feeling very weak, … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Hair, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged aquamarine, blue, Cotton Traders, eBay, Ferragamo, hairdresser, Lands' End, MaiTai, navy, orange, purple, red, Sainsbury's Tu, TV, Vikings
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Scarf of the moment: Le Jardin de la Maharani
I have decided to work through all of my Scarf of the Moment posts and update them in line with the structure I used for the more recent ones. Also, as and when the scarves are reissued I will add … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Scarf of the moment, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Annie Faivre, gavroches, Hermès, Le Jardin de la Maharani, MaiTai, Purse Forum, scarf knots, scarf ties, shawls
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Update 08/03/18 and a jewellery reveal
I need to uplift my mood today as we are again suffering from “muck spreading mode” from a certain member of the family. Anyway, you may remember this from the other week… … a lovely Art Deco style brooch that … Continue reading
Dear Shruti, thank you for your lovely comment. I really hope that you can find this gorgeous scarf one day…