Daniella: pin-up on a budget
Blimey, you lot and your sudden interest in saving the planet. All power to your youthful elbows and all that – and welcome aboard the upcycling train.
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Cherry: bright on rock
People from the Isle of Wight like to boast that it is the Sunniest Place in Britain™, and most of the time is is worthy of that accolade.
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Sally: new wave vintage
Sally has a fabulous curated style; blending vintage with charity shop finds.
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Ryde Slide 2017
Now in its third year, Ryde Slide is becoming quite the Isle of Wight institution – and I launched myself down it.
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Pride in Ryde
The Isle of Wight had its own Pride event in Ryde and pretty much everyone used the festival atmosphere as an excuse to flaunt their finery.
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Dayita Shines Bright
Regular readers might notice a bit of a theme in some of my street style spots. Holographic fabrics, shiny metallic accessories and silver jewellery…
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Poppy mixes it up
Poppy and I bonded over a mutual love of holographic materials on one of my many lunchtime jaunts to Claire’s, where she works as a supervisor.
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Crafty sew-and-sews
Following the success of the first Wight Catwalk swishing event, we were delighted to be asked to run an upcycled fashion workshop for trend. This popular eco-friendly shop and youth cafe is going on tour and will be popping up at Cowes as trend@CowesWeek, and we’ll be there to show the young ‘uns how to customise their clobber.
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It’s a stick up
Waiting for nail polish to dry? Nobody ain’t got no time for that.
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DIY distressed jeans
Back in the day I had one pair of jeans that I wore to destruction. But if you don’t have the commitment to erode your trousers through years of chafing, you can get them off the peg – but they could potentially be one of your more expensive wardrobe staples. Using the DIY ethos of punk, I decided to take matters into my own hands.
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