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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Kieron: alternative rock piper
The Isle of Wight has many local celebrities and Kieron Cooney certainly counts among them. He is a popular GP, he also co-runs a successful medical aesthetics clinic in Ryde, plus he is an internationally-known rock musician.
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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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Middle age is the new black
Do you remember when part-time Isle of Wight resident Alan Titchmarsh was all over the telly and it was proclaimed that gardening was the new sex? Or how about that time we eschewed broccoli for almonds as the new superfoods. Well, continuing the theme, we’re declaring that middle age is the new black. Or something.
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Ticket to Ryde
Tell you what, if anyone is going to give the street style photographer value for money, then it’s gonna be scooterists.
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Cowes Week 2015
Cowes may have a reputation for being the home of identikit crew wear, but we found some very stylish people making their own mark in the streets – and not a salmon-coloured trouser in sight.
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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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#festivalw*nker!
I saw Hadley Freemans Guardian feature on ‘festival fashion’ yesterday after a friend shared it on Facebook. I don’t know if my stylish friend…
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Nautical Chic
I jaunted across the Solent (ahoy!) to join the lovely people at Thames & Hudson and Beyond Retro for the launch of Amber Butcharts…
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Inspiration : Cambodia
Working in tourism means husband and I work our bahoonies off all summer and leg it off to somewhere interesting for a couple of months in winter. I just love to travel.
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