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Dressing-Up Boxes
posted 11 months ago on @ 10:27 on Tue 15 Sep 2009Asking the question for the first time is hard. Your new acquaintance seems so nice. They might even quote early nineties movies and tell dirty jokes. But do they have a dressing up box? There. it's out there- like asking if someone had any imagination growing up.
Let's take a quick look at some public figures and you 'll soon see what I mean. Gordon Brown? As if! The closest he got was secdetly wearing his fathers old dog collars.
Madonna? Of course! I bet she and her choreographer brother did whole performances of caberet as under tens. The queen? Yes mam. Where else do you think she gets her love of experimental bright colour.. A dressing up box/closet or, for those I can only view in dumb envy, room, is a loving home for every piece of lost clothing one can't bear to give away but that doesn't get worn enough ( once every three years is a good rule) to justify it's presence in your closet. That fabulous red polka dot cowboy blouse you bought in Wyoming for example, or almost certainly anything you have ever ordered on ebay.When you have children you can extend this remit to include anything with a broken buckle, missing belt or with a higher nylon content then you like to wear in bed. That said, I do still wear my grandmothers slips. They're really divine. So go And start your collection with that old suitcase under your bed - that impulse purchase diamante cowboy jacket from Oxfam will be lovingly looked after until it's dazzling debut at dolly's tribute party 4 years later. -
Dressing-Up Boxes
posted 11 months ago on @ 10:27 on Tue 15 Sep 2009Asking the question for the first time is hard. Your new acquaintance seems so nice. They might even quote early nineties movies and tell dirty jokes. But do they have a dressing up box? There. it's out there- like asking if someone had any imagination growing up.
Let's take a quick look at some public figures and you 'll soon see what I mean. Gordon Brown? As if! The closest he got was secdetly wearing his fathers old dog collars.
Madonna? Of course! I bet she and her choreographer brother did whole performances of caberet as under tens. The queen? Yes mam. Where else do you think she gets her love of experimental bright colour.. A dressing up box/closet or, for those I can only view in dumb envy, room, is a loving home for every piece of lost clothing one can't bear to give away but that doesn't get worn enough ( once every three years is a good rule) to justify it's presence in your closet. That fabulous red polka dot cowboy blouse you bought in Wyoming for example, or almost certainly anything you have ever ordered on ebay.When you have children you can extend this remit to include anything with a broken buckle, missing belt or with a higher nylon content then you like to wear in bed. That said, I do still wear my grandmothers slips. They're really divine. So go And start your collection with that old suitcase under your bed - that impulse purchase diamante cowboy jacket from Oxfam will be lovingly looked after until it's dazzling debut at dolly's tribute party 4 years later.