Evening Post!

Never turn down press I say... Suzanne Savill, lovely lady from the Bristol Evening Post, somehow found my blog, liked it and asked me to do a little Q & A for the September the 11th issue, its called Secrets and Lies and was fun to do...what was not so fun was the photoshoot today. I'd suggested my local park as it has nice trees etc...and my flat is a mess so that was out of the question...the photographer met me there (I had been cycling about most of the day, meetings at Dreweatts and Bloomsbury, I really need a haircut, eyebrows are thicker than my Dads, had 2 layers of make up on and felt rather nervous as am not very photogenic) and started chatting away about vintage...nice guy, trying to make me feel at ease I suppose. Then he found a spot he thought suitable and told me to stand in a sort of 'one hip up, one shoulder down way' holding onto the little belt of my spotty 1940s silk crepe dress (thank you Liz Van Hasselt - I love you - ooh and Happy Birthday too!) also I had to put my hands in a funny position. All these contortions made me feel most unnatural so I added a big smile (teeth and all) and then he kept saying "drop your chin" !!! What the hell is that supposed to mean?? Rob thinks that I was probably trying to stick my chin out too far (over compensating as there are some family photos of me with a horrible weak wobbly chin (s) / neck syndrome). Anyway it only lasted about 10 minutes and it will be a miracle if I am not cringing and hiding on Saturday the 11th....xx I did not even ask to see them in camera, best not to know. What Rob does not know is that one of the questions in the interview was "what is the most annoying thing about Bristol" and I said "my boyfriend" ha ha! The photos are some that my mum took at Goodwood......more soon!
My friend Claire has sent me the link to this new vintage website - it has lovely things...espeically little lace 1920s tops....: www.bellabellsvintage.com