Tag Archives: fashion

Wellies at work (Rousse)

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Dreamaticus

Four inches of water lay across the floor of every lift in the office building. This explained the new fashion for work footwear: green wellies.

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Highland glamour (Rousse)

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I thought that we would not make it when the Indian driver lost control of the car in the snow. Luckily we survived the skids, entered the beautiful glen, and our journey was complete at the point that the road … Continue reading →

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Highlights of the north east coast of the Isle of Skye (Rousse)

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Dreamaticus

My mother’s Volvo was not a self-driving car, yet when the whole the family was crammed into the back seat, we treated it as such. I was terrified as we sped through the countryside at top speeds, praying that the … Continue reading →

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Victorian fashion and whistling Wuthering Heights (Rousse)

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I was jealous of JMH’s diet success. Her new lean form looked amazing in skin tight jeans. I wasn’t too sure about her new look, however, when she changed into a long purple lawn cotton summer dress (Laura Ashley, circa … Continue reading →

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High fashion for alcoholics (Rousse)

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Dreamaticus

It was rumoured that Belle downed 16 bottles of red wine a day. Perhaps that accounted for her weird dress sense? Today she was wearing a pastel summer dress over bright red tartan trousers.

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Kitchen trends 2020: yellow

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My kitchen was transformed when someone (a designer?) removed all the coloured items and replaced every single one with its equivalent in yellow: yellow kettle, yellow drawer handles, yellow fridge…

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Fashion for homeless apes (Rousse)

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I felt sorry for the homeless gorillas and other apes who lived rough on the traffic roundabout. Now that it was winter they had somehow managed to fashion themselves a form of clothing from discarded grain sacks, but I feared … Continue reading →

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A clown, killer whales, and curvy bronzed buttocks (Rousse)

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Thirty years on I rediscovered the dark-haired Italian man with whom I had been friendly in France in the 1980s. Now working as a professional clown, he lived on the French riviera in a small apartment that offered wonderful views of … Continue reading →

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1980s fashion fail (Rousse)

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I travelled back in time to Queen Margaret College Edinburgh in the late 1980s. Here I found pasted to the walls of reception dozens of amateur black and white posters inviting students to join the Christian Union. Then I spotted … Continue reading →

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Bride misses men in cashmere suits (Rousse)

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Even though it was my wedding, my mother would not allow me to go running with my sisters. Instead I was sent to my father to be chastised for not attending the cashmere suit fashion show after the wedding ceremony. … Continue reading →

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