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Tag Archives: wardrobe
Phase Eight party dress a winner (Rousse)
EH and I were reminiscing about her old wardrobe. We spoke fondly of her purple party dress from Phase eight. ‘It even won me AHRC funding’ gushed my admiring friend.
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Tagged AHRC, dress, friend, party, Phase Eight, purple, wardrobe
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A hotel bedroom foursome (Rousse)
We were surprised when the blonde woman sunbathing nearby introduced us to her friends. ‘We met here last year’, she reminded us. ‘We live in Geneva. Our son is also called T’. Now, that my memory was jogged, I remembered … Continue reading
Incidental divorce lawyer advice (Rousse)
My parents, sisters and I travelled in our pyjamas to Dryburgh Abbey for my father’s last hurrah. On the way back home we stopped off in Corbridge. Here we called in on my grandmother’s house (which had not been knocked … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, abbey, advice, bedroom, bedspread, brown, chest of drawers, childhood, Corbridge, divorce, door, dressing table, dryburgh, father, friend, furniture, grandmother, grandparent, incidental, lawyer, lock, media, old people's home, Orange, parent, Redmires, sister, The fighting temeraire, Turner, wardrobe
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Veronica’s intimate bedroom raid (Rousse)
As usual we were hosting a horde over the weekend. From the bedroom I could hear TPR joking with our guests in the kitchen, telling hilarious tales of our various recent exploits. At first I assumed that he was mentioning … Continue reading
Fashion disaster spots hidden features of ‘new’ British Library (Rousse)
It was time for me to return to work after a long absence due to sick leave. I found some smart clothes to wear: black tights under a long tweed shirt, a back polo neck top, and a tweed jacket. … Continue reading
Tamsin Greig caught up in sewage crisis (Rousse)
No wonder our tiny bathroom was awash with debris from the domestic sewage system. There were simply far too many people in the house, and the drains could no longer cope with the increased use of the facilities. Somehow TPR … Continue reading
Vintage queen turns her hand to home décor (Rousse)
I had always admired MH’s sense of style. Her vintage wardrobe was especially interesting. However, now my attentions turned to her taste in home décor. I loved the bold blue wallpaper in the matching toilet cubicles, and the scenes of … Continue reading
Distracted by next season’s fashion must-haves and Harry Potter in French (Rousse)
At the height of summer I was living in North Berwick and working in Edinburgh, desperate to finish the data analysis and write-up of my second PhD. On the days that I couldn’t cadge a lift along the by-pass with … Continue reading
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Tagged by-pass, commuting, concentrate, data analysis, distract, Edinburgh, fare, fashion, fortune, French, Harry Potter, lift, mother, must-have, North Berwick, novel, PhD, season, summer, train, wardrobe, work, write-up
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Bold in boots and bra under tight-fit trouser suit (Rousse)
I didn’t want to join the party too early so I took my time over my choice of outfit. My sister J walked into the room just as I was putting on a pale blue tight-fit cotton trouser suit with … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, bold, boots, bra, chateau, convention, cotton, cupboard, curtain, event, fake, floor, French, gap, high-heeled, mall, neck, old, outifit, party, plead, professional, sad, scoop, shopping, single, sister, suede, suit, T shirt, tight-fit, Toronto, TPR, trade, trouser, undress, VIP, voicemail, wardrobe, white, woman, work
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Helicopter rescue for fashion disaster (Rousse)
I was really struggling with my work wardrobe. Everything I liked was unsuitable; everything suitable I disliked. Meanwhile my sister J was having much more success – largely because she had gone on a shopping spree before the start of … Continue reading
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