A Big Red Bus A Big Red Bus....

And you thought it was the year of the horse, nope - more wheels than hooves - its the year of the bus. 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the London Routemaster. I salute Tatty Devine yet again for a marvellous collaboration with the LTM and this stunning collection but here be some other red goodies you might want to get on the bus for....

above: all Tatty Devine

baby grow from: Scamp

wooden bus from: the Little White Company

Robots on Bus canvas bag from: Tobyboo 

Dress you up

Ok so Im a creature of habit when it comes to clothes shopping and tend a) never to buy online unless I've tried it and b) never to buy a dress that's new and under £50 because without a doubt it will fall apart, which leads on to c) make sure it lasts so if you do get bored you can ebay it.

Ophelia dress that I went for £38

On the hunt for yet another 50's style dress I was lead to of all places Amazon, and found some real pretties most of which were from Lindy Bop so obviously went straight to their site - I loved pretty much all of dresses on the site but the most expensive being £38 I figured, cheap fabric, badly made blah blah blah but it was pretty and well I really didn't have the debt available for the Bernie Dexter dress that I loved....

Bernie Dexter dress from the Whitting Post £159

Two days later my parcel arrived - the dress! heavy fabric, really well sewn this was not guilt ridden disposable fashion. That evening by sheer coincidence I was wearing it and met the designer for Lindy Bop he told me that they're looking to have a premium made in the UK range but the prices will be affordable and the quality high. I'm now slightly hooked, the petite range is perfect for the Hobbit that I am too.

I've seen so many bad cheap reproduction dresses or 50's style it's depressing - but I've now happily met a brand that to be honest the site does not do the the products justice.