close to home.

style icons come in many forms. example: who knew ms. benes would be such a fabulous muse?

but while fictional characters and celebrities are all well and good, sometimes inspiration comes from mere mortals. note the huge rise of street style: it's in blogs, it's in magazines, it's in books; one assumes it's inspired dissertations and the like. a trip to the town centre could get your creative juices flowing (or, of course) make you curse your town's lack of style). but how about inspiration EVEN CLOSER to your own person?

i stole this picture from facebook.
i assume mam won't mind.

my mam, some time in the 80s.
i will update this when she comments on this post telling me the exact year. she will. ; in 1984

dear mam,

i covet your top, with its adorable collar (lace? crochet?), and can only wonder what 80s-tastic garment graces your lower half. i am, however, quite aware that you no longer own any of these wondrous vintage items and so can't pass them to your daughter, however much she would've appreciated it.

there are some charity shops that gained some great pieces a few years ago; a mere few years before my interest in such items peaked.

OH MAM.

WHAT ARE YOU LIKE?

kthnxbye

jenn.

Ode to... my wonderful and sorely missed gran.

She would've been 91 today!

As an ode to a much missed family member, here are some old photos my mam sent me.

One each from Gran's 75th and 80th birthday meals, and one from 1940 (in which, might I add, I adore her coat.)

The second pic also has me and my mam on it! I would be....9 on this? Almost 10. Teehee.

:)