Halloween. When I was a kid, you were lucky if you got a plastic mask or a witch hat with a few strands of rubbish coloured hair attached with which to go out on Halloween. It really wasn’t big business and back in the 1980’s you could barely buy a pumpkin in the supermarket,…

Over the past couple of years I have looked at and lusted over the Elsie dress from Lady V London.  The wiggle style dress had a beautiful design featuring a cross-over bodice and a waterfall ruffle down one side with a fitted feel to it. Sadly it only went up to a size 22…