The Last Debutantes

I'm soooo sorry I have been the worst blogger ever these past few weeks!! I was in London last week and I have been organising an internship in a buying office which I start tomorrow, yayyyy!! D-R-E-A-M!! Cannot wait!! :) Anyhu back to London, while I was there I went to this really cool exhibition in Kensington Palace called The Last Debutantes. If like me you are enamoured with the fifty's and how it seemed to be such a elegant romantic decade then you need to go see this exhibition. It was amazing!! It takes you through everything a debutante did, from teaching you to dance the waltz, to how to curtsy to how to walk properly, and it has some of the actual dresses and suits that were worn to the deb's balls. There are some beautiful examples of vintage Dior and Balmain. Apparently if it was to take place now it would cost each girls family £110,000!! Imagine! I wish it did still take place, it all seems so magical! :)

Mary, Queen of Bargains...

All Grazia readers will be familiar with the Charity Shop Mary 'Queen of Shops' Portas is opening in Westfield, London. Well the shop finally opened today, to what sounds like quite a manic crowd hungry for some bargains!! I have to admit as someone who really loves a good designer bargain, if I lived in London, I probably would of been at the top of that queue! As someone who regularly does wardrobe clean outs and donates to charity shops I love the idea of her Living and Giving store! I'm pretty sure I wasn't alone in being shocked when it published that 75% of charity shop donations end up in landfill, 75%!!! I think that figure is just shocking and I love the idea of swapping that they are promoting!! I have already heard of the £80 Mulberry bag ( jealous!!) being snatched, and I can't wait to hear of all the other bargains. It is running until June 27th. I am dying to get over there but am going to the South of France (poor me!!) on my hols slap bang in the middle of it! If I could get cheap flights though.........

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