So you want to know more about me, eh? Well in the few years since I took up vintage modelling as a hobby, it's taken off in so many ways... more than I could ever have imagined. I could now be described as a semi-professional model, hair stylist, blogger, freelance writer and events planner; all within the vintage genre. I'm a 1940s jack-of-all-trades, and master of none! I mean all... I master all of them.

I was dressing in a vintage style for a few years before I ever tried my hand at modelling - I never dreamed I would have the confidence to do so. But a somewhat life-changing decision gave me the courage, and I never looked back! I did my first shoot with The Hourglass in July 2007, followed by one with Tony Nylons in September of that year... and the rest is history. I now do a few shoots a month, insterspersed with styling for Tony, writing my blog and doing all sorts of fabulous things. I do dress like this every day. Not to do the cleaning or the gardening, that would just be silly, but if I am leaving the house, I'm usually overdressed for the occasion. And why on earth not: it suits me, it's unusual and I like it! That's reason enough for anyone, surely?

I came to my 40s look through various sartorial experiments throughout my teens and early 20s, some successful, some not so much! If you name a hairstyle, I've probably had it: dreadlocks, pixie crop, faux hawk (before they got trendy of course!), extensions, the Rachel cut (everyone was doing it in the early 90s, ok?), fashion mullet. You can probably tell which ones weren't the wisest choice! But I wouldn't be the embodiment of 40s glamour I try to be if I hadn't started off as a grungy little dreadlocked kid at 16! I'm now so vintage that I do all my washing on a mangle...

But let's be serious here - I don't live in a time-warp. I love swing dancing, old music and old musicals, and old clothes of course... but I also drive a new(ish) car, carry an iPhone and am addicted to the internet and all the inspiration and glorious shopping opportunities it brings. I'm pretty normal, I just happen to think there's not much point in life if you can't dress up to the nines, for no other reason than it's a Tuesday. And that is me.