Bzzzzz It’s not really Jasper, Bzzzzzz ….or Agate Bzzzzzzzzzz! Bumblebee Jasper is a bit of a misnomer. It does resemble the colour and markings of Bumblebees, but Jasper it isn’t – or not strictly speaking. It’s made up of volcanic minerals Read more…
The M word…That’s right ladies, the menopause…NO FEAR….old age here we come! Six reasons to love your menopause! As women of a certain age we cannot avoid seeing the ruddy M word everywhere. There are a gazillion articles coming at Read more…
There’s some pretty bonkers fashion jargon that gets used that I’d like to exterminate, but on this blog I’d like to look at some a few so-called fashion rules that we here at eclectica would like to officially retire! They Read more…
It’s Tee Shirt time! At some point in the last ten years and without me noticing it at all, I have stopped wearing t’shirts! I had no idea why, until I noticed it – which, by the way, was when Read more…
We’ve been enjoying some absolutely sizzling summer days, and a few of you have been buckling in the heat. Unsurprising given we don’t get chance to acclimatise, given that here in the Shire mother nature likes to shift from rain to 30c Read more…
We thought it was about time that we share with you some of our thoughts on Desigual, the largest clothing label that we opted to stock. We chose Desigual for a number of reasons – NOT just because we love it Read more…
We’ve gone into holiday overdrive here – what with two days of sunshine and Food Festivals and being surrounded with beautiful Summer clothes int’ shop. A lot of our conversations of late have been about our own foreign holiday experiences and our Summer Read more…
Hard Bar Soap versus Liquid Soap – What makes you a Happy Washer? There’s quite a heated debate been going on for a while now as to which is best – the traditional bar of soap or liquid soap, in Read more…
We had a customer in t’other day who was somewhat enamoured of one of our Desigual dresses, but popped it back on the rail saying “that’ll be lovely when its nice and hot but I need something for now” I Read more…
Vicki and I were chatting t’other day about a new clothing brand we are looking at stocking (more on that another time) and I said something along the lines of ’tis not very fashionable.’ She whipped her head around like something out Read more…