My 5-step guide to vintage & thrift shopping

Reading Time: 8 minutes How can we indulge our love of clothing and be eco-conscious?! The answer my friends, is shopping vintage and thrift! With Oxfam’s Second Hand September campaign to resist buying brand new clothes, I thought I’d share some of my tips…… Continue Reading

My (Un)Popular Heroes: Josephine Baker

Reading Time: 10 minutes Josephine Baker was an dancer, singer, and actress, who could fly a plane and ride a racehorse, plus she fought against racial prejudice in her native US, adopted 12 children, and was a decorated war hero in France- incredible!  … Continue Reading

Style Report: London Edge, September 2018

Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s time to report from the celebration of weird and wonderful fashions and lifestyles that is the LondonEdge weekend! I’ve compiled my usual top picks of brands from the event, this time with a technicoloured, glitter-tastic, eco-conscious, festival fashion theme It’s… Continue Reading

Vintage hairstyle tutorial & launching UnPopCultures on YouTube!

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I launch the UnPopCultures YouTube channel, yikes! I kick things off with a tutorial showing how I create this super simple, vintage-inspired hairstyle with a scarf. Check it out and hit subscribe as I have some exciting plans! Unpopcultures.com… Continue Reading

7 reasons why I love Swing dancing!

Reading Time: 8 minutes I’m often asked: what’s this Swing dancing thing about? Well, there’s less two-stepping to Glenn Miller records, sipping nice cups of tea* than you may think, and more hardcore late nights, international travel, and throwing down to live music. *there… Continue Reading