I (Sarah) am sitting in the last of the summer sunshine having in the past week been to Barcelona with three girlfriends, my daughter’s graduation in Shropshire & this morning to Oxford & back (before the rugby starts mum) dropping my son at uni all of which means that my summer is disappearing with the sunshine. Christine will be back from Holland this week & Donna (having been to THE wedding of the year) has been holding the fort whilst we were both away so all three of us are ready for Autumn. For the first time in, it seems like years, we along with the rest of the fashion world are re-embracing autumn colours with glorious bronze gilets from @grenouilleclothing, chestnut coloured jeans from Anna Montana & trousers from @stehmann_pants with a pop of orange with our @jameslakeland jumpers. Accessorised with @Nour london_uk Jewellery (almost on the shop floor) & Milano bags & animal print belts (almost in the shop😀) as well as our @fabsshoes boots & @orca_bay Havana loafers we can’t wait to get styling us all. Donna is starting this week putting together three outfits with a pair of our Stark Body Perfect Jeans. See you in the autumn x #aw19 #autumncolours ##jeangenies #orangejumper #countrystyle #norfolk #independentboutique #downyourhighstreet #lovethislook #yesplease #casualstyle #fiftyandfabulous #thirtyandfabulous #shoes #happydressing

The Tour Autumn 2019

Handmade shoes for £79 #sorrento #orcabay #handmadeshoes #countrystyle #mylook #drivingshoe #artichokegirls #independentboutique #downyourhighstreet #lovecolour #workingwardrobe #swaffham #frenchcountrystyle #agelessstyle

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It is time to ditch the flip flops & squeeze our toes back into shoes again. @orca_bay shoes are handmade in leather, with a leather insole & practical “these shoes are made for walking” sole. Shown here in Havanah, a chestnut colour that is meant to look slightly beaten up, they are a shoe for all seasons. Worn now with 7/8 jeans & a tanned ankle they look fab & feel even better. The first time I ever wore mine was on a trip to Madrid, walking seven miles a day & not one blister! 😄 Not great for hobbit feet though as they are relatively narrow. ☹️ This pair is £75 - also available in Navy & a lighter tan colour, the name of which escapes me. In Shop / By Phone /Online / Free P & P #artichokegirls #shoes #drivingshoes #loafers #getthelook #countryliving #urbanchic #frenchdressing #lovethislook #downyourhighstreet #mystyle #shoeaddict #norfolkbloggers #norfolk

W E L O V E T H E S E £45 from Artichoke #nuffsaid #walkingboots #aw19 #mylook #shoes #animalprint #lovethese #independentboutique #agelessstyle #downyourhighstreet #norfolk

You will have to be residing on Mars not to realise that animal print continues to romp through this season. If you are not sure that head to toe in clashing prints is quite for you, why not finish off an outfit with these stunning boots from @fabsshoes What makes these so special is the colours. Black & brown are the two strong colours of this season so these boots will beautifully compliment these two colours as well as tying them together. Onto the boring bits. @fabsshoes not only look great but they are incredibly comfortable too & as they are faux suede they come in at the great price of £50 a pair. Available now at Swaffham with free P & P if you can’t get into the shop. #aw19 #countrystyle #lovethislook #norfolkbloggers #swaffham #autumn #agelessstyle #downyourhighstreet #independentboutique #northnorfolkcoast #fortyandfabulous #thirtysomething #lovemebuyme #buylessbutloveit

H E A L T H W A R N I N G Sustainable September Rant to Follow. (Part Two) At dinner last night a friend mentioned Sustainable September - first error. She had read somewhere that some young thing had taken on board the fact that we should buy better & less & so far this year she had only bought seventeen items of new clothing. 17. 17. 17. £&@/. sake I own a clothes shop & I have never bought seventeen new items of clothing in a season in my entire life. Rant over. Now on to the serious stuff. In the same way that a dog is not just for Christmas surely sustainable living should not just for be for September. So I have a suggestion. Be original. Don’t spend your free time schlepping around smelly second hand shops for four weeks in the Autumn just so you can smugly say you are doing the female equivalent of Movember- another pet hate. Instead call a girlfriend, arrange to meet for lunch & spend the afternoon in an indie or ten having fun. Spend your pennies on one item, something that you will love & cherish until it falls apart. Read my blog for why I think that this could be considered sustainable fashion. https://www.artichokecollection.co.uk/sustainable-fashion/ So this is #whatIworeyesterday - well on Tuesday to be precise. The jacket was purchased for The Norfolk Show three years ago. I wore it for two days under a kagool as it rained the entire time so it will have a return visit weather permitting- meanwhile I live in it every Autumn when the weather is cooling but we still want to hang onto some summer. Cost per wear - probably a quid. The blouse is from the same year - from Freequent- cost per wear - I owe it money. Shoes & Jeans this season. Yep the same jeans you have seen on every video & most photos that I have done recently. Now I have got that off my chest I am going to jump on a plane 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂