What is your isolation wardrobe looking like? Well, I’m spending a lot of time in my gym kit and hair washing is timed around video calls. I’m enjoying looking at all the glamorous dresses being worn for Instagram’s #dressupfriday but at the moment my dressing up is a nice top and mascara and that feels …
Queen Bee Style Blog
Welcome to my completely independent blog, I’m not affiliated to any brand or company. My aim is to help anyone who doesn’t feel confident in how they dress and show there are simple, affordable solutions available. I’m not a fashionista but I do believe if we dress well we feel better about ourselves and this has a positive effect on our self esteem.
Struggling to know what to wear for video conference calls?
Are you doing more video calls than ever before but finding it hard to find suitable outfits? It’s a tricky business of needing to look stylish from the neck up for video whilst keeping warm and comfortable at the home office/kitchen table. To help you navigate the balance of looking too formal or like you’ve …
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How to find a sustainable outfit for an event and save money!
The excitement of the awards event invitation is often swiftly followed by the ‘what the hell do I wear’ panic! With the Northern Power Women’s award ceremony just around the corner you’ll be thinking about planning your outfit if you haven’t done so already. For many people, including me, this type of event is not …
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How to look professional in a relaxed work dress code
Do you lead a team of casual dressers? Work dress codes have changed considerably over the years and many places of work now have ‘relaxed’ dress codes. Whilst this now gives us greater flexibility over what we wear, the downside is that we have more decisions to make and this leads to confusion. A question …
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How to Refresh a Tired Wardrobe
Well, that was tough! I know it happens every year but still January leaves me feeling pasty, lumpy and sun starved. My wardrobe too feels as stale as the mince pies left in the cupboard and desperately in need of a shake up. When we’re hibernating in winter it’s easy to constantly wear the same …
Stylish Gym Leggings to help keep your fitness goals on track
Last year I finally dragged myself away from the sale rail in Sports Direct and invested in a decent pair of leggings for the gym. I know, I know, I’m late to the party on this one! My brain is still expecting 1980’s prices and stuck on wearing your old cast offs for working out. …
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Want to create a sustainable wardrobe but loathe shopping vintage? Here’s how….
I recently had a conversation with a friend who confessed she was ashamed to admit that she didn’t like vintage shopping in a recent Facebook chat. This was because everyone on the post ‘where do you like to shop’ said they only shopped second hand and she felt very guilty that she didn’t. I personally …
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Sustainable Style at Christmas
I was thrilled to recently record a podcast with the inspirational, mother of 10, Danusia Malina-Derben of The School for Mothers. We chatted about how to avoid rushing to the shops to buy a last minute outfit for your Christmas event. Instead we focused on ways you can create fabulous outfits from the clothes you …
Stylish Gift Ideas
Diamond earrings, two weeks in the Seychelles, a spa weekend…what am I talking about? Well, I’ve worked out that my husband uses my December newsletter for gift ideas for me so I’m very tempted to try my luck with the aforementioned items! On reflection though, I’ve got no chance of getting them so I’ve decided …
Christmas Party Wear Outfit Ideas From Zara
Looking for an outfit for Christmas drinks? You know you need one but I bet finding something to wear for your drinks do is way down your priority list? This is guaranteed to induce a last minute panic buy (you only wear once) or result in your wearing the same old thing yet again. To …
Three things to wear when you need to boost your confidence
Here’s a clue, it’s not your old jogging bottoms! The clothes you wear have a direct effect on your mood. That’s a fact that has been scientifically proven and, before you ask, not by me dressed up in a white coat asking random strangers leading questions – the less said about my school statistics project …
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Five Stylish Boots for Autumn
Oh yes, there’s no denying that autumn is well and truly here and it’s time to put your boots on. Last week I put my ankle boots on for the first time in a while when the weather was tipping it down. Boots are a wardrobe essential and are particularly useful when the weather switches …