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You’ll have to wait a few weeks to find out all about Anne Bird and Daisy Dresses – or will you?

On Sunday 14 August, Anne will be joining the Girls Around Town to talk about how she found her own Fabulous After 40 by setting up her new bespoke bridal design and dressmaking service.

But in the meantime, if you want a sneak preview of what she’ll be talking about on the show, she’s having a party to celebrate the official opening of her Winkburn studio – and you’re invited!

Visit the studio on the evening of Saturday 9 July and you’ll have chance to see how she puts her dressmaking skills to good use designing and sewing beautiful bespoke dresses and – her particular passion – restyling vintage wedding gowns for the modern day bride.

The celebrations start at 6.30pm – there’ll be food and drink as well as competitions and special offers too – and you’ll find Daisy Dresses at Unit 3,The Old Dairy Buildings, Winkburn, Newark, NG22 8PQ.

For more details, visit the website or call Anne on 07904 730506 – and don’t forget to listen in on Sunday 14 August when June and Tina get the full story from their latest Fabulous After 40 guest!

Stepping – and shopping – back in time

Vintage ExtravaganzaFancy a shopping experience with a difference next month? Then head over to Grantham and step back in time for Bea’s Vintage Extravaganza

With more than 40 stalls, selling everything from clothing, kitchenalia and jewellery to handmade gifts, accessories and shabby chic homeware, it’s all about vintage at Grantham College on Saturday 3 October.

vintage makeoverAdmission is just 50p (kids go free!) and doors open at 10am. Then it’s non-stop fun till 4pm, with plenty of vintage-inspired live entertainment, a pop up beauty parlour if you fancy being transformed into a 40s or 50s film star, complete with Victory Roll hairdo, make up and false lashes, and lots of tasty treats to enjoy from Liberty Rose’s Tea Room & Fancy Goods Shop.

You can even enter your pooch into the vintage-inspired Dog Show, with prizes for the winners of the Miss World, Mr Universe and Best Veteran categories.

Bring along your classic car, vintage caravan or VW camper to add to the atmosphere – and bring the children too, there’ll be traditional fairground and tractor rides to keep them entertained.

It all takes place in the college refectory and on the adjoining field on Stonebridge Road – for more details call 07888 679118 or check out the Bea’s Boutique Facebook page.

What Katie does now

v2v window displayNot a follow up to the children’s book What Katy Did written by Susan Coolidge in 1872, or even to the TV reality show What Katie Did Nextdocumenting the life of Katie Price

On this week’s show the Girls Around Town are joined by an old friend whose new role has the be the stuff that dreams are made of.

June, Tina and Sue first met Katie Donohoe last summer when, as manager of The Children’s Society charity shop, she organised a hugely successful fashion show in the parish church. Now managing Newark’s Vintage2Versace, she has what many of us would consider to be the perfect job.

v2v chanelSpending your working day surrounded by glamorous vintage and couture clothes – researching, buying and selling fabulous outfits and accessories – giving talks about the history of fashion and organising photo shoots and other fashion-inspired events – come on ladies, what’s not to like about that?!

Tune in from 10am to 1pm this Saturday, on 107.8FM or online, to hear just what Katie does now and find out about some of the upcoming events that are a must for any stylish girl around town