Outfit Post

This weekend a bunch of my girlfriends an I journeyed to Windsor for a night out. I decided to wear this leather skater skirt which I bought a few months ago, and have featured on this blog before. I teamed it with this cream silk topshop vest with zip details at the side and this multi-coloured statement necklace from Accessorize. I think it's always important to wear a stand-out piece of jewellery when wearing a fairly simple oufit. To top the look off, I wore my favourite (incredibly high) ALDO heels which I absolutely love. Afterall, the higher the heels, the longer your legs appear! Hope you like the look.

Skirt- H'n'M

vest- Topshop

Shoes- ALDO

necklace- Accessorize

me and the girls :)

Set hearts racing at the races

This year I have decided, for the first time ever, to attend the Ascot races and not because I know anything, or even want to know anything about horse racing, but because I want an opportunity to dress like a lady for once. Every year I see the media coverage and facebook photos of young women looking polished and chic (well, apart from the odd ladies day monstrosity) and it's not very often an occasion arises where you are able to dress like this. Weddings, christenings, balls and work dos, of which I don't attend many, are the only other events where the dress code calls for sophistication. Short hemlines and plunging necklines are our usual night out attire and quite frankly, I'm over it. I want some elegance in my life and having been inspired by a feature in Look magazine: The best dresses for the races, I have decided to begin my quest for the perfect dress for my first experience of the races. Here are three of my favourite looks from Look magazine's races feature to provide some inspiration for those of you who are also attending this year.

Karen Millen £190

Tophop £48

And for a slightly more vintage look (perfect for taller ladies) there is this stunning Topshop Limited Edition Mesh Maxi Dress £150

Be a braver you!

Bright colours are always a bit of a daunting prospect. Can I pull it off? Will it make me stand out too much? Do they look a bit tacky? are just some of the questions that go through, certainly my head, when picking a colourful item out of my wardrobe. I'm a play it safe kind of girl, usually opting for neutral nudes, beiges, blacks, greys, browns and whites. However, this is a box I am trying to break out of. I'd say I'm definitely a lot more daring in the summer when I feel like bright hues are more 'acceptable.' As you can see from my last post, my first two summer buys are both bold choices for a self-professed colour prude but I am dedicated to change. Last weekend I had a fab night out in central London with two of my closest girlfriends and decided this was the perfect opportunity to brave the battle against my neutral comfort zone. I wore this bright red playsuit from Motel and thought, while I'm at it, why not go crazy teaming it with topshop's 'In the red' nail varnish and their 'Infrared' lipstick. The term 'Matchy, Matchy' springs to mind but I suppose I just got a bit carried away on my colour quest!

playsuit: Motel Rita Cut out playsuit £48

topshop lipstick: 'Infrared' £5

topshop nail varnish: 'In the Red' £5

me and the girls- love this pic :)

'Deep Passion'- Yummiest Cocktail EVER!

teaming my playsuit with my old and reliable H'n'M leather jacket

my fave topshop black heels and tights to brave the weather!

Love to splurge....

I've just finished my time at AlexandAlexa.com doing product writing for their website. I had a great time working there and learnt a lot. For example, I learnt that, even after having studied English at University, I struggled to write concisely. This was a somewhat disheartening, but useful and, slightly lifechanging discovery. Repition seemed to be my biggest problem; 'little girl' twice in the same sentence, 'great' three times in the same sentence! It was quite shocking how unaware I was of the faults in my own writing ability. By the end of my time there I felt I had rectified my apparent illiteracy to a point but I am looking forward to improving further through my blog over the next few weeks so keep reading for some extremely well written and concise (hopefully) blog posts!

Anyway, onto the real business.. FASHION!.. I thought I would treat myself  to a few things when my contract came to an end so here is what I chose to purchase..

topshop

£65

I love this blazer from Topshop and it can be translated from winter to Spring/Summer because of the soft, neutral colouring!

topshop £36

river island £35

These dresses will make such cute daytime outfits paired with tights, ankle boots and a blazer!

I really wanted to get some summer items now; a) to give me inspiration to work harder at the gym by staring at this gorgeous bright and bold orange bikini from river island every day until June and until that summer body is back! and b) Just to give me something to look forward to during these cold and wet months! I can't wait to wear these stunning red wedges, also from river island, with little summer dresses and playsuits. I think summer is all about wearing colours you wouldn't necessarily in the Winter. Be a braver you!

river island £12

£10

river island £50

Recent purchase

I always like to show off my recent purchases in my blogposts so I thought I would share this one with you all. Really loving the slouchy jumper with skinnies and heeled boots look this winter (and a HUGE coat in this weather of course!) so I was flicking through the 'new in' category on one of my favourite online shops, missguided.co.uk and found this great jumper! I love it and can't wait to wear it with my black Leigh skinnies from topshop and some cute heeled boots!

Scarf Print

A new trend which is bombarding the High Street at the moment is the scarf print. This is a trend for a fashion forward girl who is not afraid to stand out due to it's colourful and bold prints. I like to think I know what looks good but, I must admit, I am not one of these girls! I like to keep things simple whilst still trying to follow trends to an extent and I certainly don't like to stand out! However, I am a fan of this emerging trend but I think I would choose to wear it one piece at a time. If you have the guts, I think doubling up and mixing prints looks great too! So I have put together an outfit I would wear combining this new trend with a more simple item and an outfit mixing two prints for the braver of you out there!

My safe option:

topshop £24

river island £30

river island £60

doubling up:

topshop £40

same as above

same as above

mixing prints: 

topshop £26

topshop £35

topshop £62 (I want these shoes so bad!)

Better late than never...

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't blogged in ages! You know what Xmas and New Years are like and then before you know it, it's january, you're skint and spending all your time working or down the gym trying to shed that xmas weight! Anyway thought I'd do a blogpost about some of the things I've seen in the new season high street stock and a few of the outfits I've worn since my last blogpost. I haven't been out much due to lack of funds but it was a good friend of mine's birthday celebrations last night so a night out in Soho was on the cards. I chose to wear this black bodycon topshop dress with cut outs at the side as I feel more comfortable (and warmer!) in long sleeves in the winter.. There's something about legs AND chest/arms out in the winter that just isn't right!

I haven't seen much in the New Season High Street stuff yet that I like but these heeled chelsea boots from missguided are going on my january wish-list for sure....

£35.99! BARGAIN!

My Weekend wears..

This weekend I had to find two outfits to wear as I had a night out with one of my friends planned in Oxford and then I had to throw a Xmas dinner party for all my girlfriends and we'd said we had to dress glam! I knew I really wanted to wear my new ALDO nude heels on the Saturday night and this white topshop dress went with them perfectly, accessorized with my new favourite gold statement necklace, also from topshop. Then for my dinner party I decided to wear this quite festive lipsy number which I bought with a voucher I had won in one of their online competitions. I love the shape and colour of it and the bling on the shoulders gives it that festive look I was going for!

I won a gorgeous dress!

Just thought I would do a blogpost as I am very excited right now! Yesterday, as I was browsing facebook, I came across a competition that gorgeous online boutique, Lavish Alice were running where you could win this stunning dress just by commenting on, sharing or liking the competition post so I thought why not get involved?! Nothing to lose right? Well, I found out I won this morning and I'm so excited because the dress will be perfect for Xmas day. It is worth entering these things and everyone should definitely check out lavishalice.com as this dress is just one among many beautiful items on their site!

Xmas party or New Years oufit no.3

Hey! Just another outfit combo which I put together for anyone who's looking for ideas for xmas parties and New years. The dress is so sparkly and christmassy! It's from lavishalice.com. I paired it with these gorgeous nude heels from missguided.co.uk and accessorized the combo with these beautiful earrings from chelseadoll.co.uk and this stunning jewelled clutch bag from aftershock. (aftershockplc.com) Hope you like it!

http://www.lavishalice.com/

http://www.chelseadoll.co.uk/

http://www.missguided.co.uk/

http://www.aftershockplc.com/