Day for a Hat

While considering what I should wear to a friends wedding in February, I looked up photos of outfits I wore to previous weddings. Suddenly I realized I forgot to show you this dress I wore a few months back before Autumn kicked in. I hadn't worn a hat before so thought it would be fun to wear one. I want my look to be different for the wedding next month. Time to play dress up I think. No better time than the weekend.

Dress; Warehouse, Shawl; H&M, Shoes; Zara (currently on sale), Clutch; Accessorize, Necklace; Oasis, Hat; M&S.

Finished with a Bow

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. Hard to believe we are nearly into a new year. Quickest year ever. I recently had the opportunity to wear  a dress that has been sitting in the back of my wardrobe. You may remember it from this post. It's very dressy, a little too dressy for an average weekend so when I was invited to a winter wedding I thought it was the ideal opportunity. I think my favourite feature is the giant bow at the back. It just makes it extra girly and gives it that finishing touch. Unfortunately, disaster struck for me that day. After carefully styling my hair, I had the short journey of walking to and from my car in the stormiest of weather which left my hair looking neither straight or with wavey curls but what could only be described as utterly wind swept. Upon reaching the venue   and booking into our room, I had a whole 5 minutes to fix my hair. The man friends hair remained the same as before he left home. I guess that's all part of the joys of being a girl. Also, I went a little darker with my hair recently. At first, it was a bit of a shock as I'm not particularly adventurous with my hair but I've gotten used to it. It's probably the closest I could get to my natural colour. 

 

Dress; Karen Millen, Shoes; Bertie, 

Bag; Warehouse, Necklace; Accessorize

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

Just wanted to share some of these great finds with you. Can't get the shoes in particular out of my head. I saw them in the shop & the picture doesn't do them justice. I'm thinking I should treat myself to one of these but I can't be greedy so which one to pick!? I can't decide.....eeny, meeny, miny, moe?

M&S Collection Fringe Pointed Toe Shoes with Insolia Flex®

Topshop Strappy Silk Dress

Warehouse Animal Print Jumper

Floating away in a Red Dress

I forgot to show you guys this dress and just came across it in my drafts. I have it a while now & absolutely love it because of the colour and print. Plus, it's floaty shape makes it so easy to wear.

Funnily enough, it reminds me of a dress I loved as a child as seen here in this picture of me and my big brother. I guess reinforces makes the argument that trends really do come around again....not that I mind. Is there any trends you would be happy to see come back?

Thanks for reading.x

Forgotten Gems

Have you ever looked forward to something, planned the outfit in your head and then after all that bother, the night you had planned never happened? This dress was initially bought for New Years Eve but I had come down with a bad flu and I never even got to go out in the end. Then I half forgot about this dress until recently so even though I bought it a few months back, it still felt brand new when I finally wore it. I wore it for my house warming as I had moved moved just recently. The lace was beautiful but what really caught by eye was the shape and fully beaded detail at the neckline. Have you any hidden gems you forgot you had?

 I added some red lippy for a pop of colour.

My recent purchase from H&M as my other black clutch didn't hold much.

All ready for the night ahead and as you can see, I really had that new dress feeling.

Hope you had a lovely weekend.x

Dress; Zara AU13, Shoes; M&S, Clutch; H&M

Deserves an Outing

Rich, dark but warm colours are really catching my eye at the moment and this little gem is no exception. Unfortunately this month I needed to invest in a new HiFi so I had to exercise some self control and just admire this dress from afar. The sleeves to the elbow, the lace panel, deep aubergine colour and very subtle peplum give this piece classical look, while still being on trend at the moment; a combination which makes this piece an investment rather than a seasonal purchase. There's just something so vintage about this that appeals to me. My line of thinking was if I can't give this dress the outing it deserves, the least I can do, was give it the attention it deserves by sharing it with others. You can check out what other colours it comes in here. Have you been admiring anything from afar this month?

(pictures & dress from www.theprettydresscompany.com)

Cinderella Syndrome

Have you ever had a dress or outfit you're dying to wear but you're just waiting for a suitable occasion to wear it? Well, this is that dress for me at the moment. I wore it once and really want to wear it again. It's not your typical going out dress. It's quite dressy and I'm not sure if this picture does it justice. It goes just to the knee and kicks out. It was sitting in the back of my wardrobe and I saw it today and thought it deserved to have its moment, even if it's not on me. I feel a little like cinderella waiting to go to a ball. 

Dress (Karen Millen), Shoes (Bertie), Clutch (Warehouse).

Just while I'm appreciating butterfly prints, I thought I'd share these pictures with you of a display that caught my attention at Pure in London last summer.

Butterflies can look so delicate and feminine.  They were just so eye catching and pretty, I felt compelled to take out the camera.