Super stripes

Happy Easter!

Hands up if you have eaten way too much chocolate today? Ha, I have been scoffing all day (someone move the chocolates away from me!) but to be fair I did give up chocolate for lent, yes really!! so that meant 40 days with out my fave treat and I wont lie it was sooo hard!!!

So according to my calendar today is supposed to be the first day of Summer, but today was as cold as ice! I wore this outfit to Easter Sunday dinner with the fam. I love mixing things up a bit and having fun with fashion. I find eye- popping colours such as this pink blazer and cute accessories such as this skull head band can add the fun factor to just about any outfit.

Stripes are really in the spotlight this season! The high street is dripping with stripes on pretty much everything  I have a love-hate relationship with this striped maxi dress (from Very.co.uk) as I do feel sometimes that stripes can make me look a little 'hippy'. What I do love about this dress is that it is very versatile. I would easily throw a leather jacket or denim jacket over it .As I am only 5ft 3, the dress is a little long but that's why god invented heels.

Outfit

Maxi dress- Very.co.uk

Boots-Aldo

Glasses- Vintage

Blazer- Vanessa Bruno

Faux fur- Topshop

My LWD

Today was the first day of Pure London in Olympia. I attend Pure every season and  I always enjoy  going!!  I love the variety of brands exhibiting, the seminars and workshops , Q&A's and of course watching the catwalk shows.

 I am always keen to attend the WGSN forecast presentations and  the WGSN  catwalk shows. Today due to a slight alarm  hick up,  I woke up way later than I planned too BUT  I managed to get to Pure just in time for the  WGSN  Trend Forecast for 2013 , Yay!  Thank goodness I planned my outfit the night before.

As I knew it was going to be another HOT day I wanted to wear one of my many summer items that I still have not had  the chance to wear due to our crazyyyyy summer this year. In the end I opted for my white ruffle BCBG  dress, simply because I have never worn it before  (don't ask me why). I teamed my little white dress (LWD) with one of my favourite pairs of shoes: tribal-esque wedges, my new bag and of course a bright red lip.

Outfit: Dress: BCBG, Bag: ETUI, Wedges: Aldo, Sunglasses: my sister's



Highlight of  Pure?

- The WGSN catwalk show that consisted of lots of  gorgeous prints, ahh Roll on SS13!!

I also LOVED the  Q&A session with the incredibly Fabulous  Brix Smith- Smart, which I found SO inspirational!! I just love how passionate she is about  fashion. One of the many things she said that stick to my mind is 'follow your passion' as I  really believe that when you do follow your passion then you will shine and are unlikely to fail.

Did you go to Pure?  What did you think?


Thanks to my sister for taking my outfit snaps x

Bargain of the week

This week's bargain of the week is another goodie,  infact I almost did not get my hands on this item, see i walked in to H&M yesterday to return something and as I was leaving the store I saw a cute shirt on the mannequin, I knew I needed to have it so I frantically searched for the this shirt in store but I could not find it. As I am not one to give up I asked one of the sales assistants for her help, she pointed me into the direction of a random rail where guess what??  on this random rail was this shirt, ahh!!! I was happy, like a kid in a candy store and as it was the only one left, which means I was meant to have it.... right? I grabbed it immediately, blinked as I checked the price as it was VERY purse friendly and headed straight to the cash desk!!!

So here it is, my bargain of the week

H&M embroidered shirt, 

Price £7.99

It is 1 size too big though but because of the style of the shirt I think it looks quite cool worn over sized, (a key trend this season)what do you think?

My outfit

-Jacket-H&M

-Wedges-Aldo

Shorts-H&M

Bag-River Island

Rings-Topshop