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Archives for March 2013

Dreaming of Spring

Covet

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Topshop Blazer / Zara Cropped Leather Top / Max Studio Plait Dress / Maria Francesca Pepe Spiked Ring / Max Studio Linen Shorts / Max Studio Draped Top / Topshop Studded Sandals

I can’t believe it’s March already, it’s supposed to be the start of spring & yet I haven’t seen a single peep of sunshine. I have well & truly had enough of this grey, miserable weather now & I can’t wait to start wearing more spring appropriate things.

As usual I’ve absentmindedly been browsing the stores online daydreaming about pieces I’ll wear when it’s finally warm enough & this has left me with a million & one pieces on my current wishlist. I can see myself wearing a lot of sleeveless cotton jackets, paper thin linens, airy silk dresses & simple, unfussy jewellery. I still wear mostly black and a lot of tailoring, even when it’s summer, so I always look for pieces in super lightweight fabrics & the sleeveless cotton blazer would be such a perfect piece for warm days. I love the boxy cut & the little zip pockets.

I also recently came across Max Studio, a brand focusing on womens designer clothing, in beautiful fabrics, but at really great prices too. I am in love with the plaited harness dress, loose fitting jersey pieces are one of my staples when it comes to summer & the plaiting on this adds the perfect amount of detail to an otherwise plain & easy dress. I’m also coveting their asymmetric top, it is so perfectly draped & the airy crepe material looks as though it’d be a dream in the sticky summer heat.

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Topshop Suede Cropped Jacket / ASOS Revive Bustier & ASOS Maxi Skirt c/o Ladbrokes * / Bracher Emden ‘Geo’ Clutch * / AllSaints Necklace / Topshop Chain Strap Wedges

A few weeks ago Ladbrokes got in touch asking me to take part in a blogger challenge to celebrate the Oscars and their new Diamond Slot game, the idea being to create an outfit from ASOS that you’d wear to The Oscars. I have to admit that at first I found this kind of strange, but I soon started daydreaming & wondering what would I wear if in some kind of alternate reality I actually were attending, so I accepted. I also thought it would be a perfect excuse to do a more evening kind of outfit, especially as you guys mostly only ever see what I wear casually, though arguably this isn’t much different!

I’m sure most of you guessed that I wouldn’t choose some huge couture-style gown & would have to dress it down a little. The fact is I just don’t do that kind of over the top glitz & glamour, I feel much more comfortable in something simpler, something I can rough up. Messy hair, smudgy eyes & clunky shoes are how I feel most me.

I decided to go with separates, as surprisingly there were hardly any suitable black dresses available. The bustier is my favourite part, even though I don’t usually like these corset style tops. The quilted texture & the deep cut out somehow manage to make it feel much fresher than the cliche kind you usually see & yeah, it makes you feel a little like Wonder Woman too, which is always a bonus! I’ve been wanting this maxi skirt for a while, so now seemed the perfect reason to finally get it, I just love the curved split & folding at the waist.

I had to throw a jacket on as well to stop me from getting too many stares wandering around our local park all dressed up & wearing so little in the freezing weather and I love that if I simply switched the bustier for a tee this is something I’d definitely wear casually too.