My Victoria Beckham Spoils

Kicking off this week's roundup with a new dress, that I rather like. I managed to get hold of one of those coveted "Victoria Beckham for Target" pieces. You might recall that I have a bit of a thing for well done designer/high street colabs, and I think this one was a rather good one. I think this dress was around £40 and it's really lovely quality and an item you could easily wear at a wedding or fancy spring event. As I don't have any such events to attend, it will get worn, whenever I feel like it! There is a rather funny thing about the dress though... just see the second pic below...

I wasn't 100% sure about this necklace with the dress first but I actually like it now. Stops it from being too 'pretty pretty'.

Dress: Victoria Beckham for Target

Boots: Zara

Necklace: Warehouse

And what's the funny thing about this dress?  It strangely kinda matches my Nanette Lepore phone cover. Both lace patterns. Both mint/green. Both with nude/metallic underlay.  "When you accidentally dress like your phone."

When you put something on in the morning and feel a bit 'meh' about it. Then you come into work and have at least two people gushing about it and telling you, you look fab (and they want your outfit) - all completely unprompted, just to note! Not so bad after all. :) #iworkwiththenicestpeople #sometimesweallneedapickmeup

Dress: All Saints

Leggings: Topshop

Boots: Zara

Necklace: Oliver Bonas

Old outfit, new hair colour. Still getting used to this pinkish blonde...

Top: Boden

Skirt: Warehouse

Boots: Zara

Trying to cheat a waist with a cropped top and full skirt. Think that top needs to be a smidge shorter...

Top: Miss Selfridge

Skirt: Rumour London at Wolf & Badger

Boots: Zara

Necklace: Sainsbury's

Casual Friday outfit with a pair of jeans that's a bit 'out there'. 

I was aware of the Beetlejuice reference but didn't expect the circus performer comments - lol. 

Sweatshirt & jeans: Zara 

Trainers: Converse

New Outfit Combos

Short work week as I was out of the office on Thursday and then we went into the glorious Easter weekend. A few new combos, though you may well have seen individual items. My favourite outfit is definitely the first one, I think I will give that another go, maybe with a different necklace? But then again, how could I not love the last one, with little M being so cute about it?

  I (almost literally) dreamt this one up when drifting off to sleep the night before. 

Seemed a bit random in the morning but I didn't have time to change anything... 

Top: Miss Selfridge 

Skirt: Rumour London at Wolf & Badger 

Boots: Zara 

Necklace: Freedom at Topshop

What that picture doesn't show you: one of the boots kept sliding down and made my outfit look a tad lopsided. #outfitfail 

Waistcoat: Warehouse 

Skirt: All Saints 

Boots: Miss Selfridge 

Necklace: Stella & Dot

It usually into sparkly appliqué tops, kind of ordered this on a whim in the Next sale and was almost going to return it. Then little M saw it and loved it. Asked me the next morning to wear it: "Mama, i want you to look beautiful." Ah, how could I not keep it? 

Jeans & jumper: Next 

Boots: Marks and Spencer

A Week for the New

Back into the swing of things! Not only am I wearing a new dress and combining it with something that had been hidden in my wardrobe for years, I am also donning a pair of heels! Don't get used to it though, as much as I like how it looks, my poor feet and back just can't take them anymore...

A very, very rare occurrence of me wearing heels. Well, I had to drive into work, so didn't mind carrying an extra pair of shoes. Had the skirt for years but not worn it yet as it just doesn't work that well with flats. And the belt was a last minute addition as the waistband of the skirt didn't sit quite right. A bit of an accidental outfit... :)
Shirt: La Redoute
Skirt: Zara
Shoes: Topshop
Belt: Reiss

I bought these leggings when those leather-look ones were all the rage and paired them with my new AllSaints dress. Too much?
Dress: AllSaints
Leggings: Topshop
Boots & necklace: Zara

I think I can totally get away with wearing this spring/summer skirt in winter because the pattern contains a dark colour and doesn't clash too much with black tights.
Jumper & skirt: Boden
Boots: Zara
Necklace: Oliver Bonas

This is fast becoming my semi-casual go-to outfit. I just love grey marl tights when it's cold (instantly make me feel warmer) and this tunic dress is so easy to wear. 
Dress: Boden 
Boots: Hallhuber 
Necklace: Topshop

Slouchy Boot Week

Bit of a bumper week, with five (!) outfits posted. And I managed to hit my weekly objective of using an item that hasn't been worn for ages: the overknee boots. So five outfits and four pairs of boots - makes a change...

I've had these boots in my wardrobe for years and I rather like them. I think suede and slouchy is the way to go if you want to do thigh high boots in a classy way. Only problem is that one of them keeps slouching down - and the other one doesn't. Ah well, can't have everything... 
Top: Hallhuber 
Skirt: AllSaints
Jacket: Warehouse
Boots: somewhere in the back of my wardrobe... no idea where I bought them originally...

This dark green plain dress with pleather trim and pockets (I love pockets in a dress, don't you just love pockets?!) makes this necklace really stand out. There actually used to be a chain strand on the necklace, which i had to chop off as it got hopelessly tangled up. 
Dress: Mexx 
Necklace: ZARA

Love this slouchy Whistles dress. It's only thin t-shirt material so I always layer over opaques and black long sleeve top. The Vivienne Westwood inspired boots work really well with it, I think.
Dress: Whistles
Cardigan: H&M
Boots: Marks and Spencer
Necklace: ZARA

I'm so totally behind posting these! Normally not a fan of pleather (bit of a leather snob) but this one feels lovely - and it's animal cruelty free. Thought it might be a bit too much with the necklace but I must have had the most compliments that day I ever had on any outfit - and all from girls (which are the best kind of compliments if you like clothes). 
Dress: ZARA 
Top worn underneath: Next 
Boots: Zara 
Necklace: Stella & Dot

A few things about this dress:
1. It's at least 6 years old.
2. It's from Jesire, a high street label that went bust in around 2011. Kate Middleton was seen wearing a few of their pieces soon after and there were speculations that it could be saved but it then just disappeared.
3. The print totally makes it. They had a simple grey one as well and when I tried that on it looked so "bla".
4. One of its nicest features is hidden: two long "scarves"/ kind of tie shaped thingies hanging down the back. I tried to capture them a few times but just can't.
5. I think this was the first dress/skirt with pockets I ever bought - and I was hooked.
So there, 5 things before 9 you really didn't need to know...
Dress: Jesire
Necklace: ZARA

The Inspired and the Mundane

Sometimes you have those days when you feel really inspired and fancy wearing something you haven't thrown together before. Like that jacket with the dress below - oh, and the necklace was new. And sometimes you need to have a fail safe have-worn-it-a-million-times-before combo. Like that black mini with the woolly jumper. The latter days happen more often but they make those other days even more enjoyable. 

(And can I just add that even on new-outfit-days getting dressed has to happen in 5 minutes top.)

Bit of a weird pose: makes me look like I have no waist... Anyway, I love the print on this dress and I'm debuting my new Stella & Dot necklace!

Dress: Topshop

Jacket: Warehouse

Boots: Zara

Necklace: Stella & Dot

Best pic out of a bad bunch. On the others it looked like I only had one arm. 

(I do like that jumper though, kept me snuggly warm in the drafty office yesterday.) 

Jumper: LaRedoute

Skirt: All Saints

Another mini skirt/warm jumper combo!

Jumper: Boden

Skirt: Topshop

Necklace: Oliver Bonas

Hot Summer Outfits

Part of last week was so warm - it actually felt like proper summer! My parents were over for a visit and I was off for a couple of days and worked from home on a couple of more, so I only managed two outfit pics. Partly because I wore scruffy jeans and t-shirts for the rest of the time, partly because I was too busy and simply forgot to take any outfit photos. 

Top: Topshop

Cardigan: Mango

Skirt: Next

Shoes: Zara

Necklace: Topshop

Top: Warehouse

Skirt: All Saints

Trainers: Converse

Necklace: Stella & Dot

New Block Colour Dress

I know I'm repeating lots of outfits but a new dress and a new combo last week! And a new photographer on the last pic...

 

Sweathshirt: Boden

Skirt: Zara

Trainers: Converse

Necklace: Accessorize

Dress: Boden

Shoes: Kurt Geiger

Should you wonder why there are two pics, with one being a bit more than wonky: the left one was taken by little M. "No, Mama! I do picture!"

Top: Zara

Cardigan: H&M

Skirt: All Saints

Trainers: Converse

Winter's Almost Over!

Ok, I'm thinking this might now truly be the last compilation of winter outfits (= black opaque tights and black boots). Surely, the mornings have got to be warm enough soon for light tights at the very least?!

Dress: (Hoss) Intropia

Top worn underneath: H&M

Boots: LK Bennett

Dress & Boots: Zara

Necklace: Stella & Dot

Jumper: Boden

Skirt: All Saints

Boots: LK Bennett

Bag: Mulberry

Dress: &OtherStories

Top worn underneath: H&M

Boots: Zara

Jumper: Zara

Skirt: Warehouse

Boots: Zara

Scarf: Next

Jeans: Next

Top: &OtherStories

Cardigan: Boden

Trainers: Converse

Bag: Mulberry

Dress: Reiss

Top worn underneath: H&M

Boots: Zara

Necklace: Topshop

Dress: Diane von Fuerstenberg

Top worn underneath: H&M

Boots: LK Bennett

Necklace: Stella & Dot

Top, Skirt & Cardigan: Boden

Boots: LK Bennett

Future Faves

It suddenly got colder again! Back to warm jumpers and I found a jacket I haven't worn for ages! I really liked that last one and I'll definitely come back to it!

Top: LaRedoute

Skirt: Topshop

Boots: something Italian

Jumper: Boden

Skirt: Zara

Boots: yep, Italian

Necklace: Stella and Dot

 

Top: H & M

Skirt: ALLSAINTS 

Jacket: Topshop

Necklace: Stella and Dot

Boots: yeah, yeah...

Getting Cold Out There

The temperatures plummeted and I dug up some knits and woolly separates. Oh, and a dress I had completely forgotten about.

Top: LaRedoute

Skirt: Topshop

Boots: LK Bennett

Necklace: Marni at H&M

Sweatshirt: Zara

Skirt: Boden

Boots: LK Bennett

Jumper: Primark

Skirt: All Saints

Boots: LK Bennett

Dress: Jesire

Boots: LK Bennett

Necklace: Topshop

 

Jumper: Boden

Jeans: H&M

Boots: Kurt Geiger

Scarf: Next

Winter-Layers

Winter has truly arrived and last week was freezing. Out come more layers and the odd warm knit...

Sweatshirt: Zara

Skirt: All Saints

Boots: LK Bennett

Top, Cardigan and Skirt: Boden

Boots: LK Bennett

Dress: Jesire

Shirt: Next

Boots: Something Italian

Necklace: Zara

Dress: Reiss

Top worn underneath: H&M

Boots: LK Bennett

Necklace: New Look

 

Jumper: LaRedoute

Jeans: H&M

Boots: Kurt Geiger

Transitional Dressing

This week was actually lovely weather-wise, which presented me with the dilemma of choosing to be freezing cold in the morning or too hot in the afternoon. I resorted to wearing a very warm coat in the morning and carrying it on the way home. :)

Shirt: LaRedoute

Skirt: Boden

Necklace: Zara

Trainers: Converse

Top: H&M

Waistcoat: Warehouse

Skirt: All Saints

Trainers: Next

Belt: Mulberry

Necklace: Topshop

Top: Warehouse

Top underneath: H&M

Skirt: Zara

Trainers: Converse