Island Dreams

Greetings from the beautiful island of Barbados! The weather is tropical, the sun is shining (sorry to all you folks enjoying the chilly spring weather!) and here is a little outfit post from yesterday. The dress is a really old purchase from New Look, as are my shoes. Hope you guys are having a great week!

All that Glitters

The Christmas party season is officially upon us, and this is what I wore to my first night of festive dancing/eating. You may remember this dress from my festive purchases from this post, it's from New Look and was on sale for £20 (pretty good given its original price of £40). I think it's probably one of my favourite party dresses ever - the sequins are not those really huge tacky ones that you sometimes get on dresses of this sort, and the colour is a gorgeous gun-metal hue which, again, is not too OTT. My shoes are from New Look as well and are surprisingly comfortable despite the 5 inch heel, and the earrings are from one of those shops I had forgotten existed but I actually love - Republic. What have you guys been wearing for the party season?

New In: The Festive Season

The festivities of Christmas are nearly upon us, and, whilst I haven't been doing that much shopping, I seem to have accumulated a bunch of items which I've picked up here and there to get me ready for the party season. The shoes from New Look are slightly different to the ones I have, but the basic T-bar, high heel is the same, and the Motel Rocks dress was a very kind gift as a result of the bloggers event which you may remember from this post (please note, my Motel Rocks dress is called the Lesley dress and has a slightly different back to the one in this picture). The guys at Motel Rocks have also been kind enough to offer all my readers 15% off, using the code that you will find on the right-hand side of the page, so what are you waiting for? What have you bought for the festive season?

High street wish list...

Talking of purchases, as I was going around the shops today, and feeling slightly disappointed about the lack of decent clothes in places such as River Island and New Look, I wandered into Topshop and Miss Selfridge. I haven't been into shops such as these in a long while, firstly due to my current H&M obsession, and secondly, because I find places such as Topshop slightly overpriced. However I was surprised to find these perfect wintry items which I really want to get at some point:

Ultimate Military Camel Wool Cape, Topshop, £95

Hooded Duffle Cape, Topshop, £75

Flannel Navy Military Piped Cape, Topshop,  £85

Capes may be old news for some, but I think they have a timeless elegant quality, and for the more trend-conscious, the camel cape gives the opportunity to combine this item with one of this season's hottest colours. The prices are still rather steep, given the fact that you can get decent capes in New Look for around £45, but New Look never seems to have any sizes lower than a 12 which doesn't really help me out.

Chocolate Thigh High Boots, Miss Selfridge, £85

I've never really been a believer in thigh high boots since most people point out, rightly so, that they can have the tendency to look slightly hooker-ish. I tried these on however, and, with the right coat on top and maybe a long tunic worn over jeans or leggings, paired with these, will look great. For the time being though, I'll keep wishing...