Category Archives: trends

Totes Amaze *guest post*

11th April 2012

After the cold winter, it’s time to scare away the shadows by getting some colourful pieces into your wardrobe and prepping for the summer!

If you don’t want to dress like a rainbow then fear not, there are some fantastic accessories this season to chase the gloom and lighten even the darkest of corners, so try some neon or pastel handbags, bracelets and scarves to jazz up an old wardrobe for a new least of life!

This season, the must have bag has to be the punchy pink Alexander McQueen Clerkenwell shoulder bag, designed to banish cloakroom confusion and brighten even the greyest of outfits. Its neon fuschia with punk rock studs; perfect for a night out.

 For a girl with a more floral nature, the Longchamp and Mary Katrantzou is ‘bags of fun’ and the perfect arm candy for a girl with lots of stuff to carry around.

 To add appeal to the dullest of outfits, Givenchy never fails to disappoint and has wowed again with their fantastic new designed scarf. Styled on birds of paradise, the scarf will adorn your neck and brighten the blacks while making a trouser suit look more casual.

Whatever the style you are looking to add to, accessories in bright or pastel shades with designer handbags will give your wardrobe a new lease of life!

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Three Ways to Wear Floral (a guest post)

29th February 2012
Although most of us are still doing battle with the harsh winter conditions, spring is just around the corner. Although it might still be a few weeks before we see clearer skies and warmer weather, florals are already making a splash on the catwalks, which will have to do until we can stop and smell the flowers for real.
Head-to-toe florals and clashing floral prints have both been fashion no-no’s for so long, but this season they’ve been a must-have, with matching floral tops and bottoms all over the places for SS/12. If you’re feeling a little apprehensive about embracing the bold florals head on, I’ve compiled three ways you can wear the look without going matchy-matchy or clashing prints. 
Dressing up a casual floral dress:
 
Start with a casual floral dress and add a smart blazer like this one from Alexander McQueen. Pair with embellished heels and a glitzy bag to add a touch of glam and you’re ready for a night out! For me, the beauty of this outfit is that if you change the shoes and bag it could just as easily work for the office. 
Working pastels and florals:

This season, most designers have had a penchant for florals in bold colours and graphic prints, but if you look around carefully you can still find certain pieces that showcase that classic spring combination of florals paired with pastel colours – like this Acne skirt. For me, the best way to wear this would be to tuck in a blouse that picked up on one of the colours and then add a bag that picked up the other. If you want to add something a little bolder in there, the shoes are the place to do it –  I think red provides great contrast. But if you wanted something more pared down for your feet, neutrals will work just as well.
Mixing florals with the colour-block trend:

 

This look is about mixing two trends together; combining colour blocking and florals. When doing this, the best thing to do is start with the floral piece and pick up two contrasting colours from the print for the rest of the outfit and accessories – I’ve chosen pink and turquoise. Mix together for a playful, summery look.   
Written by Liberty Howard for adaisychaindream (Thanks Liberty!)

What’s your take on florals? How do you wear yours?

xxx

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All That Glitters

17th October 2011

Maybe it’s the un-deniable fact that the festive season is fast approaching, or perhaps it’s my inner five year old escaping, but lately I’ve been obsessed with all things glittery…

Top, £12.99 Missguided

Shoes, £50 Asos

Nail Polish, £16 House of Fraser

Boots (of dreams), fartooexpensive Stanwells

Brooch, £33 Urban Outfitters

What are you obsessed with right now?

Glitter…yay or nay? I simply must own some sparkly shoes!

xxx

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17.03 trend tracking

17th March 2010

Hello there, Happy Wednesday and Happy St. Patricks Day to those of you who celebrate it (we don’t really over here). Do you have any exciting plans for the day? Share with me!

A quick, non outfit post from me as I want to introduce you to something I’ve recently been made aware of that I think you will also enjoy; I am just too kind!

Trendstop.com – one of the world’s leading fashion trend forecasters for the industry, have developed the first fashion trend mobile app for consumers – the TrendTrackerTM. With consumers being more trend savvy and demanding than before, they can now have access years in advance to the same fashion trend information as the professionals and it’s free. As of last week, it is now available on any mobile, not just iphone, including Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Android and others.

You can download it for free by either going to http://mobile.trendstop.com from your phone’s browser or sending the word TREND as an SMS text message to: UK: 81148 Other countries: +447797803901
For iPhone its http://www.iTunes.com/apps/trendstoptrendtracker

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I’m genuinley excited by this, having recently become the owner of a non iphone smartphone as it is rare to find an application that works on more than just one type. I shall be downloading and testing it out myself, and I hope that some of you, at least will join me (I’d love to hear back with how you get on!)

New advanced member’s features will be added later on this year, so it really does look promising!

Outfit photos/normal posting to resume tomorrow I guess, as long as people are still okay with me posting outfits? I seem to be getting mixed reactions at the moment, and I just want you ALL to know that I am trying to get better, I hate hate hate this illness, but I really enjoy blogging and wish to continue in the way I always have done, I’m never “showing off my body”, just showing my outfits like I have for the last couple of years. BUT if my doing so is causing problems, then I will stop for the time being.

I’m sorry to have to keep raising the issue, but, well, I’m sick of getting critical e-mails sent to me when I’m not sure they represent the majority.

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