This season it is all about the sleeves and off the shoulder tops and dresses (the cold shoulder look). I know a lot of my clients are worried about showing the upper arm and with both these trends you are covered. I understand that the shoulders do not age so another reason to show them off. Here are my tips on how to embrace the off the shoulder & statement sleeves this summer. Embrace the off the shoulder and statement sleeves this summer Embrace the off the shoulder and statement sleeves this summer I have been lusting after this dress for a while, its from Sosandar and they do some lovely dresses. If you have not ordered from them before you can usually get a 20% off voucher as a new customer. Shame I have ordered before!!! If you look around there are a lot of dresses like this available. I have a skirt with a matching top which is similar that I featured in a previous blog last year which was about how to make your wardrobe work for you with separates. Separates are so nice to have in your wardrobe because you can make more outfits our of fewer clothes but I do love a dress as it is one item of clothing and you don’t have to stress about finding something to wear with it. With this dress I may put a belt to cinch in the waist. Embrace the off the shoulder & statement sleeves…
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Re-style the clothes you no longer wear into something you will
Re-style the clothes you no longer wear into something you will Now, I think we all have clothes in our wardrobes that we do not wear but cannot bear to part with. Perhaps we paid a lot for them and therefore feel guilty to let them go. They may hold a memory that we want to keep, remind you of someone special or you may just not want to part with it. What if you could turn it into something you would wear? Now that would be so much better than throwing away. I am going to give you some ideas in this blog as the to possibilities of what you can do. So, lets re-style the clothes you no longer wear into something you will. Re-style the clothes you no longer wear into something you will We are living in a throwaway society, but we are becoming more aware of land fill , and more of us are looking to buy preloved and preserve the clothes we do have to last longer. I always turn to Pinterest to get my ideas and it has come up trumps this time. I cannot re-post the photos, but I can put a link to each post for you. Re-style the clothes you no longer wear into something you will Wear your clothes a different way By styling your clothes in a different way people will think that you are wearing something new. Take a button through cardigan that you usually wear with…
Nature inspires me to make great colour combinations
Nature inspires me to make great colour combinations My trainer always said to me that nature never gets if wrong and she is so right. I will show you what I mean by looking at things in nature and transferring the colours into what you wear. Nature inspires me to make great colour combinations. Nature inspires me to make great colour combinations We have all heard to saying, “Blue and green should never be seen unless there is a colour in between” This is so not true now days. Green with denim is a great combination because there are so many shades of green and blue to choose from. What is important is that you choose two warm colours or two cool colours which will tone with each other. I took this picture today in Dorothy Perkins in Debenhams. Here we have denim jeans and a patterned green print top. It works well with the denim and you could bring out the red in the print by adding a red belt, wear red shoes with a red handbag. Navy and a bright green look great together and make a great combination for a wedding outfit. Use jewellery, and accessories when putting your outfits together. Scarves are usually full of bright colours and make a great addition to any outfit. Coloured shoes and handbags also help to make a well put together outfit. Yellow, Green & Cream as a colour combination Nature inspires me to make great colour combinations Nature…
What are your views to wearing face coverings in shops?
What are your views to wearing face coverings in shops? I have been wearing a face mask whenever I go into a shop from the beginning of lock down, but I am surprised at the number of people who do not. As from today it is now law that we do, and there is a fine of £100.00 for anyone not wearing one. Who is going to enforce this? Will it be the security/ shop owners, or shop staff? I cannot see that the police with have enough capacity to be patrolling the shops. What are your views to wearing face coverings in shops? What are your views to wearing face coverings in shops? The one I am wearing here matches a skirt I bought and is like an infinity scarf that you pull over your head. You can then lift it up over your face when you go into a shop. The material is very thin, and I am not sure how effective it is, other than the fact that I have my face covered. (and it does match one of my outfits)!! Up and till now I have been wearing a black mask that I bought on Amazon at the beginning. It is lined in white with a flap to put in a filter which we did, and it felt very secure. I washed it on my return from the shops and ironed with a hot iron. Now that we are going into shops more often, I guess…
Will retail shopping ever be the same again?
Will retail shopping ever be the same again? Have you ventured to the shops since lock down for some retail therapy? Apart from the social distancing, queuing outside and hand sanitising the shops are not the same as before. Is this the new normal? I don’t mind wearing a mask, using the hand sanitiser, or walking around the store one way but it is a totally different experience now. Will retail shopping ever be the same again? Will retail shopping ever be the same again? I have been into town a few times and been into a few stores and yes it is a quite different experience. Hand sanitiser, one-way system, some people are wearing masks, (which will change from next Friday). In most stores around the till area are clear screens but none of the staff are wearing masks not sure if that will change next week. Most stores are one in one out, keeping the floor area open. There seems to be plenty of people around and everyone is queuing in an orderly fashion. For me its all about the stock they are carrying. I guess that as they have not sold a lot of the spring stock at full price, there is a limit as to what they can put into sale. Either that or they can put it back in the warehouse for next year. The sale stock I have seen does not appear to very appealing and you can see why they are in the…
How to make more outfits from your existing wardrobe
How to make more outfits from your existing wardrobe I think that one thing I have learnt during this lock down period is that probably most ladies have more clothes than they need. This makes choosing an outfit hard as we have so much to choose from. Do you really need to buy anything new? Or do you just like having something new to wear? I am going to share with you how you can make more outfits from your existing wardrobe. How to make more outfits from your existing wardrobe Rule number one never buy anything new unless you have three things in your wardrobe that you can wear with it. You do not want to have to purchase something else to go with it. What you are looking to do here is to build a wardrobe of things that all work with each other. This means you need less clothes but can make more outfits. How to make more outfits from your existing wardrobe I have recently had a birthday and one of my good friends bought me a voucher for a boutique called JoJoBlue in Danbury. Today I visited the store and bought this lovely orange top. The beauty of this top is that you can wear it four ways. You can see in this short video; I have teamed it with a floral skirt. I could also wear it with denim jeans, cut off trousers, white linen trousers, beige cotton skirt, and navy wide leg trousers.…
The shops are opening next week – will you be visiting them?
The shops are opening next week – will you be visiting them? This is a big question; we have been kept at home for so long now that some people are not sure they want to go out again. Or, on the other side some people are so cabin fever they can’t wait to go out. The shops are opening next week – will you be visiting them? Which camp do you fall in? The shops are opening next week – will you be visiting them? For those of you who do not want to venture out I completely understand. If you have any underlying help problems or live with anyone who has its a risk that you do not want to take. For those of you who do, I think we must understand that it will not be like it used to be. Things will be different and not sure how yet. We do know that there will be the two- meter distance between customers. Does anyone know if someone with the virus touches a piece of clothing how it stays on the clothes? I thought that the virus could only survive if there was moisture. I saw a program on TV last night (Thursday) about M&S and they said that they would close their fitting rooms and any returns to the store would not be put back out onto the floor. Someone else told me that the virus can survive on clothes for 72 hours which is why…
