I love to buy co-ordinating items as it gives an opportunity to build and make more outfits with fewer items. Here are my tips on why coordinating items are an investment in your wardrobe. Why co-ordinating items are an investment in your wardrobe. Why co-ordinating items are an investment in your wardrobe. Whilst we are still unable to visit the shops, I have been looking online for some co-ordinating items to show you. I came across two examples from the Emma Willis range at Next. I love these satin wide leg trousers which I think could make a good basic to have in your wardrobe. If you are a warm skin toned lady Khaki is a good colour for you and will work well with other colours you already have in your wardrobe. These trousers could be dressed up with a sandal and dressed down with trainer. Think of what other tops you already have that you could wear with these trousers. It could be another blouse, t/shirt, or vest top. You could wear a jacket if you wanted to make it more formal. With the trousers being a plain colour, the possibilities are endless. These retail at £38.00 which is a good price point for something that you will get a lot of wear out of. (Think price per wear) This comes with a beautiful satin blouse (also from Next). This is a loosely fitted shape with mid-length sleeves and a flattering V-neck and retails at £28.00. It looks…
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What will you be wearing when you are allowed out?
What will you be wearing when you are allowed out? Yes, this is an interesting concept. What will you be wearing when you are allowed out? It will be warmer and spring like so you will need lighter clothes perhaps. Now is the time to sort through your spring clothes and see what you have. What will you be wearing when you are allowed out? Unpack your spring wardrobe and firstly check your key items like for arguments sack your white jeans. These are a key staple in your wardrobe that you wear every year, and you may have to replace them from time to time. Check to see. They still fit you. There are not stains that cannot be removed. You still love them. Or they are looking tatty. You may want to upcycle them, dying them, making them into shorts or a skirt or passing them on. If not, you can put them on your list of new things you need to purchase. Jeans are now coming in all shapes you do not only have to have skinny jeans as wide leg, boot cut, mum jeans are also all on trend. What will you be wearing when you are allowed out? If they are good to go, wash and iron them ready to wear when the weather changes. You can go through your wardrobe like this and start putting the lighter clothes into your wardrobe and putting away your heavy jumpers. When transitioning from one season to other…
Will you be going back to the High Street in April?
Will you be going back to the High Street in April? Will you be going back to the High Street in April? I will as I cannot wait to get back to normal whatever the new normal will be. I have really missed the whole retail experience. Being able to touch, feel, and see, what I am buying means so much to me. As I have said before the colours online do not always look the same as in person. This was the reason why I decided not to take my business online. I have an example in a blog a wrote about a red jumper that I ordered online and how different the colour looked in the flesh. I also love going out with a friend having a look around the shops and not necessarily buying anything. Stopping for a coffee or lunch and having a nice girly time. Will you be going back to the High Street in April? Following on from last week’s blog where you were freeing yourself from clutter and spring cleaning your wardrobe. You may now have some gaps you would like to fill. Perhaps you have had to let go certain items that were past their sell by date and you now need to replace a few things. You can look online from the comfort of your home to get an idea for what is available, but I will wait until the shops open next month before I buy. Most sites have a…
Free yourself of clutter and spring clean your wardrobe.
Free yourself of clutter and spring clean your wardrobe. The one thing I have learnt during this lock down is that I have too many clothes in my wardrobe that I do not wear. I am a great hoarder and find it difficult to let go of things, and yet I also love to buy new things. I try to work on a one in, one out policy, but I still have things that I hold onto in case I have an occasion to wear them. Why do you have things in your wardrobe that you do not wear? Your wardrobe should be full of things you love and love to wear. Free yourself of clutter and spring clean your wardrobe. I feel that we all have a light at the end of the tunnel now and can look forward to coming out of lock down. We will be able to put away our thick winter clothes and start to wear lighter layers. It’s kind of makes me think of a Caterpillar maturing into a Butterfly. We have had our wings clipped for so long now I cannot wait to fly. Free yourself of clutter and spring clean your wardrobe. Before you let something go see if you can find another use for it or style it in another way. In a previous Blog I wrote about how you can re-style clothes that you are no longer wearing. Here are some ideas on how you can change the use of…
Have you ever thought about shopping your own wardrobe?
Have you ever thought about shopping your own wardrobe? Have you ever thought about shopping your own wardrobe? This is an interesting one, as you will find items that you did not realise you had. This often happens when you are decluttering. Have you ever bought a new top, only to find when you get home, that you already have a similar one in your wardrobe? Have you ever thought about shopping your own wardrobe? Now we are unable to go shopping into stores which I really miss. The whole experience of going shopping with a friend looking around the shops. Stopping for coffee or lunch, it is the whole experience I miss. When choosing a new item for my wardrobe, I like to look at the colour, material. The fit all of which we are unable to do. I am not a great lover of shopping online as the colours are not always the same. I end up ordering several sizes to find the right size so the whole pleasure is taken away. Have you ever thought about shopping your own wardrobe? As times are quiet different and perhaps, we may not have the funds now to buy new clothes, why not look at what you already have. This week I found a jumper that I forgot that I had as it had got put to the bottom of a pile. Whilst you are doing this it is good opportunity to look at what you no longer wear. It…
Can wearing colour really change the way you feel?
Can wearing colour really change the way you feel? Can wearing colour really change the way you feel? I would answer that question with a big fat YES. Before I went for my training for Colour Analysis. I knew that wearing certain colours did nothing for me. Grey is a perfect example if I wore all grey, I felt all grey. At that time, I did not understand why. I learnt that certain shades of grey had the wrong undertone, and all shades of grey had a different strength of colour. Here I am going to talk about how wearing colour really can change the way you feel. Most people can wear most colours, but it is the undertone and strength of colour that counts What are you choosing to wear during lockdown at home? We are all going through extremely different times now and I do not know about you, but I have times when I am really struggling. It would be so easy to put on my track bottoms and a hoodie and sit at my computer like that. I choose not to do that because I would not be able to be in work dressed like that. Every morning I have a shower, put on some make up and lippy then dress for the day. Depending on how I feel I choose the appropriate colour to wear in a top and add some jewellery. As your bottom half cannot be seen a pair of jeans or casual trousers…
My reasons why I hate online clothes shopping
Personally, I am not a lover of online shopping. There is nothing I like better than going shopping for some retail therapy. We usually make an event of it and go with a friend, browse around the shops stop for coffee and lunch and enjoy a real girly day. Many of us has been forced to shopping online as they are shielding and not wanting to go into shops. Here are my reasons why I hate online clothes shopping. My reasons why I hate online clothes shopping My reasons why I hate online clothes shopping My reasons why I hate online clothes shopping My reasons why I hate online clothes shopping Above left is a jumper that I ordered from Marks & Spencer and as you can see from the screen shot from their website is looks a lovely warm red with a yellow undertone. This colour will work perfectly with my warm skin tone. The picture on the right is the jumper that arrived. As you can see it is a dark burgundy red with a blue undertone that will work well with a cool skin tone. How can it be so different I do not know? This has happened to me on so many occasions now that it puts me off ordering online. Yes, you can return items, but is time consuming. This was the main reason for not doing online colour sessions I love what I…
Here are some of my suggestions for a Christmas Jumper
I do not normally wear a Christmas jumper as it usually all about party wear and as that is not the case this year. I thought that I would. I did not want to spend too much on something that I would not get to wear to much, so I set myself a budget of £20.00. Here are some of my suggestions for a Christmas Jumper Here are some of my suggestions for a Christmas Jumper Here are some of my suggestions for a Christmas Jumper One site that I came upon is Shein.co.uk and this is not a company I have ordered from before. Everything on here is cheap and so I am not sure of the quality, but I loved this red one. Red is obviously a Christmas colour, but there are a lot of other colours in this too. What I liked about it was the length as it comes down over the bottom. This jumper is only £13.49 so not sure on the quality, but I guess it depends on how long you expect it to last and how often you are going to wear it. Here are some of my suggestions for a Christmas Jumper Here are some of my suggestions for a Christmas Jumper If you prefer a sweatshirt to a jumper I found this one at a company called boutiquefeeluk . This is another company I have not ordered from. I love this one, and if grey is…
How to experiment with different colour combinations
How to experiment with different colour combinations I think that we get stuck in a rut with how we dress as we tend to wear what we usually wear. We get set in the colour combinations that we choose because if we know that they work, we tend not to look for others. As times are hard now and we may not have as much disposal income to invest in new items. It is important to find new combinations with the clothes that we do have. Here are my tips on how to experiment with different colour combinations. How to experiment with different colour combinations It is always nice to put different colour combinations together rather than say black and white. (Well I do not consider black or white to be a colour really, they are just at opposite ends of the colour spectrum) With so many beautiful colours out there I think it is a shame not to embrace colour. Apart from the way you feel in a certain colour it is nice to try different colour combinations that you may not have tried before. Take a navy or black skirt, do not reach for the white blouse, think about which colours you know that suit you and choose one of those. Navy and black are both good staple colours to have in your wardrobe as so many colours would team up well which is why they are a good wardrobe staple. If you are unsure look at nature…
How to wear your favourite summer pieces in the autumn
We have just returned from a lovely holiday in Spain, staying with some particularly good friends in their apartment. Spending every day on the beach enjoying wearing my favourite summer clothes. The weather we returned to is quite different from last week and now we have wind and rain and temperatures much lower. Not that it matters too much as we now must self-isolate for two weeks. Is it time to put away your summer clothes? I think I will no longer need my beach clothes, but I still do intend to wear some of my dresses. Here is how to wear your favourite summer pieces in the autumn. How to wear your favourite summer pieces in the autumn Leather Biker Jacket I love my summer dresses, they are easy to wear, one item and they are comfortable. Dresses come in all shapes and sizes and you can find a style to suit your body shape. Here in this picture you can see a lovely summer dress is worn with your staple leather jacket over the top. Recently, I bought a navy leather jacket from Sosandar and will be wearing mine in a similar way. This retails at £249 and they have several styles and colours to choose from. She is wearing this dress with high sandals, but you could wear some boots when it gets colder and even add some opaque tights. Coatigan Leather jacket not your thing? You can choose any warmer jacket that compliments your dress. If…
