The Blush Biker Jacket

This time, I am featuring my blush coloured biker jacket that was purchased from the Julien McDonald franchise in Debenhams (originally priced at £75).  I purchased this towards the start of 2014 as I was looking for a jacket to cover Spring and Autumn, rather than just the Winter period.  This jacket seems to be very popular every time I post it on Instagram, so I thought it was about time I wrote a little bit about it.

With Scarf, Kookai Skirt & M&S Shoes

My first style up with this jacket was quite formal.  Underneath the jacket is a lovely cream scarf that I picked up in Menorca.  The skirt is from Kookai and is a number of years old now.  The shoes are from Marks & Spencer; I liked them because they look like dancing shoes.  The photo doesn't give this look the best justice, as all the pictures were taken in my bedroom at night and the lighting was never the best.

With River Island jeans, H&M top, M&S shoes and a scarf from Spain

This time, the jacket is given a smart casual twist.  It's teamed with the same M&S shoes, but is also tallied with a simple white tee from H&M and a pair of River Island skinny jeans.  The scarf was a present from Nerja, Spain.

 

With River Island jeans again, but with a Primark top and Miss Selfridge boots.

As the nights started to draw in, it was time to style up this jacket again.  The picture above shows it with black skinny jeans again, but this time I was able to match it up with a blush effect print top from Primark and my ankle boots from Miss Selfridge.  It makes a lovely smart casual look for work.



 

Dorothy Perkins jumper, La Redoute Jeans & Kurt Geiger boots



The final look shows the jacket taking advantage of the berry colours that are currently in vogue this autumn.  I've teamed it with a jumper I purchased from Dorothy Perkins, black skinnies again and my Kurt Geiger buckled boots.  I think it would also go well with berry coloured jeans, they would be very complimentary together.

Until next time.





October Haul At Next

Every once in a while I like to visit my local retail park and browse the shops.  Tonight I have been to Next and purchased a range of super shiny and super furry items!

I purchased a new fake fur jacket, three skirts of varying textures and pleats, a pair of new boots and some fabulous accessories.  I must apologise for the poor quality of pictures, but I am relying on house lighting at the moment.

First up is this lovely bolero style fake fur jacket in silver grey.  It feels absolutely gorgeous!  This is going to look great with skinny jeans and heeled boots, I reckon.

Next is a beautiful and lightly pleated shiny silver grey skirt.  It is absolutely gorgeous and the pleats give it a wonderful movement.

I love the effect on this skirt.  It has a golden bronzed look to it and if you look closely, the pattern is a crocodile effect.  There are sequins in the pattern which gives it that extra shimmer.  This will look fabulous as an alternative to just black.

 



This black skirt has even finer pleats than the silver number, making it swish when I move around.  It beats a boring plain straight skirt any day!

I then saw these burgundy (or wine) coloured suede effect boots, which I think will look awesome with some of the purchases above, or with skinny jeans again.  I'm even thinking how cool this might look with a similar coloured jumper and my white lacey skirt - watch out for a style up on that soon!

Don't you just adore these wonderful rose-gold effect accessories?  I think they're going to look amazing with a range of looks, not just what I purchased today.

 

Just in case you're wondering, this is what I went shopping in today.  The jumper is from Primark and it has spangly sequins knitted into it.  It was only £12 and comes in a range of colours from mint (shown) to pink and lilac.  It's teamed here with skinny jeans from River Island, boots from Miss Selfridge and a Primark scarf.


I also purchased some new sports socks for running, but you don't really want to see a picture of those, do you?


Shopping Details - try www.next.co.uk for online purchases.

Sequined Pencil Skirt - 887 247 145 007618 - £35.00
Foil Pleat Skirt - 949 193 131 000690 - £45.00
Black Pleat Skirt - 675 152 213 00253 - £35.00
Animal Faux Fur Jacket - 694 311 141 000911 - £35.00
Berry Pointed Boots - 946 189 683 000310 - £32.00
Sandblast Disc Necklace - 808 600 017 003650 - £14.00
Sparkle Disc Str Bracelet - 930 967 013 000133 - £14.00

If you're interested, I have added some photos below, showing the items being tried on.  Please excuse my socks!!!