Happy New Year!

 

Has anyone noticed how, at this time of the year, everyone snuggles down and huckers up for the winter (unless of course you're in the Souther Hemisphere, in which case it's probably bikini season - lucky you).

 

I thought I would share a few of my 'furry' photos with you, to help everyone with that feeling of warmth and snuggleness that we all deserve.  Enjoy.

 

 

Furry effect lounge suit from QVC (UK)

 

Furry Jacket from Next (£34.99)

Furry Jacket from Dorothy Perkins (£59.99 less 10% offer)

 

£8 pyjama suit set from Primark

Leather & fake fur coat from Debenhams 2013/14 Winter season - half price at £64.99

My unbelievably fabulous River Island leather jacket with detachable furry collar, which keeps me mega warm every winter

 

While there's a lot of mention of furry items here, please note that I don't wear real fur.  I won't go into a rant about animals, humane treatments, vegetarians or anything like that as this isn't what my blog is for.  However if you do have a view, we can bring this up via my Facebook page - I'll set up a separate page and open up a discussion on the matter - just let me know if anyone would like that.

 

 

 

 



 

Shoes Fabulous Shoes

The next segment of my shoe collection is here.  As you can see from the photos, the composition has much improved from my earlier attempts and I am now much more able to showcase the shoes and how they look on your feet.  I've also experimented with a range of angles to get the best views and bring out any special features.

L-R: Grey heels from LaRedoute (UK), Purple heels from Marks & Spencer, Red wedge heels from Marks & Spencer, Purple ruffled heels from La Redoute (UK) and Black detailed shoes from Marks & Spencer

Star studded shoes from Dorothy Perkins winter 2013 collection, reduced to £7 from £15

Walking shoes from Primark, cost £10

Animal Print embossed sandals from Marks & Spencer, possibly 2012 collection

Sandals from George At Asda in 2012

Heels from H&M online collection Spring 2014, priced £34.99

Fabulous animal print pumps from Primark last summer, costing £4.00

Amazing strawberry red heels from Next spring/summer 2014 collection, costing £29.99

I am sure I will post more about shoes in the coming weeks. 

Please let me know what you think about the collection and how the images have been put together.  I would love to hear from you.

Shoes, Glorious Animal Print Shoes

Back in February I purchased these cuties from H&M, priced at £34.99.  Here's some ways that I've worn them over the year (so far)

Brand new H&M Shoes at £34.99

 

Jeans from Gap, Top & Necklace from H&M

 

Top Primark, Jeans & Bag River Island, Necklace Mikey

 

Dress Zara, Belt La Redoute, Bag H&M, Necklace Top Shop, Bangle Next

Jacket River Island, Acid Top & Bag H&M, Skirt Next, Necklace Top Shop

Jacket H&M, Dress French Connection, Belt LaRedoute, Necklace Phantom Jewels

Different Views Of The H&M Shoes

There's no animal print problem in my shoe collection, what are you going on about?

 

 

Buy Phantom Jewel necklaces & accessories HERE

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!!!

 

 

 

The Denim Jacket

 I really struggled last summer to find the perfect denim jacket.  There were so many cropped affairs, or the sleeves weren't long enough.  So much so that I thought they were only making jackets for tiny people - at 5 foot 5, or 165ish centimetres, I'm not exactly tall!

 

However, while wandering round Next I discovered this biker styled version.  It was only £40, but it was a bit on the dark side.  I got it home and thought to myself that it would be a good idea to bleach it.  I stuck it in a trug outside with a bleach and water mix, added a pebble or two to weigh it down and left it for around 2 hours before sticking it in the washing machine.

As you can see, it has made the jacket a much better shade to match the items in my wardrobe.  You can see the first style up in the photo above; with my much loved TopShop sleeveless dress which, by the way, was an amazing bargain; it started off at £50, was reduced to £30 then again to £20 by the time I spotted it on the rail.

Here I went for the double denim effect, teaming it with a primark skull scarf and my trusty H&M hi-tops.

 

This time I styled it with my white Primark skirt and golden sandals (the bag is also Primark).  I think it compliments the outfit really well.

 

Here, I styled it for a meal out at the pub, with my awesome animal print jeans from Zara, Wallis bag and Top Shop kitten heels.

 

 

Finally, here is the denim jacket in action at the Maesbury Canal Festival; I can explain, my Dad has a canal boat and was helping them raise money to restore a section of the canal.  I naturally had to go and show my support.  The jacket is teamed with animal print top from H&M, jeans from River Island, black bag from Primark and trainers from Zara.

 

Until next time.