Monday, 11 February 2013

Winter trend: studded embellishments

Today’s post is about my outfit from the weekend that just was. I was wearing this gorgeous black dress out for dinner on Saturday.The dress was kindly given to me by the lovely people at Lovarni, and it’s a perfect fit! This black pencil dress have some hints of silver in it, and I just love everything about it; the gathered details on the right hip, the cowl neck and the shoulder embellishments with the tiny studs. Very on trend, very stylish, and very flattering! It’s called “Take It Easy Smooth Operator Dress” from Traffic People, and usually retails at £74.99, but is now on sale for £34.99. Bargain! :) 
The stud trend is very popular at the moment, so I matched the dress with a little black party bag that I got from my sister and my mum for Christmas. The bag is made of black leather and is covered in small studs. To top it off it also has a really cool leather entwined metal chain that works as a strap. It’s just a perfect size for a party bag, and the long strap allows you to dance with both hands free. The bag is from the Swedish shop Lindex. 
As well as the bag, I also paired the dress with a pair of heeled black leather shoes with ruffled details at the front, as well as this chunky (and very heavy) metal necklace with a black stone – both bought in Sweden All black and silver!

Friday, 8 February 2013

Green with envy


For anyone who hasn’t noticed; green is my absolute favourite colour. No bright greens, or greens that go towards turquoise, but the earthy kind of green. Moss green matches my eyes perfectly, and just makes them pop ;) (not literally of course!)

Two of the latest additions to my accessories collection are of lovely green hues. The first is a necklace that my dear man bought me for Christmas. It was love at first sight! (with the necklace, not the man :P) It contains a rare green stone (that I don’t know the name of…) which is held in place with a swirly silver band, on a silver chain. I saw it in a display window early in December, and he got the hint. Good man! ;)
This lovely necklace is from the Maya jewellery shop in Queen's Arcade (Leeds).

My other green accessory addition is the nail polish “Hidden Treasure” from Topshop. This multi coloured metallic polish shimmers in different green hues, and is really mesmerising to look at. It really reminds me of spilt oil… or perhaps a mermaid’s tail ;) A mermaid that’s green with envy!