An outfit inspired by Vix

One of my most stylish blog friends is the wonderful Vix!  Most of you seem to follow her (you have impeccable taste!) -she is the vintage queen, seller and wearer with an amazing knowledge of vintage fashion.  During the last year, I have really enjoyed her style choices- even more than I used to- her style is soft, floaty but fitted, comfortable but chic with a range of beautiful patterns and materials and featuring the beauty of Indian blockprinting from Indian designers such as Anokhi, Fabindia and others.

A little while back, I acquired a skirt second hand which I bought secondhand which was from East who collaborated/had a collection made by Fabindia.  I have worn it a lot since I bought it in March.

Then, a chance charity shop buy 2 weeks ago meant I could make a really Vix-ish outfit.

At this juncture, I should confess that I failed in the 'buy only one item a month' challenge which I've been doing since the start of the year. It was the excitement of going into a real charity shop when I went to Southend to meet my friend during my last week of the Easter holidays- I wanted to show my support for the charity shops who have missed so much custom and then it all fell down a bit. More anon.

I bought this beautiful quilted patterned cotton jacket (originally Oasis) from the Harp Southend charity shop, which reminded me of some of the vintage ones that Vix has worn that I've admired.  I wore it along with a black cotton top which was also charity shopped some years ago.

Notice my shoes poking out....they were another part of my failure month as when I came back home, I visited the Haven hospice charity shop after visiting the bakery and found a brand new pair of Clarks Somerset black leather Grecian-style sandals in my SIZE.  Let me tell you this doesn't happen to girls with size 8 shoes- we cling onto our shoes! I bought them to replace a similar pair which got completely trashed after walking home along a dirt track after a wedding at the Larmer Tree gardens estate in the middle of the night- they've subsequently gone missing and I was very sad about this fact.

The shoes aren't very Vix...thought I know she likes Clarks good quality!

The entire outfit is second hand/charity shopped! No jewellery this time.

Hope all is well with you! Nothing much to report.  CBC is currently fast asleep on the sofa and is annoyingly spread out all over the sofa- he has one leg trapping my legs onto the sofa and the other one digging into my side as I type.  Humph! He has sleeping super powers, I tell you!

xx
 

In the navy

It was pretty much a no-brainer that when I heard that Miss Papelicos's Share-in-style challenge this week was Sailor, that I would be easily compelled to join in. One of my favourite style outfits which I have indulged OH so many times here on this blog- be it with my plethora of sailor dresses or a top or two!
I've shared the reasons behind it so I won't repeat myself (Mentally, I can hear my husband scoffing in the background saying, "WHAT, you don't want to repeat the same story to the world for the millionth time?!")

Today, being the first day back at school, I figured a nice casual novelty outfit would do the trick in making me feel better. This cardigan is hands down, my most favourite buy ever at Primark and I paired it with these Tescos white linen sailor trousers- they have the flat fronts and buttons of your stereotypical sailor pants and are very comfy though as you can see, they are very creased after a day of sitting, bending, crouching, kneeling whilst doing menial tasks. And yes, I won't be doing a backwards shot like that again! Not flattering!

Notice my bad editing skills- the middle me is really titchy, flanked by two giants. I'm trying to 'pull the ropes' in the middle shot (I know my sailor's hornpipe you know!)

Never yet it be said that I don't pay attention to detail- note the earrings. And of course the excessive messing around with nautical stereotypes in Picmonkey!



Go and check out the other able seamen (or ladies) over here.

Eeek, an outfit post two days running- something I usually try to avoid but didn't want to miss the boat (ho ho ho) with the link party!


Oh, and you get two for the price of one, here's CBC rocking a nautical look Dubrovnik:
Nautical shoes, red trousers and stripy shirt! He just needs a parrot!


At ease shipmates.

xxx

I said yes.

I saw this painting for Style Imitating Art with Jess of Animated Cardigan.  It is entitled The Great War by Rene Magritte.  Tempting as it was to recreate the actual picture, I decided to go with a modern twist on it.  One of my favourite bloggers, Lauren at Someonelikeyou, is so good at wearing nude shades in the winter months and making them like they are meant to be together, pairing them with white tights and other lovely accessories.  I did ask her if I coul post a picture of one of her outfits but I guess she's busy, so no piccie right now!

This dress was my costume for the Ball in the Sound of Music (ASOS Salon) and I have only worn it in the summer so I wanted to see if I could put it with tights and shoes for the winter to have a go at doing 'nudes and whites in the winter', it's too pretty to leave languishing in a cupboard and because of the material, I don't really want to wear it on a sweltering hot day.  I'll add a cardie at some point.  Worn with my Grandmother's locket and silver sequin ballet pumps.

Oh, not to keep you in suspense but It seems a fitting outfit for my announcement.  I've been hiding a little secret for the past couple of weeks

CBC asked me a certain question in Florence and I said yes!

(this is what I intended to wear for our little celebration party a week ago until it rained!!)

Linking to Lakota's Tah Dah Tuesday!