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The Feather Dress

A Feather Print Dress With A Leather Jacket Happy Saturday everyone! I feel like we are officially out of Autumn and into Winter now, however the temperatures are still fairly warm for December. I’m sad to say goodbye to the beautiful orange hues of the leaves though, but I saved this post here for the last Autumn shoot as I think it embodies the season perfectly! The print on the dress complements the location magnificently, and I love it! I was wearing the Allsaints Darley Fusion Dress here, and I layered the Allsaints Balfern Leather Jacket over my shoulders to give it a little bit of a tougher vibe. I then finished it off with my Saint Laurent West Harness Boots in Black, and my Celine Nano Luggage Bag in Glazed Nut. The print on this dress is absolutely gorgeous! If you remember the previous outfit I wore which featured an Allsaints feathered dress with a jumper/sweater over the top (see it here), the dress on that had a very similar design, which I have fallen in love with. I have been eyeing it up in a blouse design too, that’s how much I adore it! I’m not sure if this print is entirely seasonal though and only works for the Autumn months, but we will see! The reason I styled this dress with my leather jacket and my black boots is because I wanted to bring a little bit more of a tougher vibe to a feminine dress. This dress itself isn’t overly girly, it has a more mature vibe to it, but pairing it with some rock and…

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Allsaints Leowa Maxi Dress With Knitwear

Knitwear Over A Maxi Dress Outfit Isn’t this two piece dress just incredible? I had to start this blog post off with that sentence, because it’s how I feel every single time I look at it. I noticed this Allsaints Leowa Fusion 2 in 1 Dress a month or more ago on their website and I completely fell in love with it. The retail price for such a statement dress was a bit much for me though, so I ended up purchasing it at 30% off during the Black Friday discounts! It’s now even cheaper though and has 40% off, so I recommend snapping it up if you think it’s gorgeous too! I took a size medium in this two piece as the size small dress underneath was a bit too tight in the chest area, so the medium ended up giving a much nicer, casual fit. I wasn’t too sure on the knitted jumper/sweater that comes with it as it’s a little itchy with the wool content, but after a few minutes I got used to it and it was ok. Another thing I wasn’t sure on was the length, I thought it would be too long for me, but as it turns out, it’s the most perfect height for my ankle boots! I wanted to keep this whole outfit simple, but statement, so I paired this Allsaints Leowa Dress with my Gianvito Rossi Gold Boots, and finished it off with my Celine Nano Luggage Bag in Glazed Nut. Just two simple accessories to complete the outfit, but they make a statement on their own and sit well with…

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Styling A Blue Vanilla Floral Dress

A Floral Dress With Thigh High Boots And here it is! The third and final look that I shot in collaboration with Blue Vanilla. If you missed my first two dresses, you can check out the orange smock dress here, and the black and white floral dress here. I went with an Autumnal vibe for the previous two, but this one I wanted to give more of an unseasonable element as I think you can wear this dress at any time of the year. This specific Blue Vanilla dress is called the Aaminah, and it’s a V neck button detail with a double layer. I think it’s gorgeous and I love the different elements that it has to it. The double pleated skirt really makes it floaty and fancy, while the 3/4 length elasticated sleeves are quite feminine and flattering, then the deep neckline is enhancing of your figure, as it’s elongating. There’s an elasticated waist that sits at the narrowest part of your stomach, and I think that creates such a pretty hourglass shape. Now getting to the print, it’s a black, red, pink and green ditsy style floral design and it couldn’t be more fun! It’s a combination of fun, flirty, and stylish at the same time, and I can’t get enough of it! Not to mention the fact that it’s incredibly comfortable because it’s made of a lightweight fabric. Do you want to know the best part though? It only costs £25! How good is that? I styled this Blue Vanilla Aaminah Dress with my DUO Empress Over The Knee Boots, as I think that really dresses it…

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Balfern Leather Jacket & Saint Laurent Boots

A Leather Biker Jacket With Wyatt Harness Boots Happy Wednesday everyone! The time has flown by! I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving for my American readers tomorrow! And Black Friday has crept up so quickly! How many of you have taken full advantage of all of the sales already? The only store I spent my money in this time around has been Allsaints! I did a major shopping spree, ha ha! 30% off was too good to pass up! With Black Friday in mind though, I have included a list of my favourite sales below for you, so you can take full advantage of them too! But for now, lets get to this outfit! I was wearing my Allsaints Balfern Leather Jacket, and I layered it over my Allsaints Sparkle T-Shirt in Black. I paired both of these with my L’AGENCE Margot Skinny Jeans in Black, and then finished it off with my Saint Laurent West Harness Boots in Black. It’s a full black outfit, and I love it! I don’t usually wear so much of one colour all at once, but I was experimenting with this one as I adore the rocker vibe, as you all know, and this turned out just as I wanted! I think the different textures really help make it look three dimensional, instead of flat. The little metallic flecks in the t-shirt, the sheen on the black denim, and then the two different types of leather in the jacket and boots… It’s a great combination to me. I love the ease of it too. It’s just a simple and casual outfit, but because of the…

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Black & White Floral Frill Wrap Dress Outfit

A Black & White Floral Frill Wrap Dress With Boots Here is the second post in my three part series, styling dresses with Blue Vanilla! If you missed the first one, you can find it here – How to style a smock tunic dress for Autumn – and let me know what you think! My mum and I shot these photos in the same location, but it really gives off a different vibe and feel because the dress is so different to the first orange one. Instead of going for a fun, casual look, I’ve opted for something a little more classy and chic, using this Blue Vanilla Gisela Frill Edge Wrap Dress. I also took this dress in a UK 10 and it fits perfectly. I find they tend to run a little smaller than other brands, and I definitely couldn’t have fitted into a UK 8 at all, so if you’re between sizes, go for your larger size! This dress is really lightweight and floaty, with a wrap style design as it has tie strings at the side. It’s made from a polyester fabric, which allows it to move freely with your body, and I think that’s important since it has frills on the sleeves and the bottom of the dress. You need that movement. The V neckline (because of the wrap style) is incredibly flattering too, I always love a low neckline like that as it slims the figure and can make you look a lot taller. I paired this Gisela dress with my DUO Over The Knee Empress Boots, and finished it off with my Valentino…

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How To Style A Smock Tunic Dress For Autumn

The Autumn Smock Dress With Knee High Boots I am really excited to be sharing a three part series of outfit blog posts in collaboration with Blue Vanilla with you! This is the first post and I had so much fun shooting these photos with my mum last week. Isn’t the Autumn backdrop just gorgeous? It was the perfect scenery for this stunning Blue Vanilla Elena Smock Floral Print Tunic Dress! Now I have never really worn this kind of dress before, a smock tunic has never been something that I gravitated towards, but as soon as I saw it on their website, I completely fell in love with it! Not only is the orange shade really vibrant and intense, it has a 70’s vibe that I think is really cool. It’s the perfect design for wearing with boots and accessorising this time of year. There’s a floatiness to it that allows it to hang and move freely with your body, making it incredibly flattering. Sometimes this amount of material without a slim fit can often overwhelm your body, but this dress hangs off the body perfectly. The cropped, bell style sleeves are a great addition to the design too, and the V neckline is incredibly flattering as it slims you down. I don’t think they could have designed this any better! How To Style A Smock Tunic Dress For Autumn For my outfit, I paired the Elena Smock Dress with my DUO Brown Suede Boots, my Louis Vuitton Mini Palm Springs Backpack, and a few pieces of gold jewellery, to set it off. The bold red lip, which is…

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Tajpur Shirt & Leather Skirt

Hey everyone! I found another set of photos that I never shared with you! These were taken in July and even though I posted them to my Instagram, I somehow didn’t share them with you here on the blog, which is totally unacceptable! Ha ha. I just wanted to update you on the fact that I finally got my new camera this week! So I’m waiting for it to stop raining (if that’s possible) so I can go out and do some shoots with my mum. I can’t wait to be honest, I’m really excited! It will be nice to get some normality back to my life, as everything has been so messed up because of Covid (as it has for everyone), and photoshoots are one thing that I missed a lot as that was a massive part of my life for years. So we will see what the pics turn out like next week! Anyway, for this outfit, I was wearing my Allsaints Tajpur Shirt that I got a few months ago and fell in love with. Isn’t the print just gorgeous? I always love Allsaints for their funky designs on their shirts! I styled it with my Topshop Faux Black Leather Skirt as I love this piece and regularly wear it. Then for the shoes, which you can only see briefly, I had my Celine Biker Boots! Then for the accessories, I had a heart necklace by Shashi, a Daniel Wellington watch, and my Azendi earrings. It’s weird now when I look back on my older pictures from a few months ago, as I look a lot different…

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Celine Biker Boots With A Dress

Celine Camargue Biker Boots With A Dress You all know that I don’t really worry about the gender of the clothes I wear, and I will regularly wear men’s pieces as much as I wear women’s, but I took it one step further this time! Back in October last year when I was in London, I fell in love with a pair of men’s boots in the Celine boutique, and they were called the Celine Camargue Biker Boots. I didn’t buy them at the time as I’d bought a Celine bag, and hadn’t saved enough money for extra purchases. A couple of months ago, I managed to get an amazing deal on them, and I couldn’t pass it up! I took a size 39, which is the smallest size they do in men’s, and is usually my normal size anyway. They do fit a little bit looser, but I absolutely love them! The harness is removable entirely, or you can wear it with the chain under the boot instead of across the top, or just as a simple Chelsea boot. I love that you can wear them 3 different ways! Aren’t they cool? For the first time wearing these Celine boots, I chose to style them with my The East Order Black Floral Dress, and then finished it off with my Louis Vuitton Mini Palm Springs Backpack. I’m still obsessed with this bag! Even though I wouldn’t usually mix the silver hardware on the boots with the gold on the bag, it works. It’s a combination that I really like and I quite like how these photos turned out too.…

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