Cover all Bases

I am wearing my lovely Temperley dress to my even lovelier friend Amelia's wedding in South Africa in a few weeks.

And I have almost everything that I need to go with it.

The dress is cream with an orangey red decoration on it.

I'm going to be wearing my nude suede Clarks heels and a pair of gold and coral earrings, but what of the cover up in case it is cold and the bag?

I think I have three options (and probably more if I carry on looking, but I think I will solve dilemma one to start with).

One:

Sweet little coral coloured Hobbs cardigan and coral patent clutch.

I fear this may be too matchy matchy.

Two:

Oatmeal coloured cardigan and rust coloured scarf from Jigsaw with a cream woven clutch or gold clutch that I already own.

I think this may be my favourite option if the orange of the scarf and the orange red of the dress work together.

Or the same cardigan in a rose red, with a rose coloured scarf and heavenly rose red woven clutch, all again from Jigsaw.

Which would clash a bit but could potentially be a good clash... Maybe...?

But is probably just an excuse to buy this clutch which I LOVE.

(Images via Jigsaw)

So, fabulous fans, what do you think? One, Two or Three? Or keep looking. Please let me know in the comments. I'd be very grateful.

'Ear 'Ear, What's All This Then?

Aurelie Bidermann 

I am thinking about buying a great statement pair of earrings for the weddings I'm going to. In my dreams it would be one of these pairs. In reality it won't be. (Sniff!)



Bijoux Heart

 Erickson Beamon

 Isabel Marant

 Isharya

Kenneth Jay Lane

 Mallarino

Oscar de la Renta

Roberto Cavalli

Tom Binns

 Yves Saint Laurent

(Images via Net a Porter)

Naked as the Day I was Born

I am wearing the most darling pale yellow dress to my friend Amelia's wedding in South Africa in a couple of months. Pairing it with an off white blazer that I just happened by in Comptoir des Cottonniers. I couldn't help it, it was love at first sight.

So now I have just one dilemma. What shoes to wear. I am really over the nude shoe. I think they have died a death. Killed, I'm afraid, but the Royal Family's dependence on them. If it's alright for them, it almost certainly isn't alright for me.

So I thought grey. And it does seem as though it might be a mini trend because they are quite a few options about. I tried on the top two from Kurt Geiger which were lovely. But the slingbacks wanted to hurl me out of them, just not secure and very, very high.

And the top pair wanted to cut my foot in half. Even in the shop where I wore them for about two minutes. So I said no to them. And that's what stated me thinking. Hey! I've had a though! What about being comfortable?

Revolutionary, I know. But how about it? Would it actually be possible to wear a pair of heels that didn't make you want to slice your own feet off?

So, do you know what I did? I went to Clarks. Home of the comfortable shoe. And I found all these treasts.

So, sure, they aren't Nicholas Kirkwoods, but they aren't hideous either. And can you imagine just how comfortable I would be in them.

I could stand around and dance and be happy all evening. I won't even know myself.

And I think what I might compromise in style I would more than make up for in enjoying myself because I wouldn't spend half the evening tottering around trying not to go over on an ankle.

(Images via Kurt Geiger, Clarks)

 I know this isn't the sort of talk you expect from me, but, hell, I'm getting old, and having happy feet makes for a happy me. And who can argue with that?

Whiter Shade of Pale

I know it is very contrived, but I want a parasol. For the wedding in South Africa. The weather might not be that sunny, but if it is and the ceremony is outdoors then I need to cover up. I have a hat with a big brim, but it won't go with what I am going to wear.

So a parasol would be the perfect solution, wouldn't you agree?

I have found this fantastic website called Brollies Galore that, yup, you've guessed it, have more umbrellas and parasols that you can shake a stick at.

So now I just have to decide whether I want a UV protective one, which is kind of the point of having one, but are murderously expensive. (Top two.) They are also waterproof which would be an unexpected bonus.

A lace one, like the three above, which are super pretty, vintagey and not so dear.

Or a Chinese style paper parasol - cheapest of the bunch, throwaway, but sweet.

Sadly, I think the first is my favourite, and naturally the most expensive. Do you think I'd look like a crazy wielding it or just charmingly left of field?

And if it were the later would I tip the balance with a lace fan? Hmmm, I think I might.

(Images via Brollies Galore)

Devil in a Blue Dress

It's tedious, I know, but it is that time of year when a girl of a certain age has to think about what sort of dresses she might like to wear to the weddings of her friends.

Obviously I will have to make do with something I already own because I can't go spending money like water right now. But it doesn't stop a girl from dreaming.



So I popped in yesterday to Reiss and it appeared that a homosexual man had just spent a coupla grand in there and they were all cooing over him and then congratulating themselves on what good sales people they were. And I found this dress. I actually tried it on in a colour that was (somewhat bizarrely) the midway point between salmon and champagne, and actually very pretty. I thought it was going to be divine.


(Images via Reiss)

But it really wasn't. It hung off me at the top but was overly snug on the bottom, and the draped strips heightened all the parts that no one wants heightened. Everything was wrong with it. Everything! Plus the colour made me look desperately unwell.

So no real temptation there then...