That Time of Year again.......!

Another year older!

I got the Sex and the City soundtrack-yay!!

And some money-euros as I'm going to Bruges next Saturday!!

A new Patent Ombre Bowling Bag!
More reading material for later-ha ha!!

Stella McCartney-Style Inspiration-Sealife

I love Stella McCartneys 2008 summer collection and saw that she had been using sealife-particularly dolphins as part of her collection:

Whilst thrifting a few weeks back now, I spotted this lovely dress in Salvation Army for only £2.49. It is vintage and I would think maybe 70s or 80s, but you can see where my inspiration came from to spot this-it has seagulls all over it!!

I think it's quite a different print to find and another different look for me this summer-another vintage for the collection!!

Stripes are also in for summer!!

Another trend that is bang on for summer is stripes-Harpers Bazaar show some stylish items that can really rock an outfit :-)

1st picture-Features Hoss Intropia, Joseph and Marc Jacobs

2nd picture-Jaeger, Anna Molinari and French Connection

I love the traditional navy blue and white stripes, but I was smitten when I found this last week in my local Sue Ryder charity shop-it is by H&M and bumble bee yellow and black stripes-ha ha!! I don't have a bandeau or striped dress, so thought this would be ideal to add to the summer dress collection :-)

And on Saturday just gone, as my darling husband knew I was having my R&R weekend (rest and relaxation!!) he brought me back this months Instyle magazine, which had a lovely freebie-an Elizabeth Hurley tote bag!! I love it, as it rocks the stripe trend-I've been using for work everyday since I got it!!

More Dresses for Summer-Next Year!!!

I had to smile because I did a post earlier on inspiration for dresses for this summer-a lot of the designers already have spring 2008 on show!!

Well, as dress 2 earlier I feel had a Marni vibe, I thought I would check out their offerings for next season. I particularly love their use of block colours and patterns that are not out and out florally-these are my picks to inspire for this summer-

I love the big necklaces with these dresses too!!

All dresses by Marni

PS- it was very interesting to note everyones comments over the last day or so, when I did a post for chinos comparing the post for summer dresses. It does feel like most of us ladies can get really enthusiastic over pretty, gorgeous summery dresses but less so over plain, less lovely (!) chinos-well, I'll certainly have a dress over chinos any day!!

Cute Summer Dresses

Just in case you need some inspiration for some new summer dresses, here are some cute ones I've picked out, available now. If you are a thrifter like me, these styles will give inspiration for whats hot this summer and hopefully you can get similiar for a fraction of the price :-)

House of Fraser, £47

House of Fraser, £59

Monsoon, £55
H&M, £24.99

I love all of these, as they rock different trends-you have all white strapless, floral strapless, tiered (ra-ra) style and the shift is so Marni!!