Summer inspiration from Ms Bradshaw

Carrie-ing on with the vintage theme which I'm so into at the moment, I thought I'd share some of Carries outfits from across the seasons of Sex and the City. I think they are great summer inspiration pieces, if you haven't already sourced that perfect summer look ;-))

Vintage summer dress

Carries 7$ vintage dress

Vintage opera coat, from Sarah Jessica Parker's own wardrobe

White Dior dress

Red vintage maxi slip, worn as a disco diva dress

Ossie Clark-Now and Then

A few nights ago, I was watching Steve McQueens biography (updated to add:the programme name was Steve McQueen:The Essence of Cool, ITV4) on TV and Ali McGraw was featured in part of the show. She gave me inspiration to do an Ossie Clark post, but I wasn't sure how to incorporate it. Wonderful Silje had exactly the same idea to feature Ali, unbeknown to me-our 6th sense at work again and she has already done a stunning 70s post, currently on show-do check it out for gorgeous pictures of her and 70s icons, showing how fabulous 70s vintage fashion is!

Anyway, I wanted to show how legendary Ossie Clarks collections were and still are-what better way than to show you past and present famous fashionistas wearing his clothes-enjoy!!!

Ali McGraw in both pictures above

Twiggy





Cathy McGowan

Liza Minnelli


Geri Halliwell



Sienna Miller

Rachel Weiss

Keira Knightley

Jessica Simpson

My favourite Autumn Topshop picks

Here are some pieces which can be key inspiration items for your Autumn wardrobe, all available now at Topshop.com

grey cardigan, £32

leopard bangle, £25

navy silk playsuit, £65





fringed peep toes, £65

tartan skirt, £35

harlequin sequin clutch, £25

navy high waisted jeans, £40

Scarf and Belts-vintage and new

This is my Cacharel scarf that I bought yesterday-it is so pretty, with pictures of birds all over it-very summery!!

This is how I wore it today

I also love belts.

This is the vintage gold chain one that I bought at Saturdays boot sale for £3

This red cinch belt was only £2 from Primark, when I went shopping on Monday.
This black leather one was £3.50, which has gold horsebit details along it-this was the belt I bought yesterday!

Photos of our day in London

We all went to St Katherines Dock a little while ago and Chris and I decided to go back today, as I didn't really want to go shopping in London. We thought we would go for an early lunch, beverages and a stroll-we had a gorgeous time!!

Todays outfit-Gianni Versace dress,

from Mrs Stings designer sale, £10 and black sandals, Primark £15

We arrived at St Katherines Dock and bought some sandwiches, cake and drink to eat on a lovely green overlooking the Thames-this was our view as we were eating!!!

After eating, we took a stroll around St Katherines Dock and stopped to admire the stunning yachts and power boats in the Marina!!

A pitstop at Cafe Rouge for a pot of earl grey tea for me and Chris-it was like a sun trap here and the boats here were spectacular-one was for sale for only £1.25 million-Chris wondered if they would take a cheque-haha!!!

Onwards to the Tower of London-hello Chris!!

Oh dear, the tides out-I wouldn't like to fall down there-haha!!!

The Tower of London!
The Queen's Stairs-where Royalty used these steps to go into the Tower!!

We had a lovely time here- I would recommend any one who comes to London to visit the Tower-although we didn't go in, there is plenty of information to read as you walk around!! We came back to Essex and I decided to go thrift shopping-I picked up a lovely black leather horsebit trim belt, a Cacharel scarf, a lovely fitted, soft brown leather jacket and inspired by lovely Silje, a wine coloured lambswool long line cardigan for Autumn!!