New Ossies

The 2nd Ossie Clark collection by Avsh Alom Gur showed at London Fashion Week on Sunday, I've picked out my 3 favourites from it:

Autumn warmers

This was my outfit for shopping on Saturday. The morning was quite cool, so I wore my lambswool long line cardigan with my new scarf from the Ethnic shop in the local High Road. I am very impressed with the scarfs in here, I've just returned from the dentist with Christopher this evening and bought another one for £1. The one in the picture was bought with about 6 others last month-the others were £2 each and are in plum, purple, green, gold-ideal shades for Autumn.

M&S lambswool cardigan, Salvation Army, £3.49, Gap grey vest, Cancer research, £4, 7 For all Mankind jeans, RSPCA, £4.99, brown leather Topshop fringed bag, boot sale, £1

Cheap as chips-Primark belts

Well, there was nothing doing in H&M, New Look, Miss Selfridge or the charity shops for studded belts-these are what I got from Primark. They are so surprisingly cheap for accessories-the Topshop belt for £25 is leather (although partially) I know, but the corset belt in the top of the picture was only £3 and is a great alternative, I think!! I like the bottom one too, this was only £2 and I can wear it with dresses, jumpers and cardis in winter.

This is what I'm after!!

Well, I'm on the hunt later for a black studded belt-this one below is curently on sale at Topshop for £25. Knowing me, I'd rather get something a lot cheaper-I'll be sure to let you know how I get on!! I'm going to check out H&M, Primark, Miss Selfridge, New Look, so hopefully I'll find one! Have a great weekend everybody!!

Topshop Leather and Elastic Studded belt, £25-yum yum!!

Running in the family

Beyonce, with her Bracher Emden!!

As you all know, I do love thrifting in the charity shops and at the boot sales. I'm not the only one in the family, my lovely mum in law, goes to the boot sale every Sunday without fail and regularly checks out the charity shops. If she sees an unusual brand, she will generally ring us so we can check it out on google for more information. She has a great eye, particularly for jewellery and has hunted out gold, silver and platinum pieces on quite a few occasions.

Anyway, we got a phone call last week, saying she had thrifted a lovely evening bag by Bracher Emden and had I heard of it? Well, I thought I knew most bag brands, but not this one, so off to google to check it out. Well, here is the lovely one she thrifted-the picture doesn't do it justice, as the swarovski crystals and the stunning details are so sparkly and gorgeous:

I was very surprised to read that Bracher Emden is quite a luxury brand, chosen by celebrities including Eva Longoria Parker and Beyonce as handbags of choice. They are also all handmade and custom made, to add to their uniqueness:

Well, I thought I'd share the most important piece of information with you all-it was only £3 from the Salvation Army charity shop-wowser, bargain of the century, me thinks!!!