Designer Collaberations

Many of you may be aware already that Matthew Williamson will be collaberating with H&M and the collection is due out in April 2009.

He has already been doing a very successful 'Butterfly' by Matthew Williamson collaberation with Debenhams and has previously designed gorgeous dresses, tops and also lovely accessories-here is what is still available at Debenhams online-

Silk scarf, £12

Pink Mars bag, now £42

Julien McDonald also does his 'Star' collection and here is a selection of what is available too-

Striped dress, £45

Leopard print dress, £45

My favourite, Urban Folklore dress, £50

To all my readers, I wish you a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2009!!!

Go for Gold!!

Gold is an obvious investment and this Mulberry Mabel bag, £876 from Net-A-Porter, is a seriously blingly investment item, if you can afford to splash the cash. Gold, silver or bronze handbags never go out of fashion and are ideal for this time of the year and the height of summer, to really lift an outfit. Earlier this year, I bought this J for Jasper Conran gold leather bag for £38. I've only just started using it, as it really lifts an outfit in the gloomy wet and cold weather. It will also be ideal for trips out in summer too, with vintage summer dresses.

Do you go for gold with your accessories this season?

Call the Feds!!

I do love hats and this is my brown tweed fedora, which I've paired with my trusty sheepskin jacket which is from the Salvation Army a couple of winters back for £7. My Missoni scarf was from All Aboard Charity shop last year for £2.

Do you like hats? I think they are a great winter accessory, especially on a bad hair day, LOL!!

Thrift Inspiration, doing it the Jumpsuit way!

Well a trend that is bang on for Summer 2009 is jumpsuits-again. They never cease to be in and out of fashion and I for one wanted to track one down for next summer.

DKNY

Marc for Marc Jacobs

Well, thanks to my lovely mother in law, she tracked down this vintage Biba 80s jumpsuit for 50p for me!! It fits just right and I can't wait to wear it in summer!!


MaxMara


Betsey Johnson


LaCoste

Matthew Williamson

Rick Owens

TopShop Unique

All images (except me!) are from Style.com, click on this link to see all the major designers ready to wear collections for jumpsuits for Summer 2009.

I know the lovely Skye has also leapt into this trend-will you for next year?

Boxing Day Sales!!

So, I decided to brave the sales in town and older son Chris came as well with his Christmas money. It was extremely cold and windy, so my faux fur J for Jasper Conran jacket came in handy, although it didn't keep the cold out completely, haha!! Still, it was only £2 at an East London boot sale a few winters back, so a great bargain indeed!

I had a good look around. I have been after a brown leather across body/shoulder bag for a long while now, vintage or modern but hadn't found anything I liked. I went in Debenhams and found this lovely 'Ibiza' Matthew Williamson for Debenhams bag. It ticks all the boxes-its an all season bag, it will go with a lot of my vintage summer dresses and also my jacket above and its a perfect style and size too.

It was not in the sale, but for £35, a great bargain anyway. Chris did really well, he got Guitar Hero on playstation 3 plus the guitar for half price in HMV, so the boys have been strumming their stuff all afternoon, haha!! I also got a red leopardprint pashmina scarf from my cheap Asian scarf shop in the High Road for only £2, so overall a good day for buys.


Hope you are enjoying the holidays-have you picked up any bargains so far?