Vintage Christian Dior Find!!

Ever since I saw one of my favourite fashion blogger friends Silje with her vintage Dior clutch, I've been coveting one myself ever since. So at the weekend when I went to the boot sale for the first time in ages, I was delighted to bag this gorgeous find:

The price was even nicer, the lady only wanted £5!!!

I'm thrilled with it-its in fabulous condition, the inside has had a lot of use, but a quality item stands the test of time and it has no flaking or signs of tears.

This is one vintage piece I'll be using regularly this season!!

What I love over at Net-A-Porter

Following on from my previous post on scarfs, here is my scarf wishlist from Net-A-Porter, I totally adore all of these and the Alexander McQueen one is my absolute favourite, LOL!!

Alexander McQueen, £660

Michael Kors snood, £740

Miu Miu, £750

Matthew Williamson, £125

What style of scarf will you be going for this season?

Thrift Inspiration-Doing it 'Mum' style!

The lovely Kate of Make Do Style scored some totally gorgeous 70s maxi dresses last weekend, courtesey of her very generous mum-check them out here!

This fabulous haul of hers inspired me to go to my mums and collect my other 50s dress which has been languishing in her spare room.
About ten years ago, this was a regular in my wardrobe, until the zip bust. I always meant to get it repaired, so ten years on, I think it deserves to be fixed up and worn again. The colours are very autumnal and I can't wait for it to be up and running!!

I also have a matching duster coat for this dress, wide collared and very 50s style-one for the summer months I think!!

Here are the other two vintage original 50s dresses of my mums, now proudly mine!!

The black one is very good quality thick material, so a great stylish classic dress for this season

Have Kate and I inspired you to raid your mums or grans wardrobe-go on, you could be in for a lovely surprise!!!

Autumn Accessories

At the weekend I decided to visit Primark, although I generally don't buy clothes from there, I still think they're the best for up to date, trend led accessories. Of course I also visited the town's charity shops too!

This paisley purple and fuchsia scarf will provide a pop of colour over a black jacket or coat, from the Salvation Army charity shop, £1.

Some fashion tights-lace, cobalt blue and purple from Primark. The coloured ones were £1 each and the lace ones were £2.

There is a huge selection of costume jewellery in Primark, I chose this longer length necklace to go with dresses, this was only £2.50.

How do you rate Primark-its a 'marmite' thing, you either love it or hate it I think!!!

Weekend Outfit

One of my favourite, under worn dresses is this one by Celia Birtwell for Topshop. I thought I'd wear it over the weekend for going into town.

I've a long sleeved red Gap tee underneath to keep the warmth in and my customised Levi's sleeveless jacket that I cut the sleeves off a few months back.

I'm normally in jeans at the weekend, so it makes a change for me to wear a dress in autumn!!!