Shopping my wardrobe-Utility jacket

Its been hard to know what to wear jacket wise when the weather has been cold and you want to lose the layers.

The new trend to cover this transitional period is the 'utility jacket', as seen on Whitney Port and Rachel Bilson in Grazia last month:

I was gifted a Gap utility jacket before Christmas and because it has a thick lining, I've been wearing it since January:

Its actually a Gap Kids one, but I love the fit and if I turn the sleeves up, you can see the bright orange lining!!

I'm wearing it with my thrifted Levi skinnys, which I purchased in the Cancer Research charity shop in Muswell Hill last month for £10.

Will you be in utility this season?

Thrift Inspiration, Doing it Ralph Lauren Style!!

In this months Elle, leather bags which have texture detailing are very much in trend, as are tan shoulder bags. I've been after one for a little while but only wanted it from the boot sale, for uniqueness and cheapness, LOL!!

I was really pleased to find this leather shoulder bag which fits the trend nicely and only a bargainous £1!! Only £6359 cheaper than the Ralph Lauren one featured above!!

Boot sales are now out in force and if you can find one local to you, head for it now as its an ideal way to source an item for a very small amount of money!!

This IS 'PriMarni', actually!!

Last week for me was a totally fabulous one on the thrifting front. First, I found this soft as butter, black leather biker jacket by Primark in my local Sue Ryder charity shop for only £8.95. I've been after one for a little while, so was pleased to snap this one up.

Then a couple of days later, I went thrift shopping in a neighbouring town and found three gorgeous designer finds. Firstly, this Marni summer skirt in a coffee shade thats bang on trend for this Spring for only £4 in the Sense charity shop.

Hence this post being my real PriMarni outfit, LOL!!

I'm wearing a Topshop nautical striped tee that was 50p at last years boot sale, purple opaque tights from Primark and my beige wedges that I'll be wearing so much this summer and came from Peacocks a couple of summers ago and are still going strong!!

The other items I snagged on my shopping trip was a vintage lilac Jean Muir jacket for £6.50 and a totally beautiful vintage Escada cream wool boucle knit jacket which is so Chanel style, with lovely red and black beading. I'll wear these statement jackets for sure this summer with skinny jeans and a tee, my favourite type of outfit!!

What styles will you be in this summer?

Thrift Inspiration, Doing it Net-A-Porter Style!!

Whilst thrifting last month, I spied a silk khaki shirt for only £1.99. I picked it up and thought about it and put it back and went home. After looking at Net-A-Porter and 'Look' magazine, I realised it would be a great buy after all so I went back and snapped it up!!

Khaki military is a trend that although is back this summer, never really goes out of style, so any basic piece in this trend will be a keeper anyway. Here are what the designers have in this trend:

Balmain, £705

Elizabeth & James, £230

My shirt by Debenhams is from the Salvation Army charity shop and for silk was a fabulous bargain at only £1.99.

What items of khaki/military will you be in this summer?

Thrift Inspiration,

Over at Net-A-Porter, the range 'T' by Alexander Wang features this long black maxi jersey dress for £108. Its quite elegant, in a comfy and relaxed way too:

I found my equivalent-its a 90s dress by Miss Selfridge which I purchased at my local Sue Ryder charity shop for £5.95 last week.

I've paired it with a grey marl camisole underneath for a sporty relaxed feel-oh and because its not that warm at the moment either, LOL!!

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter, I will be having Easter holidays with the children for a couple of weeks and will be having an online break too, so I'll certainly be back with you all later on this month!