Thrift Inspiration, Snakeskin style!!!

The big trend for Autumn and Winter is snakeskin-Gucci, Versace and Prada featured it at Milan Fashion Week for 2011-2012 and its not only the traditional brown colour featured, its actually gone multi coloured for this coming season:

Multi colour snakeskin, read about it here at Look magazine

Grazia also featured it recently, showcasing High Street retailers who have taken the trend on board:

If a dress, skirt or blouse isn't your thing, then how about investing in a bag, belt or a pair of shoes in multi colour snakeskin?

I thrifted this lovely little snakeskin clutch bag at the boot sale a couple of months ago for my vintage fashion fair, but considering its bang on trend and something uniquely different, I 've decided to put it in my wardrobe instead!!

I love the mix of multi colours and it will go with a lot in my wardrobe and certainly will dress up a winter jacket or coat.

Will you be getting into the multi colour snakeskin trend this coming season?

LBBs for Now and Later

Summer is still here but thoughts of Autumn and Winter dressing are not too far away and a good compromise of a versatile item to buy now are some LBBs-Little black boots which Spartoo have in a great range of styles and budgets.

They look great for a casual look dressed with denim cutoffs and a tee, or to fierce up a pretty summer floral dress.

Here are a pick of my favourite styles which are quite plain and minimalist, but all the better to go with more in your wardrobe!

Betty London, Vatchi, £75.00

Blink Maron, £71.00



Esprit Manuela bootie, £80.00

Melissa Kissing, £72.00

TBS Chiema, £88.00

Will you be investing in a pair of LBBs this coming season?

Feeling Blue in Comme des Garcons Spots and Stripes

The last couple of days since being back from Canterbury have been spent just catching up on chores and generally relaxing and also trying to catch up with my blogging too!!

For not doing much requires a fairly casual outfit, plus I fancied wearing all blue (could be as its that time of the month) so I'm wearing my Levi's flares with a Jane Norman striped cami top and my Comme des Garcons & H&M shirt-all thrifted from local charity shops.

I bought these flip flops for Robert when we went to Clacton last year and have now decided to wear them myself-I find cheap flip flops really comfy and cool during the summer and these ones remind me of when I was young and were about the only style of flip flops around!!

More relaxation is on the cards for today and I wish you all a very nice week ahead, whatever you get up to xxxx

A Canterbury Tale..... away from it all

Hi to everyone, I thought I would share my some of my pictures of our family break away. We booked to go away to Canterbury and we also visited the coastal resorts of Whitstable and Herne Bay. We actually left our home on Sunday and on switching on the TV on Monday morning were horrified to see of all the riots that had taken place literally a few miles from where we live.

Suffice to say how sad and terrible things have been, especially in the main regions of London, Birmingham and Manchester I was so pleased my family were away from the problems. We live on the Essex and East London borders and our local towns of Ilford and Romford did experience some of the problems, but thankfully not as huge a scale of other areas. A couple of my sons friends were mugged for their bikes and phones in our own local parks, which is so sad and frustrating with it being the school holidays, as now for the forseeable we don't want them going there, which is such a shame for them all.

Anyhow, we had a really fabulous family break away and here are my favourite photos which feature Canterbury and the Cathedral, Herne Bay and Whitstable. Canterbury is a stunning city, steeped in history and exquisite architecture and what I loved most about it was being able to roam freely and stroll in the evenings, which given the present atmosphere where I live was so refreshing and enjoyable. Both coastal resorts were so easily accessible from Canterbury-Whitstable is a wonderful fishing resort with delicious seafood available and Herne Bay is a quaint, laid back English seaside town:

Herne Bay









Whitstable

We were blessed to have gorgeous weather and had a marvellous afternoon of sunbathing and paddling on the beach on Tuesday and we've just made it back home today before the weather turned and back to rain!! August is proving to be a very temperamental month weatherwise, I hope summer is not over yet!!

I sincerely hope the riots that have taken place have not affected any of you and that you are all keeping safe and well whatever part of the UK you live or are in. I am quite behind with blogging too so I hope to be visiting you all over the next few days.

Wishing you all a very nice, relaxing and sunny weekend too!!

Mixing Modern and Vintage Liberty

A couple of months ago I posted that I found these Liberty vintage 80s shorts and wondered how I was going to style them. I had some excellent advice and a lot of comments suggested a white tee or vest top and a denim waistcoat.

I bought the Zara linen mix vest top a couple of weeks after getting the shorts and I've being wearing my Topshop denim gilet a lot this summer as its proved so versatile and goes with a lot of my wardrobe, plus its a great layering piece when the weather is being so unpredictable:

The sun has finally appeared in the South East and is glorious indeed, I hope it stays for quite a while longer. I do so hope you're having a good start to the week whether you're on holiday or at work. At the boot sale yesterday I stocked up on a good few books to last me the month, at 10p each and the most expensive at 50p, its a cheap alternative for ensuring I have a relaxing and chilled out time off before I gear up for our house move which will be either late August or September.

Whats on your agenda for resting and relaxation this summer?

I'm wearing my studded Matalan sandals too to pull the whole look together: