Sunglasses and Fur

Don't you just love spring days when it's sunny enough to wear sunglasses but cool enough to wear a coat?

Cobbled

Way back in January my old pal, Sarah-Leigh and I popped to west London to visit the Temperley showroom (more on that later). Sarah took a couple of outfit snaps so I thought I'd share...

LFW: Day 2, What we wore

Day two saw rain. I didn't know it was going to rain therefore wore my 'hair' coat. I pondered on whether my coat was going to go as frizzy as my hair does in the rain, luckily it didn't.

Sarah rocked a rather smashing little purple suit (divine) along with the Bea necklace by Dannijo from Wish Want Wear.

Look Du Jour: Fur & Fringing...

Where is it from?

Hat and bag: sample sale, Sunglasses, Cropped Jumper and Fringed Jacket: H&M, Blouse and Socks: Topshop, Shorts and Tail: vintage, Shoes: Primark

London Fashion Week: Day 2: The Looks

Day two of fashion week saw us enduring the awful rain - rain and fashion week just don't mix, well done to whoever invented the umbrella, had it not been for you I would not have made day two.

Image courtesy of David of The Nyanzi Report

My beautiful friend Sarah of Sarah-Leigh Style Files was up in the big smoke for the blessed occasion so we spent the day together and oh how we laughed (very fashionably of course).

Saturday saw my favourite coat of the moment, along with soft tailoring mixed with layered jersey...

Where's it from?

Coat: vintage, Shirt: Topshop, Cycling Shorts: home made, Wedges: Aldo, Broach: vintage

Sarah opted for chic shapes in the form of flares (she works them like no other) and a swing coat topped off with a black turban - she must have seen the weather forecast...

Look De Jour: Neutrals and Faux Fur...

So as I'm sure we all know, chic neutrals are BIG for SS11. So here is my January-friendly take on the trend.

Due to temperatures dropping below minus this weekend, the outfit called for a little (faux) fur. LOVE this vintage coat.

All hail The Nyanzi Report!

The lovely David of The Nyanzi Report has featured some lovely shots of myself and Kit of Style Slicker on his blog. I must say I am delighted- this is one guy that takes some seriously beautiful shots and he has managed to get a snapshot of that awesome capelet, (just to inform you it was taken on the same day as the previous post about the cape, I have not broken the golden rule of re-wearing something during fashion week!).

All images are taken by David and I seriously recommend you check out his blog.

Coco Spotted...

I have just come across this shot of myself at fashion week on FiveFiveFabulous.com, (gosh that seems so long ago now), I forgot how much I love this faux-fur caplet so thought I'd share it with you, I'm off to go and dig this out of my wardrobe!

She's The One...

Although I started this blog to document my musings, opinions and inspirations within a creative sense, occasionally I will throw in something not so relevant to the above but something that I want to write about for he sheer hell of it, and why not?

I wanted to dedicate a post to my beautiful best friend...Ria (aka Ro). She has just moved from South London to East (finally!), so welcome to the neighbourhood baby!

To put it in it's simplest form she is my true love (obviously along with The Boy). We have been friends for what seems like forever, in reality, six years. We met in the second year of uni, inseparable by the third and best friends ever since.

For the final eight months of uni we went on a bit of a crash lifestyle (both breaking up with long-term boyfriends) of cigarettes, vodka-Redbull, take out food, sheer stupidity/brilliance, chick-flicks, tears and a hell of a lot of laughs!

Uni came and went and we went our separate ways for a short time, with Ro moving to Reading and me moving to the big smoke. But, soon enough we were as one again with Ro moving to London and us moving in together. Cue another crash lifestyle of parties, hangovers and pasta bakes (we were a little more responsible at this point). If I hadn't met The Boy and she hadn't met Rory I truly believe we would have grown old together- like a couple of old aunties that never married and still live together.

She is the person that can see my clock ticking, the one that can put me in my place without me feeling sad or blue and we can talk about anything without fear of unacceptance. We bonded initially over a strong love of student life but our love affair has grown from strength to strength and as our common ground has expanded over the years our likes, dis-likes, favourite music, favourite food and morals are pretty much the same.

Her style is somewhat different to mine. She works a much more effortless-cool vibe to me. Channeling separates and directional jersey pieces like no-one else I know. Her ability to look chic in a t-shirt and shorts is second to none and she manages to rock silk dresses and hoodies as if they were always supposed to be teamed together.

She has recently found a love for vintage fur and after many years of moaning, I think I have broken her of spending a fortune on black cardigans on the highstreet (it's just not necessary!). Her rich, dark, shaggy long-bob is a mix of mischievous 1940's boarding school and Alexa Chung and only adds to her relaxed yet elegant charm.

So all in all today's post although a little cheesy, is solely dedicated to my beautiful Mocking Bird (sorry, had to slip an in-joke in somewhere!)

On The Street...Winter Dressing: Fur Hats

I hit the streets of London once again this weekend and in a complete turn around to my 'Winter Dreaming' blog post it re-kindled my love for winter dressing. The trendies were out in force, proving that there is 'snow' (excuse the pun, I couldn't resist), reason not to look good during this extreme weather.

I shall be uploading my favourites for the duration of this week. Starting with this guy, who's fearless use of fur kept him warm and unique during one freezing afternoon on Brick Lane.

I love the use of red in this girl's outfit. Her whimsical and mysterious pale skin looks great with the tone of the coat and is set off with the bold red. It's a confident statement and not something that could be pulled off by everyone.

Today's Threads...

It was the first day back in the office today. With this in mind, I thought I would get through my post season blues by putting on some heels, my favourite new t-shirt and a slick of bubble pink lipstick.

An Unlikely Style Icon...

I recently stumbled upon an image of of Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil and realised how on trend she really is! Sharp tailoring, animal print, monochrome, feathers, short two-tone hair and of course the staple of the season; extreme shoulders. All put together with an air of Dynasty thrown in, evil or not she has style I can get on board with!

I have added some of my favourite looks for your viewing pleasure, brace yourself for inspiration...