These blue shoes seem to suit me well, When I feel like hell

New shoes! New shoes! I got new shoes!

Sweater: Club Monaco
Dress: Fresh Baked Goods
Shoes: Fluevog Presence Hi | Desmond

These shoes are not something I would normally be drawn to but I'm so thrilled with them. They're canvas shoes covered in a super saturated wax coating. I felt very 1960s retro in my pointy stilettos.

Well, the heel isn't really a stiletto since it has a nice curved shape to it.

They aren't the most comfortable shoes but I'm reserving judgement until after I've worn them a few times.

The blue of the shoe matches the ribbons on my dress almost perfectly.

I've called this my crazy cat lady dress but now I think I'm going to call it my Downton Tabby dress since the cat portraits on the fabric are in the tradition of old British estates. And Downton Abbey is a brilliant show.

Feeling Prim And Proper :)

 Blazer- Zara/ Wedges- Country Road/ Bag- Gap/ 

I'm so totally in love with this blazer. The fit is incredible, and it's such a great addition to your wardrobe. I paired it simply with a white boyfriend T, and jeans with black wedges to bring a 'simplicity' to it, so that it looks a tad more casual! I'm also lusting after some coloured blazers, they just look so fun yet pretty at the same time:)  [P.S: Please excuse the graininess of the pictures- The weather was playing havoc with the lighting :( ]

How gorgeous is this 'YSL' lookalike ring from Sass Diva, it has fast become one of my faves, so in love with it! 

 I'm so in love with my mom's brogues, they are such an amazing colour, and I bet they'll look lovely in winter, paired with all the gorgeous coats that seem to be arriving so quickly in stores (Eeek, it means winter's definitely on the way!) She's also wearing some lovely Zara jeans that are so great in reality, they are such a great wash! 

Hope you have an Amazing weekend everyone!!

But right now I'm gonna keep my pants on

I wore pants today! It's a fairly rare occurrence and generally gets a comment or two around the office.

I bought these pants from All Saints and they were huge so I had them taken in significantly. And they're still pretty big.

Necklace: Pretty Chic (gift)
Blouse: Club Monaco
Belt: Smart Set
Pants: All Saints
Socks: Sock Dreams
Shoes: Fluevog Together Hi | Benatar

Today was actually a warm day - +12C and sunny so I wore a lighter jacket and layered my new (to me) Smoking Lily hood over the coat.

I found this at Elsie's the same day that I bought the Smoking Lily dress that I wore last week. You can't tell in this photo but under the red cross is a screen print of an anatomically correct heart.

I had to really adjust the contrast on this so the heart would show since it's pretty subtle. It's nice to throw on over a spring jacket to add some extra warmth and ear protection.

Not a bad find!

I'm going to NYC next week so I'll hopefully remember to take photos and blog while I'm there. Expect a visit to Fluevog on Mulberry Street!

Now that's what I call a dead parrot

My coworker (Hi L) commented that this was a pretty short dress. I thought about that when I put it on this morning and considered layering a skirt underneath it but I felt that with the very opaque tights that it wasn't as revealing as it might be if I had bare legs.

Shirt: Smart Set
Dress: Desigual (in Paris)
Shoes: urbanoutfitters.com

 These shoes are nothing special. Just plain black strappy heels. The shoes aren't exactly quality or well made but they'll do.


I bought this dress in Paris last June. My husband and I were just walking around down Rue de Rivoli when I saw the Desigual store and having learned about Desigual from other fashion blogs like Already Pretty and Fashion for Nerds, I dragged B into the store.

He's the one who actually made me buy this dress and also a jacket.

I like the back the most with the eye, zebra and how the sides are cut to make this very slimming.

I have since learned that my Pacific coast twin, Sheila from Ephemera has the exact same dress. Since we seem to share the exact same taste in clothing, I was totally not surprised.

And there's a parrot...on my ass. An EX-PARROT!

Colour Block

 Top- Cotton On/ Jeans- Viking/ Ballet Pumps- Woolworths

So here it is, my other slouchy top that I promised to show in a previous post. This one is a bit more fun, what with the colour blocking and the colour itself. The bright pink is so lovely with the blue, and it's just a great top overall. I paired it with my Viking jeans and sweet ballet pumps that were almost a perfect match to the pink in the top:) I also added a flower to my hair for an added 'girly' touch. 

Have a lovely day everyone!!

Triangles, circles and squares

With this outfit I'm playing with a lot of patterns but trying to pull it all together with geometric shapes.

Top: Ricki's
Blouse: etsy
Skirt: Krista Larsen (from San Francisco)
Shoes: Fluevog Miracles | Meera

The asymmetrical blouse results in some triangular shapes when layered under this top. The skirt is sewn in pieces with a triangle in the middle where the pieces come together. The tights have lines that make diamonds and the shoes have different coloured leather inlays in triangles.

I usually decide what shoes I want to wear and build an outfit upwards. But I'm shoe obsessed. How do you build an outfit?

I stood beneath an orange sky

I finally gave in and faced the fact that I own too many shoes. On Saturday, I packed up two bags of shoes that I'd worn a few times and with which I have had issues (including this pair of Noa Noa shoes) so I thought it would be a good idea to try and earn some money off their sale.

I took them to a newish consignment store called Crimson & Clover (mostly) Consignment Boutique and the women who run the store seemed pretty excited by the things I had brought in and they only rejected two pairs. Hopefully this will pay for the two new pairs of Fluevogs I ordered last week. =)

While I was there, I saw this dress for $40.00.

Blouse: Winners
Wool dress: Crimson & Clover consignment (no name brand)
Slip: Vintage
Shoes: Fluevog Pin Up | Miss April

(I'm smiling like a dork because someone was watching me and I was very uncomfortable. Ooops.)

I've been looking to add some more orange into my wardrobe and this seemed to be subtle enough without being too *BAM* LOOK AT ME! I'M ORANGE. (Kind of like pajama dress from a few days ago.)

I'm not usually a fan of open toed shoes with tights but this grew on me today. The colours of the shoes are found in the pattern of the dress so it matches without being too matchy-matchy.

If you look closely on the dress, you can see a small motif of a shoe on the top left. Seems fitting.