Wedding Outfit Ideas #2

♥ Dress - Chi Chi Georgia Dress (honestly, Im'm in love) - here

♥ Shoes 1 - eBay - here

♥ Shoes 2 - BooHoo Helen Cuffed Ankle Two Part Heels - here

♥ Shoes 3 - Faith Litchfield Navy Metallic Heeled Sandals via ASOS - here

♥ Shoes 4 - eBay - here

I've already spoken about the two weddings I'm going to this summer. I've posted my ideas for the first wedding here, from when I bought my dress in the ASOS sale earlier in the year. Honestly, since then I've been looking for the dress to wear for the second wedding on a weekly basis. The first wedding was relatively easy to plan for as it's a conventional, inside, sit down dinner, disco / band later on, hometime wedding. However, the second is Nick's brothers, it's in a garden in the middle of summer and I'm going to the registry office with them at 10am in the morning and will be in said wedding outfit until I go to bed at around 1am that night. That's a 13 hour outfit!!

So far, it's been one of those occasions where I know exactly what I want, just, sadly, no one's made the dress yet! I had my heart set on a long, navy dress (which would be practical and pretty for an outdoors wedding) with something going on that made it a little different from just a 'long navy dress', maybe a sneaky slit up the skirt, or maybe it would be backless, or perhaps it would have a few delicate bits of sequining on the arms. My inspiration is Kate Middleton, who I personally think wears long, formal dresses perfectly. She doesn't look OTT, like a celebrity at a film premier trying to break any fashion ground, she always has a certain air of relaxed glamour and she is just effortlessly classic. Please see below for pictures evidence...

(Disclaimer: obviously I would never look like this because she is perfect)

I thought there would definitely be a market for this sort of dress as K-Middy is England's national treasure. But no! I couldn't find anything. I'm sure if I had Kate's budget I'd be able to find the perfect dress but as I'm a poor(ish) gal it's not going to happen.

So I changed tact and, I still wanted navy but opted for knee length instead, I wanted a skater style dress but chiffon skirt rather than anything with structure. And I found this lovely dress from Chi Chi London. I've not heard of them before but I came across some of their other designs on ASOS, they do a lot of similar dresses in a range of colours so if you're looking for an occasion dress then I'd check them out. Although, I've not actually ordered and tried it on yet so I can't comment on the fit or quality but for £75 I'd hope for it to be pretty good.

Now the decision is just whether to go for rose gold or navy sandals.... argh!

Until next time :)

A Surprise Find: Rose Gold Mesh Watch

I, along with every other woman in the world, love rose gold. And again, like everyone else, I particularly love rose gold watches. So today, when I was casually perusing the F&F section at my local Tesco whilst building up the courage to join the throng of bank holiday food shoppers, I spotted this little beauty in their watch display, I had to buy it. I absolutely love it when you find gems like this in the clothes section of supermarkets. It thrills me no end! I always check out places like F&F, George and lower end shops like Matalan because, despite their reputations, they always have a few bang on trend pieces. Yes, you may have to hunt them out and yes, you may have to endure looking at some hideous clothes in the process but when you find things like this at such reasonable prices it makes it worth it.

This watch was £16 (!!) and is exactly what I have been looking for in the past couple of months. I've got a chunky rose gold watch (from New Look, I've featured it in previous posts) which I love dearly, but I'm quite fond of dainty jewellery at the moment so sometimes I just felt it was a bit too big for my outfit and I've been on the search for something smaller ever since. I have looked in all the usual shops to no avail, tried on a few watches in New Look but discarded them after being unable to decide if they were nice, or just really tacky. I spent a considerable amount of time in duty free umm-ing and ahh-ing about whether to splash the cash on a designer one so I'm so glad I didn't because this perfectly fits the bill.

Unfortunately, I can't find it on the F&F website to link it. But I strongly suggest checking out your local Tesco's range of rose gold watches (they had a few other, chunky ones) if you, like me, enjoy the look but don't fancy the hefty price tag of a Michael Kors one (even if they are beautiful).

(Just to clarify: I know this watch probably isn't the best quality and may not wear well. But I don't regularly wear a watch, I wear them more as jewellery pieces so I find it impossible to justify spending £100+ on something that I would only wear once or twice a month. However, if I were someone who wore a watch day in, day out, I would definitely buy a higher end, more reliable and accurate watch.)

Until next time :)