when the boat comes in..

On a recent trip to visit my parents in their newly bought narrowboat home I took the opportunity to wear a special dress for the occasion. The crochet-esque lace on this dress reminds me of 1960s table cloths or doilies - in a good way! On browsing the Milanoo website I came across this dress and thought it would work well with bare legs in summer & tights in the winter.

I am recently on a 1960s style obsession and can't resist making everything look that little bit more vintage! Therefore I couldn't resist pairing the dress with my new shiny black loafers and a black hair bow to match! I will never stop dressing like an oversized toddler it would seem!

*Dress from Milanoo.com http://www.milanoo.com/product/fashion-beige-bateau-neck-cut-out-lace-lace-womens-vintage-dress-p457181.html?fb=fb_en_13_2760579 , Shoes from River Island, Hair bow - Glossy box!! 

We spent our afternoon turning the boat and going through locks (well I wasn't much help really but I did make a good 'I'm on a boat!' girl! ). As the evening wore in William fired up the barbeque and we munched our way through delicious food aplenty! Luckily this dress also has extra belly room!! I am already looking forward to visiting my parents again as there doesn't seem to be much more relaxing than sitting on the front of a peaceful boat watching ducks & swans float along the canal.

I hope you are having a mighty lovely September and are making the most of these last few bits of warmth we are getting!

Lots of love

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Pastels & Pho

Hey guysssssssss,

Today's post is an OOTD from a day off I had the other day and spent with my bf. I decided to rock out the pastel as the sun had finally decided to show it's face for a bit! 

I have had this little pale yellow knitted top from Topshop for a while now but haven't really worn it too many times as I couldn't quite find the right way to wear it, its such a nice piece as it reminds me of something a 1950's teenager would have worn.. so cute.  

On this particular day off Will & I went for Vietnamese down the road, Noodle soup (Pho) is my favourite kind of food EVER, so I very much enjoyed this! :) AAaanyway, back to the OOTD haha...

I decided I still needed to layer (it may be sunny but it's still very chilly!) so  I ended up putting my cropped jumper on top of my knitted Tee so that the crochet bottom detail would still show through, I then paired this with my pastel check skirt from River Island and topped it all off with a hair bow. 

Yellow Knit & Crochet Tee - Topshop

Pastel Blue Cropped Jumper - Topshop

Pastel Blue Check Mini Skirt - River Island

Thick Tights - Primark

Heeled Chelsea Boots - Primark

Hair Bow - Beyond Retro

Makeup wise I did my normal, vintage inspired look - Matte red lips (Russian Red - MAC), winged liner (l'oreal Superliner), and pink blush (Sleek - Rose Gold)

My bag is a beautiful pastel pink satchel that I picked up from Topshop quite a while ago, I have been waiting for the spring time so that I could use it more! I love the colour so much and it is much easier to carry around then my big H&M shoulder bag

  

 That's all for now folks, hope you like my outfit :) Are you looking forward to Spring as much as I am? I can't wait for it to get warmer, then I can start putting more colour back into my OOTDS at last! 

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LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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The Rooftops of London

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the chimneys on the roof!

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full look and a pout.. why not?

This is just an Outfit Of The Day (ootd) post,

I spent the weekend at my brothers flat in East London and it has an amazing roof terrace where I sunbathed all day! I went to a few shops and stuff during the day so I wore this brown maxi but tied it to the side because it was so sunny! I just wore a bandeau as a top which meant no tan lines on my shoulders! I think you can get away with wearing just a bandeau as long as you are wearing something *very* high waisted and it's really hot! haha

anyway hope the sun is shining where you are!

LOVE

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In This Outfit:

Brown Jersey Maxi Skirt - River Island

Brown belt - Charity shop

Bandeau - River Island

Sandals - Primark

Sunnys - Topshop

Jewels - Kukke.co.uk