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May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge: Day 7 – A special occassion outfit

May 8, 2012 By Julianne

I am really bad at getting decent pictres of my outfits on their actual special occasions. I usually focus on taking pictures of my friends and family and unless someone else has a camera too, there won’t be any of me. I trawled through all of My Pictures trying to find a decent photo of any outfit I’d worn on any special occasion, but to no avail.

This is the second time I’m typing this because Blogger randomly ate everything except the first paragraph just now – but yes, all I have for you today are photos taken against my wardrobe. Again.

I wore this dress (Phase Eight, but obviously I got it from a charity shop for approx £10 because that’s how I roll) on the evening before my birthday to the V&A for their Bright Young Things themed Friday Late event. It was divine. We took part in the scavenger hunt (though we weren’t very good at it) and made badges.

I also wore black tights, black shoes, black cardigan, black coat, red cloche hat and red and black 20s style make-up despite the dress being more 30s. 20s make-up is more fun. I don’t know why I didn’t make sure to get a photo of it. I usually take pictures of my eye make-up even if I forget to photograph my outfit.

Below is a close-up of the dress so you can admire the pattern and the velvetyness if you so choose, and also a picture of my hand holding the red cloche hat.

 

Filed Under: Fashion and Style Tagged With: bargain, charity shopping, dresses, fashion, May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge, offline shopping, style

May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge: Day 6 – Something out of your comfort zone but you love it

May 7, 2012 By Julianne

This dress. Oh. This dress.

I’m pretty sure that it’s out of most people’s comfort zone. If it were black it might be in Zoetica Ebb’s, but other than that…

I’m convinced I got it so cheap because it’s so weird. It’s not really pretty, despite the colour. It doesn’t give me the illusion of curves. The construction is a bit random. To be frank, it looks like it was made by a drunk pixie. A genius drunk pixie, but a drunk pixie all the same.

I have yet to actually wear it because on which occasions is a dress
like this appropriate? I feel like it might be the kind of thing for book launches and evening talks at the V&A, where I can be a bit formal without feeling like I want to be feminine. I don’t go to either very often, and having never worn it, it’s
easy to forget that I even own it. I nearly wore it to a book launch last year but
then forgot and wore something more normal.

But I love its quirkiness. I think most of it is cotton but the darker bits of fabric are some magical super-soft stuff. It’s such a nice colour. And the label says Sportsmax Code, which means that for less than £10 it was probably another great bargain.

I’ve decided that I must wear it within the next month. Even if it’s just to go to a pub or to the library or something. I’ve got no excuse for saving it, it’s not even dry clean only, the label assures me that hand washing in cold water is fine.

Tomorrow I’ll hopefully post twice for the last time in this challenge! Yay!

Filed Under: Fashion and Style Tagged With: bargain, charity shopping, dresses, fashion, May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge, offline shopping, quirky, style

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