Wow I am so excited! I am finally allowed to share my shortlisted design for the Wool and the Gang GangLabs competition!!
*woah there! I hear you say. What competition?*
rewind to mid-April...
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Friday, January 04, 2013
Folksy Friday - My 'Handmade on Folksy' Style
I love clothes. I'm not a fashionista by any means (typing right now in the sloppiest Joe jumper you have ever seen...) and I am certainly no slave to fashion but I do appreciate quality clothes.
I have never really investigated the clothes and shoes section on Folksy before (mainly because I would consider bespoke handmade clothes to be waaaaay beyond my budget) but this week I thought why the hell not?
Here's a selection of my favourites!
I love this gorgeous shirt by Fashion Couture - made to measure in stretch silk satin and fine cotton lace. You can't get much more luxurious than this! (Yes it IS waaaaay out of my budget but a girl can dream!)
Lovely wrap around jersey top from jaworska. I love her drapey cowl neck tops too!
Isn't this just the cutest dress? I love the colour. I love the style. And I adore the screen printed umbrella motif dancing around the hem! Visit There's Only One Amy Laws and check out the cute 'Cowgirl' dress too!
More screen printed loveliness - this t-shirt comes from Proud Cloud Creations at the most bargainous (yes I know that's probably NOT a real word!) price of £16! I am definitely gonna have me one of these . . .
I adore this floaty accordion pleat LBD from Recycled Love. Lovingly made from recycled and vintage fabrics, all of Helen's designs are completely unique and one of a kind. Absolutely guaranteed not to bump into someone wearing the same outfit as you!
And last, but by no means least, no outfit is complete without gorgeous shoes. These cute ballet pumps are made from upcycled leather - scraps and off cuts from
larger projects and are available from The White Ribbon in a variety of colours.
This is just a small selection of the gorgeous handmade clothing available on Folksy. Check out my Pinterest board for more of my favourites - Folksy liked it so much they featured it on their home page earlier this week!
I have never really investigated the clothes and shoes section on Folksy before (mainly because I would consider bespoke handmade clothes to be waaaaay beyond my budget) but this week I thought why the hell not?
Here's a selection of my favourites!
I love this gorgeous shirt by Fashion Couture - made to measure in stretch silk satin and fine cotton lace. You can't get much more luxurious than this! (Yes it IS waaaaay out of my budget but a girl can dream!)
Lovely wrap around jersey top from jaworska. I love her drapey cowl neck tops too!
Isn't this just the cutest dress? I love the colour. I love the style. And I adore the screen printed umbrella motif dancing around the hem! Visit There's Only One Amy Laws and check out the cute 'Cowgirl' dress too!
More screen printed loveliness - this t-shirt comes from Proud Cloud Creations at the most bargainous (yes I know that's probably NOT a real word!) price of £16! I am definitely gonna have me one of these . . .
I adore this floaty accordion pleat LBD from Recycled Love. Lovingly made from recycled and vintage fabrics, all of Helen's designs are completely unique and one of a kind. Absolutely guaranteed not to bump into someone wearing the same outfit as you!
And last, but by no means least, no outfit is complete without gorgeous shoes. These cute ballet pumps are made from upcycled leather - scraps and off cuts from
larger projects and are available from The White Ribbon in a variety of colours.
This is just a small selection of the gorgeous handmade clothing available on Folksy. Check out my Pinterest board for more of my favourites - Folksy liked it so much they featured it on their home page earlier this week!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The search for style...
I think the hardest thing I have had to come to terms with as a mum has been the total change of my body shape.
Ok, not being allowed to sleep in till midday on a Sunday has been pretty hard to deal with too, but I'll get over it...
So back to body shape... It's changed. Things aren't where they used to be. Mostly they have been covered up with layer of blubber - there are soft, squishy bits where there never used to be and as for my boobs - well you know, small boobs really aren't so bad. I used to be able to go bra-free without attracting too much attention but these days I require a full-scale scaffolding system just to keep them in place!
But the worse bit by far is my tummy.
In the old days (B.C. before child) I was a proper pear shape - slightly bottom heavy with curvy hips and a waist that went right in! And it was level with my belly button. Muffin top still happened but I could almost eliminate it by standing up straight and sucking in a bit! I could almost get away with wearing a bikini in public.
Now I still have a waist but it seems to have risen a couple of inches and only shows itself to the world when the boobs are hoisted up and the Gok Wan slicker knickers come out of drawer. Most of my excess couple of stone seem to be on my tummy transforming my pear shape to an apple shape. I simply cannot wear the same things I used to wear and whilst I plan on losing at least some of the flabby stuff eventually, right now it's in the way and I am utterly clueless on how best to dress to hide it...
Which is where iStylista comes in. Imagine having a virtual stylist and personal shopper tailored to your body shape, build, colouring and even face shape - just key in a few details about yourself and a 30 page guide giving you essential, sound fashion advice on styles and colours to suit you is yours to download and refer to whenever you need it. Plus you can opt to have regular e-mails with selected items picked just for you sent to your inbox to help you decide what to spend your hard earned cash on.
I thought I would give it a go and now have a palette of colours to work from, key shapes to look out for and some style tricks to take the eye away from the bits I don't want you to see and focus on the bits I DO want to show off. Some of it I already knew, some of it surprised me and I was pleased to learn that I am one of the lucky ones who CAN wear black (just not top to toe and not to the exclusion of everything else...)
I found iStylista via Mummy Central and for a short time they have teamed up with iStylista to offer their readers a free style guide (worth £30) so why not pop along and try it out.
Meanwhile I shall be looking out for that perfect wrap around top and some cute wedge sandals...
Ok, not being allowed to sleep in till midday on a Sunday has been pretty hard to deal with too, but I'll get over it...
So back to body shape... It's changed. Things aren't where they used to be. Mostly they have been covered up with layer of blubber - there are soft, squishy bits where there never used to be and as for my boobs - well you know, small boobs really aren't so bad. I used to be able to go bra-free without attracting too much attention but these days I require a full-scale scaffolding system just to keep them in place!
But the worse bit by far is my tummy.
In the old days (B.C. before child) I was a proper pear shape - slightly bottom heavy with curvy hips and a waist that went right in! And it was level with my belly button. Muffin top still happened but I could almost eliminate it by standing up straight and sucking in a bit! I could almost get away with wearing a bikini in public.
Now I still have a waist but it seems to have risen a couple of inches and only shows itself to the world when the boobs are hoisted up and the Gok Wan slicker knickers come out of drawer. Most of my excess couple of stone seem to be on my tummy transforming my pear shape to an apple shape. I simply cannot wear the same things I used to wear and whilst I plan on losing at least some of the flabby stuff eventually, right now it's in the way and I am utterly clueless on how best to dress to hide it...
Which is where iStylista comes in. Imagine having a virtual stylist and personal shopper tailored to your body shape, build, colouring and even face shape - just key in a few details about yourself and a 30 page guide giving you essential, sound fashion advice on styles and colours to suit you is yours to download and refer to whenever you need it. Plus you can opt to have regular e-mails with selected items picked just for you sent to your inbox to help you decide what to spend your hard earned cash on.
I thought I would give it a go and now have a palette of colours to work from, key shapes to look out for and some style tricks to take the eye away from the bits I don't want you to see and focus on the bits I DO want to show off. Some of it I already knew, some of it surprised me and I was pleased to learn that I am one of the lucky ones who CAN wear black (just not top to toe and not to the exclusion of everything else...)
I found iStylista via Mummy Central and for a short time they have teamed up with iStylista to offer their readers a free style guide (worth £30) so why not pop along and try it out.
Meanwhile I shall be looking out for that perfect wrap around top and some cute wedge sandals...
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