Lighter

I love dark coloured clothing/items as much as the next person, but as my inner motto has always been to try and create a point of interest in my outfits, I have always felt that anything dark would just blend in and become incognito. So for as long as I can remember, when I see something I like, I always see if they have it in a lighter colour. I guess for me, I gave the colour black a stigma that it's boring. I think it's stemmed from my love of handbags. Now unfortunately I have a champagne taste with a tap water budget when it comes to accessories, especially handbags. When I used to mull over what handbag I wanted, I never chose the colour black as I felt it was too boring and mainstream. I mean everyone has black handbags and I certainly didn't want to blend in (not that there's anything wrong with that!). Plus, I figured if you're going to spend a bit on an item, you would like it to stand out, right? Well, that's just my mentality, though that's not to say I don't have anything black.

Just lately I have been leaning a lot towards much lighter hued clothing. I'm loving that lighter tones are becoming for the colder seasons where previously it has been darker, richer jewelled tones. Give me the icy greys and pretty pastels anytime!

Have a lovely weekend!

Custom Made Leather Jacket via an eBay Seller

Grey Knit Top (Similar here)

DIY Flute Skirt

YSL Belle Du Jour Clutch (Similar here)

Wittner Topper Heels

Prada Sunglasses

 YSL & Etsy Rings

Simple

It's December, tis' the season to be jolly. If by jolly, you mean stressed out then that saying is hitting the spot. Christmas time usually means holiday festivities or end of year parties and they usually require some sort of outfit. As if it's not already an expensive time of year, now you need to buy ensembles so you don't look the same in all the Facebook photos you're tagged in.

You have a few options, the cheapest being, changing your privacy status on Facebook so, you alone, are the only one who can see any photos you're tagged in and just wear the same outfit everywhere, or you could spend up big on "outfits" and just have a $10 limit for everyone you need to buy presents for, or be savvy and pull out your basic staple pieces and just accessorize them differently.

Monochromatic, whether they're still on trend or not, I haven't really been keeping tabs, is the best way to go. You cannot tell me you don't have a sparkly or a stand-out shoe or clutch in your wardrobe that you can just spice up your ensembles with. If you don't, go out and buy one and just say you conveniently forgot that you had a cousin-twice-removed that you had to buy a present for.

To sum it all up, plan ahead, rummage your wardrobe and maybe give yourself a resolution not to buy any more outfits until you wear all the items hanging in your wardrobe that still have tags on them *guilty*.

Ally PU Top (Old) (Similar Here)

DIY Fluted/Frill Skirt

Givenchy Antigona Clutch 

Zara Sequin Heels (Old) (Similar Here and Here)

Prada SPR 17OS Sunglasses

YSL Arty Ring

Etsy Star Necklace 

 

Extremely Frilled

I've been lusting over a flute skirt for a while now and I happened to stumble upon someone on Instagram wearing this amazing white textured flute skirt. All I know is that it was from ASOS, however, my attempt at trying to search for it failed.

With growing frustration, I rummaged through my materials, found this textured white fabric that I hoarded a while back and managed to also find a white zipper, it was my lucky day! A few google searches on how to emulate the best pattern for the half circle frill part of the skirt, and I was off.

After I made the skirt, someone had kindly pointed out to me what the name of the skirt was, and it was on the ASOS site the whole time, but luckily not in the white, which is what I was after. Saved myself $65 and taught myself how to make the flute/half circle frill. The top half of the skirt was easy enough as I'd learnt to make the pencil skirt pattern a few months back. 

I'm pretty happy with the result and I think I will make it in a nice pop of pink or printed fabric in the near future. 

What do you think of the flute skirts?

There's definitely a girlier side of me trying to come out lately.

Dolly Black Singlet

DIY Flute Textured Skirt (ASOS Version Here)

Christian Louboutin Pigalle Heels

Balenciaga Flat Clutch