If there’s one fashion item I always, always get compliments on it’s this one. No matter if it’s from people at work or randoms at a cafe. I actually purchased this top quite a while ago, but I still love wearing it – and I still get the compliments. Why you ask?
I think it has a lot to do with rockin’ your own personal style. I guess Siree and I have always branded ourselves as “fashion” bloggers, but I believe the correct term is that we’re style bloggers. We love to share our personal style with you guys, regardless of whether it’s the latest thing in fashion and we hope you guys enjoy it too.
The great thing about having your own style is that it never goes out of fashion. And at the same time we never have to be on top of the latest “fashion” or adopt trends we don’t like just for the sake of staying relevant and timely on our blog.
Unlike Siree, I have a serious lack of winter clothes! I find winter too cold that I often opt for comfort rather than style (I know, the blasphemy!).
It’s still pretty cold in Sydney and during one of my winter hauls, I found these cute polkadot pants from Zara. Loving the vintage vibes, I bought them! Also on sale (and also from Zara) I found my new favourite blouse. The photos don’t show it that well, but it’s a really nice, casual-chic looking blouse and I absolutely love the tiny button detailing.
On a side note, this was the last shoot I did in my apartment! Two weekends ago I moved back home with the ‘rents for a myriad of different reasons – my apartment block was going to be knocked down at some point in the near future, my house mate was moving out and finding a new one is a tedious and terrible process and also, I’m going to France in a month and the prospect of paying rent while being on holiday with the possibility of not having a house mate – or a new one that I would know nothing about – wasn’t a pleasant one.
So here I am, feeling like I’ve taken a step back in life, but marching on full forward regardless.
Co-ord: Calla Collections Macquarie Centre | Shoes: Forever21 | Bracelets: Korea | Rings: ASOS
Beach Time!
Ahhh!! I can’t contain my excitement these days. The weather is actually warm which naturally means…BEACH TIME!! I. love. the. beach. For this shoot we spent the day in Maroubra by the pools/baths and the rocks – it truly is a beautiful summer location.
I’ve been patiently waiting for a co-ord I actually like to come along and finally I found one! It’s not too flashy and just what I like, very simple but with unique detailing. For me, clothing is all about the small unique details. I absolutely love the white embroidery featured on the outfit as well as the white lace trimming. It’s the little things!
The best thing about summer fashion is how effortless it is – you don’t need to add 1001 layers to ensure you stay warm. Coordi’s make it this even easier – no more wondering what to pair your bottoms with.
… and you’re running around wondering what you are going to wear!
Attending the school of style and judging between rocking up in pajama party gear or better-look-like-I-ironed-this-shirt OOTD, the campus is a great place to play dress up or dress down (or forever in whatever works mode. I tend to get sloppier as the years went on).
Seeing this combo on a Zara mannequin, I knew I had to get ALL of it. But something was missing.
Although I wanted to add a proper bow-tie, I think this little bowsie brooch I whipped up gave it a whimsical touch playing the part of a good studious student, though I would never get to the lecture room on time to save my life.
I’m baaaaaack. Can I just say being an adult plain and simply sucks…working long hours leaves me absolutely no time for myself or blogging – I cry! But my New Year’s resolution is to blog blog blog!!
I’m here with an advertorial for the lovely Quicky Circus! What’s great about Quirky Circus is that it is a brand by Aussie loved Mink Pink. Whilst Mink Pink tends to be a bold, grungy New York style, you can find Quirky Circus‘ collections have an inspired vintage flare.
When Quirky Circus approached us to do an advertorial for them I couldn’t wait. I absolutely love the pieces across all their collections. We were given a choice out of the “At The Lake” Collection, and I chose the Quirky Circus “Blue Bouquet” shorts since summer was on its way. They are the perfect summer shorts – loose, flowy and vibrant – a great piece to add that pop of summer colour to your outfits.
I have and always will be a detail orientated person. The small unique details make me happy and it’s often these details that sway me to choose one clothing item over the other. What I absolutely loved on these shorts was this notice right here on the tag:
Can I just reiterate the following: “Vintage Inspired Designed to Fade – This garment is designed to fade to give a vintage inspired look”
How awesome is that? Your shorts will fade per wear, tear and washing to create a personalised vintage look. Seriously. It’s the little things.
The material and overall quality of the garment is great! Really well made – secure stitching, great pockets and I love the dart detailing on the front of the shorts.
I thought I’d put this shot in, in memory of my ombre.
So where can you get your hands on them? These shorts are called “Blue Bouquet” and you can find Quirky Circus clothing at any Myer store in Australia…or keep your eyes peeled for my upcoming Giveaway!
Hi everyone! Talyssa here for a slightly different FML. This clothing in this FML was provided by Sammydress and will also feature a review on the product and service. So let’s get into it!
Jacket: Dongdaemun Markets Korea | Dress: Sammydress | Shoes and Socks: Topshop
First, let’s start with the positive…
Clothing Range and Shopping Experience:
When I saw this dress on Sammydress, I immediately fell in love. It’s gorgeous, elegant and ever so Audrey Hepburn! I must admit that the range of clothing on Sammydress is really nice, it’s unique and feminine and there’s a lot of variety. You also get a kind of a thrill looking at such beautiful products selling for so cheap! Less than $10? Heck yes! I’ll take five!
Using the site is simple and each product has a wide variety of images, including images posted by customers wearing the items they have bought.
Unfortunately….that’s where the positives end for me. When I opened my package from Sammydress, I was incredibly disappointed. I don’t want to sound ungrateful or mean, but what I received in the mail was not, in my personal opinion, worth paying for.
No. 01: The dress was nothing like the picture
This was the most disappointing aspect of the whole thing. I was expecting an elegant and sophisticated looking dress as in the picture above, but instead I received a cheap looking copy. I just felt lied to and cheated. It’s one thing to say you’re copying the style of X celebrity and you’re posting images of how they wore it along with images of your actual imitation product – as I have seen many sites do – but it’s another thing completely to imply and ONLY provide images of a product your product is similar to, but isn’t actually what you are giving to your customers in return for their money. Your customer is buying the product they are seeing on your website. That’s what they expect to receive. Nothing less.
I found the whole thing completely unfair and I’m pretty sure it violates some sort of consumer laws, at least it would in Australia anyway. If Sammydress doesn’t consider their actual product good enough to post pictures of on their website then that just shows that they are aware that their products wouldn’t sell if they put up actual pictures.
The back of the dress was the part I was looking forward to the most and was what originally made me choose this dress. As you can see, what I received was significantly different to the image presented on the website (refer to 2nd image of post). There is no low V-cut back and the bow is located significantly higher than the small of my back. Not only that, the bow looks cheap and tacky – with the ribbon parts not even cut to the same length and it being sewn very cheaply and hastily onto the back of the dress.
No. 02: Quality
The quality of the dress was (unfortunately) cheap. The material is see through, with no kind of material inlay provided to prevent this. The hems all around the dress are hastily sewn, extremely messy and not hemmed straight. Long pieces of thread are frequently left uncut and knotted on the dress.
No. 03: Fit and Cut
The cut on my dress was so so so bad! It had absolutely no shape and made me look flat, straight,frumpy and pre-pubescent. The lack of darts used on the back of the dress meant that it didn’t come in on the waist, making it extremely unflattering on my stomach and waist. You can see all the extra material there in the photo above!
Another extremely annoying part of this dress were the sleeves. Whilst they look okay in the photos, they didn’t stay that way for very long and would often popup and sit vertically to my shoulder. Quite frankly it looked ridiculous and I was extremely embarrassed walking around in this dress because of that reason.
In order for these sleeves to sit as desired on a persons shoulders, the back of the dress needed to have an open cut V (as with the original design). This would have helped to open up the dress, allowing the sleeves to lay almost off the shoulder. Having a rounded mid-length back did not give the sleeves enough leeway to sit off the shoulder, causing them to pop up very frequently with any small movement.
No. 05: Value For Money
Clothing on Sammydress is extremely cheap. Almost everything is less than $10, making the quality of the product understandable.
Shipping on the other had is pricey – almost costing $20!! It’s such a purchase turn off when your shipping is more than the actual product!
Service:
Service is very fast. My package was promptly sent and staff were very friendly and quick to answer any questions.
Would I shop here again?
Truthfully, probably not. It’s unfortunate because I think the range is quite good, if only the products I received looked like the ones they promoted on the site! In saying that, if you’re looking for something cheap to only wear once or as a costume etc, you might want to give Sammydress a try. I would actually prefer if Sammydress increased the cost of their products, if it meant getting a product as in the pictures on their site. I would definitely shop there countless times if that were the case.
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