Luxury Lives On

Hello beauties. 

As the nights draw in and the mercury hovers perilously close to freezing, the search for winter warmth reaches pivotal priority.
No more, does a simple cup of cocoa suffice.
Thoughts, musings and dreams all turn to something, anything, that can bring a little light, a little warmth, a little joy into those frozen winter hearts of ours.

A little... Luxury.

 

From Velvet to Lace.Sequins to Stoles. Faux fur to Chauffers. Daisy's to Pearls. Elagance to Grace. Luxury needs a place ... in all of our hearts this Winter.

Here's how you can get your fur-lined-gloved hands on a little luxury this Winter. For a snippet of the price you may expect:

1. Pearl Lowe for Peacocks £80.00
2. Miss Selfridge £55.00
3. River Island £45.00 

And

1. H&M £29.99
2. Topshop £32.00
3. Matalan £25.00
4. Florence and Fred at Tesco £20.00

Then...

To top it all off - well you wouldn't dream on under accessorising, right?

 

1. Miss Selfridge £7.50

2. Miss Selfridge £29.00

3. Peacocks £3.50

4. Peacocks £10.00

5. New Look £7.99
6. Boohoo £25.00

7. Peacocks £5.00

8. New Look £9.09

9. Boohoo £30.00

Head to toe luxury. Curtesy of the Great British High-Street.
Forget bringing sexy back.

This Winter we're bringing stylish back.
Enjoy

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Thursday Trend - Forties and fabulous

Hello my beauties, I hope you're all well and good! Another week drawing to a close and I can definitely feel a distinct chill in the air as we head further into Autumn. Of course I could be trying to convince myself of this to justify purchasing all of the pretties that I'm absolutely dying for this week but we shall pretend that is not the case ;)

Todays 'Trend' as you have probably guesssed by my super subtle title is 'Forties and fabulous' now as a girl who's in love with the decadent fashion and fabulous tailoring that emits forties glam I was super excited to post this feature.

Forties fashion is absolutely perfect for those winter months, glamourous, goreous and also tailored to pull in all those post party indulgence lumps and bumps that we all aquire over the colder time (hey don't feel bad - it's kind of like hibernation feeding but without the sleep)

Here are my favourite pieces from the high-street proving that although forties styling is high-glamour it doesn't have to be high-price:

1.Topshop £20.00 

2.New Look £16.99

3.Peacocks £25.00 

4.Topshop £68.00 

5.New Look £27.99 

6.Topshop £35.00 

7.Tesco £25.99

8.New Look £2.99

9.River Island £35.00  

So there we are my loves don't feel naughty about loving the forties ;)
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(Ankle) Booty Call

Ha-ha-ha I swear my post titles get more and more cringey, someone needs to have a serious word with me before you all run off in despair! I hope you're all well and good, feels like this week is going strangely fast again and I can't quite beleive that it's September already tomorrow! However, I am very happy with this as it does meen I'm legitimately allowed to claim it's Autumn and dig out the tights, the knits and of course... the boots.

Ah yes, boots. Now I'm a person who's guilty of having many obsession (most of which relate to Spanish men - haii Enrique, Fabregas ETC) but boots are definitely one of the most prominent - especially of the ankle variety. Due to this obsession I spent most of yesterday evening hunting down the most fabulous affordable boots that I could find (and add to my WANTNEEDGETMENOW list of course)

Here's the beauties that I found - seperated into sections for you because I'm nice like that ;)

Heels

 1.Missguided £24.99

2. ASOS £32.00 

3. River Island £84.99

4. ASOS £44.00 

5. Missguided £24.99 

6. New Look £29.99

Wedges

 1. River Island £64.99

2. Missguided £35.99

3. New Look £29.99

4. Missguided £32.99

5. ASOS £60.00

6. ASOS £65.00

Flats

1. Miss Selfridge £45.00

2. New Look £24.99 

3. New Look £12.00 

4. ASOS £31.00 

5. Peacocks £25.00 

6. River Island £35.00

So there we are honies, some boots that're made for catwalkin ;) 

I promise I'll stop with the puns now ha-ha enjoy your day!
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Dressing For Your Body Shape - Maxi edition

Hi honeys! Blooming horrible wet monday here in the middlands (what's new though really?!) so I'm all cosied up inside working on the blog and scoffing a mars-bar (feel super sick now urgh!) whilst hiding from the elements ha-ha. But anyway I hope you are all alright and not having too much of the Monday blues and hopefully this little post will inspire some better weather and give you something pretty to look at ha-ha (no no it's not my face don't get too excited!)

Today I have another installment of  my 'Dressing for your body shape' posts, you can check out the originial post here if you'd like or just settle down for this next chapter. As we all should know finding the right clothes to suit your body and more precisely your body shape can make an absolutely massive difference to how you look and more importantly feel about yourself! A clever trick here and there can make all the difference and with this set of posts I aim to teach you all the little things you can tweak.

Todays Dressing for your body shape post is focusing on assisting you in finding the perfect style of a really great Summer staple that I'm sure most of you already have in your wardrobes :

The Maxi Dress
Maxi Dresses are ridiculously versatile and chic, they can be casual, dressy or all out show-stopping and everything in between. Super simple to style they're definitely one piece that I'd always want in my wardrobe and in the warm Summer months they become a real neccessity - who wants to have to panic about considering what to wear when it's boiling hot and you have a BBQ waiting?

So now, here is an example of the kind of Maxi dress that would suit your particular body-shape :

 

Pear Shaped

For our Pear-shaped example I have gone with this gorgeous rich berry coloured dress. Cinced in at the waist to high-light a pears best feature - a teeny middle, this dress is super flattering for pear shaped ladies. The slight V shaped strap detail would widen shoulders a little helping to balance out your larger bottomed proportions. The gorgeous material is close fitting on the top half which would show a small waist and delicate upper body to perfection, but then skims larger hips softly allowing for a little camoflauge of the area you may be more conscious of.
Miss Selfridge £50.00

Apple Shaped

For our lovely Apple shaped lovelies we have this absolutely beauty of a dress which I would quite love for myself please?! As Apples tend to struggle with their stomach area this dress with it's flattering draping material would be the perfect antidote. Hiding a larger stomach with it's elegant folds it's still very fitted which would allow you to keep an elegant sillhoutte and avoid the temptation to hide yourself in an unflatteringly loose dress. Then we have the incredible colour and I really don't think I need to say any more on that - it's just >gorgeous<
Dorothy Perkins £35.00

 Hour Glass

 For all you hour-glass babes (lucky things!) we have this beautiful black number which I think we'd all agree is a complete show-stopper! The gorgeous fit would pull you in at the waist and show off your fabulous curves whilst the large straps would allow you some upper body support - important if you're a bustier lady (I can only imagine me and my A's envy you ha-ha) a little bit of plunge allows the glam stakes but the classic black colour and length keeps it classy - overall an amazing dress and a complete bargain at...
Peacocks £20.00

Rectangle / Petite

Lastly we have this gorgeous dress for our petite ladies who don't have the curviest bods. The one shouldered design of this dress would again widen shoulders and give the look of a more broad body. The nipped in elasticated waist would create the effect of a narrower part on a less curvy torse giving the illusion of more of an hour-glass figure and creating shape. Then the beautiful pattern would again broaden the body a little (and come on it's absolutely beautiful!)
Topshop £68.00

So there we are my loves! I truly hope that this is useful to you and you like my selections ha-ha! If you want any other particular item of clothing features on the 'dressing for your body shape' series leave a comment here or drop me a tweet or an email - fashionismyh2o@hotmail.co.uk

<3

Bargain Hunters - 10 for £10

Hello loves Saturday at last - Yay! Hope you've all enjoyed a rejuvinating lie-in this morning! I'm currently in a massive stage of procrastination I have about five things I really want to do today including dyeing my hair (hello roooots) and working on a guest blog post (very exciting will keep you up to date) so far however I've managed to lie on my bed with the cat, sit on a chair with the cat and... well not very much else actually, I think I need a kick up the backside to motivate some form of movement very soon ha-ha.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings today I have a bargain hunters dream for you - Ten things for £10 (disclaimer - the items are all around £10 I havent magically been able to squeeze in half a wardrobes worth of items for just one tenner - I wish!)

As we all know here I'm somewhat of a bargain hunter and low-budget champion and inspired by the Summer Sales I set out to push myself a little and see if I could find 10 fabulous items for you for a tenner or less!

Here's how I got on:

 Firstly this super cute Aztec Print cropped vest. This would look amazing teamed with skinny jeans, denim cuttoffs, tucked into a little black skirt or - as I'd wear it - over a simple LBD (come on you know I'm obsessed with layering) the colours are gorgeous and I think they'd work well in Autumn too giving this piece some great longetivity and it's an absolute bargain at...
New Look £4.00

 Next up we have this super flattering harem style black jumpsuit. This I feel would look absolutely fantastic with some gorgeous embellished sandals and an armful of bangles - pure summer style. The soft material and of course the fact that it's in black meen this baby would be super flattering and comfy - win win and it's only...
River Island £10.00

 Next we have this gorgeously classy pleated white top which I think would just look so beautiful and elegant teamed with some skinny jeans and wedged heels - gorgeous. Also the floaty material would easily disguise any large lunch indulgences making it the perfect top for those days when you feel a little bloated but dont want to hide in shapeless tents.
Miss Selfridge £10.00

 Now, if you're like me and much more of a dress/skirt/anything but jeans person - these babies are for you. They're a slimming dark material and cut (tight but not bulbously skinny) and smart enough to dress up for evening drinks (they'd look fab with the white top above and some amazing statement heels) but casual enough to team with an oversized tee and some sandals for off-duty relaxation. Best of all they're an absolute steal again at...
New Look £9.99

 Next we have this gorgeous top (that my sister actually brought for real yesterday -will have to snap a picture of her in it it's lovely) the cute layered detail gives it a quirky look whilst the gorgeous colour keeps it summer appropriate. Perfect for teaming with anything from skinny jeans for a gorgeous casual look to tailored trousers for a super pretty but forma work look.
H&M £9.99

 Then we have this amazing maxi skirt. A black jersey maxi skirt is something that I totally beleive should be a staple in anyones wardrobe (all of you worrying you're too short for a maxi skirt - you're not -  look at Nicole Richie queen of the maxi's and only 5"1 - team with heels or wedges if you're still not convinced but absolutely give it a go! You wont look back) this skirt would work with a million and one different top/shoe/jacket combinations from summer beach style to winter (boots, long sleeved grey jumper and gorgeous printed scarf)
H&M £6.99

 Next up we have these retro style pale pink cropped jeans. Perfect with a black vest and cropped leather jacket for a summer evening outfit with attitude or a embellished vest and sandals for a gorgeous girly look. A perfect summer twist on normal jeans.
H&M £7.45

 We then have this funky striped beach dress which again is one of those items that you can tweak to fit your own personal style. I would team it with a cropped leather jacket and some gladiators but I think it'd also look fantastic with some tan heels and a thick waist belt. Lightweight and totally versatile I dont think anyone would regret adding this to their summer Wardrobe.
Peacocks £10.00

 Next up we have these classic denim cut-offs. I live in denim shorts in the summer (at least when I actually manage to see the sun for once) and they just go with absolutely everything. Perfect investment piece too as you can simply wear them over tights in the winter for a gorgeous look and then go back to bearing your pins in them in the summer year after year.
H&M £9.99

Lastly we have this Carrie Bradshaw esque skirt that is just perfect for an elegant summer lunch or cocktail event. The pleats are just beautiful and the light-weight material would be so lovely and cool on those burning hot days. Classy but glamourous and in a gorgeous summer shade. What more could you want?
River Island £10.00

So there we are loves - 10 items for under £10 each. What's your favourite and what's the best bargain you've ever found?
<3

Friday Feature - Versatility

Hello loves! Happy Friday! Hope you're all well and looking forward to the weekend! This week seems to have gone super fast last time I looked it was Monday and now I'm facing the weekend - lovely! I've begun the much publicised '30 day shred' this week so I'll be keeping you updated on how it goes and getting you checking out my new body lol!

But anyway, today I have a really interesting topic to discuss with you and that is 'Versatility' - the ability to wear one item of clothing in multiple different ways. Now as a girl on a budget I absolutely adore versatile pieces as they meen you can spend less but wear just as much and today I have a great example to show you all, here we are:

The item that I've chosen to show an example of versatility with is:

 This beautiful red dress from Peacocks which at just £12.00 is an absolute bargain and reminds me of the gorgeous Halston Herritage dresses rocked by Sarah Jessica Parker.


Here are some ways I've styled this dress:

Outfit One

 

This outfit has a definite bohemian feel to it and I feel like it'd be perfect for hot summer days or (if you live in England) your summer holidays. The dress would look divine with a tan and the warm neutral colours and gold jewellery would look perfect in the sun. The lovely light material would keep you cool and the lovely bright colour would be perfect for a summery wardrobe.

Outfit Two

 

Then we have this outfit which is far more 'classic' I feel like as long as you don't work in a super formal enviroment this would be a perfect Summer outfit to wear to work. The blazer and simple black ballet flats formalize the dress and help tone it down although the dresses gorgeous colour and material keep it summery and pretty.  

Outfit Three

 

Next we have this outfit which is much more 'glam' the dress would look absolutely gorgeous dressed up for a night on the town with your friends or a hot summer date night! The glamourous accessories help dress it up and that clutch just tops it all off. Also I'm absolutely desperate to own those shoes!

Outfit Four

 

Lastly we have outfit number four which is a much more 'edgy' and rock n roll look. I think this is potentually my favourite as it fits in with my personal style. The elegant dress teamed with the tough jacket and the spikey heels would look amazing for a night out or a glamourous shopping trip (if you can face walking in heels ha-ha) then the funky watch just adds a little more edge to finish the look off.

So there we are - sometimes one item can work for you in many many different ways depending on what you team it with. What do you lovelies think? Do you love versatile pieces or do you prefer to buy different items? Let me know :)