Necklace: Sterling silver monogram necklace C/O MyNameNecklace.com.au
Bracelets: the usual plus Mimco punklove chain wrist bracelet in grey
Dress: French Connection blue Paisley print dress
Shoes: Rubi primo ballet flats in silver
Bag: Marco Tagliaferri first generation birk bag in navy from HGBags Online
Close up of accessories and bag:
Had to wear "business casual" for a training course today. I left it to the last minute to check the dress code so spent a bit of time last night trying on a few outfits to wear. I always want to make a good impression on external training courses, but at the same time I didn't want to look too dressed up if everyone was wearing jeans. After about half an hour I was having no luck picking clothes so skipped that step and picked a bag instead.
This Marco Tagliaferri bag is perfect for fitting in notes and presentation packs that you accumulate on courses, plus anything else that arises. Once I had the bag, I ended up picking out this blue dress to compliment it in a few minutes. Sometimes it pays to pick accessories first! I'm much better at picking a bag for an occasion than I am picking out an outfit. ;)
How do you get dressed for events? Do you pick accessories first or last?
The sunnies were last worn here, dress here, shoes here and bag here.
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Accessories are usually an after-thought for me. Maybe if I had as many bags as you I would be the same though lol
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That bag is quite amazing! I love it and love that you found it in navy! The dress is so pretty and looks great on you!! I had to laugh that you picked out the bag first and then the dress. I like to pick shoes first lol!
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Cute dress! I personally always wear a jacket to any office-related activity as it's almost always too cold there!:)
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Tali
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That's a great idea - I usually have one piece that I want to wear, and then work from that. Lovely dress!
ReplyDeletelove the monogram necklace! can't wait to order mine!
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Haha, love what you ended up wearing! That paisley print dress is just lovely.
ReplyDeleteAnd I usually dress from the shoes up. I pick what shoes I want to wear for the day depending on what I'm doing and then determine if I'm in a jeans or skirt mood. Lol from there, it's always fun to see what I'll end up with :)
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love it!
ReplyDeletethanks for your comments :)
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selvia
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Looks like you came up with a winning combo! I typically pick the outfit first but if it's a great accessory then I'll often plan an outfit around it. I guess it just depends. :)
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Adorable bag!!!^^
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that dress is great for business casual sorts of things! the print makes it something SPECIAL!
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So pretty, love that dress!
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I think you did well, and I always choose my accessories after my clothes.
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I love your dress, the print is so pretty!
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I usually choose accessories after but sometimes I'll pick my shoes first and work around those.
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fabulous bag and dress! i always accessorize after i'm dressed.
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Thanks all for your nice comments! So good to hear how other people start dressing for special occasions.
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