Vintage Dress from the Thrifty Kitten

Wearing the vintage dress I bought from the Thrifty Kitten stall at the vintage market on the weekend.

Dress: Vintage, from the Thrifty Kitten
Necklace: long black multi chain necklace from Indigo Rose Design
Bracelets: the usual plus two rutilated quartz bracelets from Indigo Rose Design
Shoes: Nine West black wedges
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

I met Zoe, the store owner of Thrifty Kitten at the vintage market and she gave me some tips for styling the dress - she suggested a red belt and heels. I just need the red heels now! I think it worked well with the black wedges though, what do you think?

Closeup of accessories and print on the dress:

Happy Birthday Harbour Bridge!

Sydney's Harbour Bridge is 80 years old today!

Here's what I wore to work today:

Dress: French Connection Fast Rhonda dress in black/caramel
Necklace: Freshwater pearl, gifted
Bracelets: the usual plus 2 freshwater pearl bracelets from Indigo Rose Design
Shoes: Rubi black ballet flats
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

Really like the print on this dress :) Dark photos as it started to rain just as I got home so had to take pics inside.

Closeup of accessories:

Hope you had a good Monday.

Not a good combo

This outfit seemed like a good idea in my head last night, but I put it on this morning and realised it wasn't quite right, with not a lot of time to fix it. Tried to fix it with a belt but changed my mind at the last minute. Felt uncomfortable all day at work.

Won't be wearing this top and skirt together again. The beading on the top made it sit awkwardly at the front and the zip down the back of the top meant it kept riding up. It was very difficult to keep in place as you can see by the wrinkles, think I should have kept the belt ;)

What I wore today:

Top: Just Jeans sequin front black tank
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual
Skirt: French Connection plaid pencil skirt
Shoes: Rubi silver primo ballet flats
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

I covered up with a cardi in the office.

Closeup of accessories:

What do you do when you get up in the morning and want to make a last minute change to your outfit? Do you try to fix it, or do you abandon it and go with an old favourite instead?

Conservative dress

Had a big meeting today to kick off the week so wore my most conservative dress. Low hemline, high neckline!

Of course I was able to brighten it up with my bag,scarf and some fun flats when I wasn't in the meeting ;)


Here's what I wore today:

Dress: Barkins
Belt: came with dress
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus my new Balenciaga Silver Giant Triple Tour Bracelet in Rose Bruyere from HGBags Online
Scarf: Scarf: black and blue Alexander McQueen paisley print scarf from Matches Fashion
Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs black patent mouse flats (swapped to plain black flats from under my desk at work)
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work


Closeup of accessories:

Blue! with 4 shades of pink

Rather amused by my attempts to coordinate my outfit today - I ended up with 4 different shades of pink! Bag, shoes, nails and bracelet! Do I get points for having them in the same colour family at least? hehe!


Here's what I wore today:

Awkward pose: courtesy of trying to show off my nail polish!
Singlet: Jeanswest
Scarf: black and blue Alexander McQueen paisley print scarf from Matches Fashion (Just arrived yesterday)
Necklace: gift from DH
Bracelets: the usual plus some blue gifted ones
Jeans: Sass & Bide
Shoes: Balenciaga sorbet RGGH studded sandals
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

I really like my new scarf - it's so soft! Will be perfect for cooler weather. Came in handy today in the cold office.


Closeup of accessories:

Hope you are having a great start to the weekend!

Classic Pencil Skirt

Here's what I wore today:

Top: French Connection Moon Moire top
Necklace: long black chain necklace from Inidgo Rose Design
Bracelets: the usual plus 2 rutilated quartz from Indigo Rose Design
Skirt: Asos pencil skirt with zip detail
Shoes: Cotton On thongs (swapped to black flats from under my desk at work)
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work


Closeup of accessories:

Received my latest sale splurge today - I'm hoping to wear it tomorrow but you can get a sneak peek on my Google Plus page here.

Pink and Blue

Here's what I wore today:

Dress: Asos twist workwear dress (last seen here)
Necklace: freshwater pearls, gifted
Bracelets: the usual plus 2 freshwater pearl ones (black and white pearls) from Indigo Rose Design
Shoes: New Look cream and brown wedges
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

I have been wanting to try pink and blue together for a while after seeing so many bloggers wearing it well - my new magenta bag gave me the perfect excuse to try. Was nice wearing something so bright today, although I kept the rest of my accessories simple.


Closeup of accessories:

 

Hope you all had a good Monday!

Belts and Buckles, Virtual Fashion Week party

Nice relaxing Saturday with DH and Cooper. I wore my bling belt as part of the Frivolous Friday: Belts and Buckles challenge at the Fashionoclast

Here's what I wore today:

Tee: Supre
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus a Swarovski crystal one from Indigo Rose Design
Belt: extremely old, no idea where I got it
Shorts: Jeans west
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work (Yep, again! Sorry I'm in a bit of a bag rut but I love this bag!)
Shoes: Cotton On thongs

Wore some blingy accessories to match the belt buckle. It's basically a standard belt buckle covered in diamantes. It was my favourite belt for a few years.


Closeup of accessories:

The lovely Sam from Style of Sam threw a Virtual fashion Week party yesterday - and I virtually attended! Check out the fun pics everyone sent in for the party here. I hope it's a new tradition on her blog.

Pink for casual Friday

Very happy it's Friday, has been such a long week!

Here's what I wore today:

Top: Sass & Bide Musical Genius tank
Necklace: House of Harlow 5 station necklace in black and silver
Bracelets: the usual plus 2 Rutilated Quartz bracelets from Indigo Rose design
Jeans: Jeanswest
Shoes: Asos flirt leather sandals
Bag: New-to-me Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

Couldn't resist taking a few more photos to show off how the Balenciaga work sits when worn for Effen Haute Forum :)

Closeup of accessories:

Hope you all have a great weekend planned!

Indigo Rose Design, new bag: Balenciaga 05 magenta work

Such a busy day today - but lots of news!

First up my friend who makes a lot of the beautiful pieces of jewelry that I wear on the blog has opened her facebook store - check it out! Indigo Rose Design on Facebook! Every piece is designed and handmade by her in Australia.

My ebay impulse buy bag was deemed authentic by the experts at Effen Haute Forum so I took it out today. Very happy! I have been wanting another Balenciaga work for a long time, and I love the colour of 2005 magenta.


Here's what I wore today:

Top: Mei Mei bought in a now closed boutique on a fun lunchtime shopping trip with K
Skirt: Asos tailored tab front pencil skirt in grey
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus 2 freshwater pearl ones (black and white pearls) from Indigo Rose Design
Shoes: Nine west black flats (first seen here)
Bag: New-to-me Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

I covered up with a Jeanswest cardi in the office.

Pics taken by the lovely K from Make Every Move Count, she has volunteered to be my official workplace photographer! She's so sweet.

Closeup of accessories:

And a better picture of my new-to-me bag: my Balenciaga 2005 magenta work in regular hardware.
I am so in love.

My bestie has the same bag but in the city style - I need to plan another trip to visit her and get a pic of the two bags side by side!