The animal print dress dilemma

By reading other blogs, I discovered Sweat faced Style's love for animal print and she really made me consider buying an animal print dress.

So I found a dress a few time ago on Evans and ordered it.. but since then, I really don't know how to style it, I'm never happy with the final results.

One big problem, the cleavage is too low on the breast, so I can't wear it as a proper dress, I have to had a t-shirt.

Also, I really don't know what's wrong.. maybe it is the pattern is too light..maybe the general shape doesn't fit my body...maybe I picked the wrong shoes...



The 1st attempt was with black leggings, a black jumper with a wide belt and a little animal print scarf.. It was a bit sad, and my face isn't helping too!!



Then I decided to pimp it up with some colors and added the purple tights and the purple wide blet.. Still wasn't convinced



Then I tought that maybe the black jumper was too big so I took him off and add a long sleeve black t-shirt and put the purple wide dress directly on the dress...

As I was relly getting late and had to go away, I made up my mind on this last outfit.. but maybe this kind of patters is simply not for me.. or I could maybe alterred the dress..

I'll keep you update with my new ideas on this very important issue!!

Low Key Outfit

Ok.. so today I had no imagination and was a bit lazy... So this outfit is part of what I would call the family of the boring outfits.
I just dig into a pile of black clothes that are all over my dressing..
I had the extreme courage to grap a purple t-shirt and accessories with my mustache necklace and new earrings from H&M..

Sorry my camera does strange dots on the pictures!







purple long sleeve t shirt : La Redoute (size 50)
black knitted dress : Kiabi (size 50)
black pants : New Look (size 24)
black booties : La Halle aux Chaussure (size 40)
mustache necklace : Tatty Devine
long earrings : H&M

Giving in the cape fever

I was very tempted by the Kaki cape from Asos since I first saw it on their website.. Then la pocket rocket did a nice outfit post and was even more tempted.

I waited for a while to get a little bargain and here it is... I was a bit disappointed by the warmth of this cape because on the website, it looked much more thick. In the end, it is more of a in-between seasons clothe.

Today I wear it with a very simple and automnish outfit, with my chocolate necklace and my eclairs earrings.









purple cami : New Look (size 22)
brown jumper : Kiabi (size 50)
black tulip skirt : Yours (size 24)
brown tights : We love colors
Kaki cape : Asos (size 22)
shoes : La Halle aux chaussures (size 40)

new corduroy dress

I bought recently this purple corduroy dress on sale on the Asos website.
It is not spectacular but comfy for the winter season.
It has no sleeve so I have to wear it with a cardigan.







corduroy purple dress : Asos (size 22)
red cardigan : New Look Inspire (size 22)
crisps necklace : Tatty Devine
tights : Monoprix (size 6)
shoes : Eram (size 40)

Winterisation : the Hawaian Dress ***retro-blogging***

So, here is my second "winterisation" attempt.. with the Hawaian dress from Asos I love so much.
As the background of the dress is black, I think it is easier to remix for a colder season.
This dress being really too short, I can't wear it without a skirt, or I feel uncomfortable.
I added a black short bolero with the crossboned sweater clip.






black bolero : New Look Inspire (size 22)
hawaian dress: Asos Curve (size 22)
black pencil skirt : Asos Curve (size 22)
crossboned sweater clip : It'saswindle on Etsy
red tight : We love colors
shoes : Eram

strips again

Here is the second casual top I bought in New Look in Lille this week-end.
It is pretty simple too, red and white strips with a little ruffle on the front...







Detail of the ruffle



Detail of my new jewellery : the scissor necklace..
(wonder if it will prevent me from boarding on a plane)



and the toothpaste earrings...




top : New Look (size 22)
white jean skirt : H&M (altered pair of jeans)
jewellery : eBay
shoes : Jeffrey Campbell (size 9)

casual outfit

This week end, I went to Lille.
Not having any holidays this summer, I will try to escape Paris every week-end till end of august... Jumping on a train really gives me the sensation to be on holidyas, just leaving this crazy town, even for one day, is ok for me...

In Lille, I have a ritual : I go to M&S to buy tights or legging and then I go to the Inspire section of the Euralille New Look.

I bought 3 tops on sales : here is the 1st one, with my eternal jean skirt and a pair a camel shoes from Asos.

I noticed this lovely black top with cream ribbon on the short sleeves.. but it was a little bit too expensive... I take the risk to wait till the next sales or till I get a coupon...








top : New Look (size 22)
jeans skirt : H&M (size 52)
leggings : M&S (size XXL- 50/54)
camel shoes : Asos (size 7)

Garde à vous!

The cold is back.. I associated my kaki jacket with DIY shoulder pads with a black skirt and black boots.. It emphasized the cavalry look!

red t shirt : Dorothy Perkins (size 22)
pencil skirt : Asos (size 24)
kaki jacket : New Look (size 52)
black boots : Duo (size 40)

DIY shoulder pads for a military kaki jacket!

I recently bought during a short trip to Lyon this military jacket at the new New Look shop in a Part Dieu. I wanted to pimp it up a little bit and since I'm into DIY these days, I found some ideas in other blogs.



After several tests, I made up my mind for red galon and golden ribbon.
Here is a close up of the shoulder pad.



dress : Asos (jumpsuit turned into dress - size 22)
shoes : purple wedges on ebay
military jacket with DIY shoulder pads : New Look (size 22)

weather 1 - me 0

Despite my best effort to dress for spring, I had to go back to tights and sweater... I tried to avoid black and mixed 3 colors.



here is a detail of my yummy jewellery, the Tagada Strawberry earings.

purple t shirt : La Redoute (size 50-52
purple turtle neck : New Look (size 22)
skirt : H&M (size 52)
tights : We love colors
shoes : Jeffrey Campbell

neon up, neon down

Today, I had this strange vision of mixing a very straight short pants with neon.. i would say this outfit is kawai preppy...

neon kawai t shirt : New Look Inspire (size 24)
jacket : H&M (size 50)
preppy pants : Kiabi (size 56)
green neon tights : We love colors
scarf : military shop
shoes : La Halle aux chaussures (size 40)

night explosion!

This is more a night outfit.. I was more into staying home friday night and after one persuasive phone call, I decided to go out... I choose my very very tight asos new skirt with neon tights.... I must admit it was pretty comfortable... I don't think I could wear this combinaison in day light.

top : black t shirt , Kiabi
green turtle neck : New Look (size 22)
wide belt : Dorothy Perkins
skirt : Asos (size 22)
neon tights : We love colors
shoes : Jeffrey Campbell

volcano explosion...

Since yesterday, the nature has express herself in Iceland and gone a little wild.
Maybe that's why I'm wearing this very short outfit, i've gone a little wild. Maybe a little too self assured...

sweater : New Look (size 22)
dress-tunic : Carmakoma (size 52)
ski pants : Asos (size 22)
shoes : Jeffrey Campbell (size 9)

black and red again

I'm probably stucked with these 2 colours but I really like that.
Quite simple outfit today, with my new asos ski pants.

red top : Dorothy Perkins (size 22)
red sweater : New Look (size 24)
dress : Kiabi (size 50)
ski pants : Asos (size 22)
shoes : La Halle aux Chaussures
yummy jewel : nanou creation sur a little market

red red red

It really seems i'm into red those days. This colour cheers me up, even if today, I went for a very low key outfit, only the sequin top sparkle the outfit a little bit...

red sequin top : Yours (size 22)
red cardigan : New Look (size 24)
pants : Kiabi (size 54)
shoes : La halle aux chaussures

spring : check

Spring seems to really be here today. Here is a very simple outfit : I'm more and more reluctant to wearing jeans, unless I can counterbalance it with very feminine accessories or heels.

purple top : La Redoute (size 50-52)
black sweater : Kiabi (size 50-52)
bootcut jeans : New Look (size 24)
cross bones sweater clips : it's a swindle (etsy)
shoes : Jeffrey Campbell (size 40)

Liza Minelli Vibe

It's holiday today, I'm spending the day doing some small sewing and taking care of my clothes.
So this morning, I went for the broadway look.

sequin top : New Look
oversized jersey sweater : New Look
tights : MS Mode
shoes : Jeffrey Campbell

ruby tuesday

Here are better shots at my new Dorothy Perkins red coat. It is really comfortable and the high collar really suits my ever sick throat.

I even tried to smile and this time I'm rather happy with the result... I don't look like a grinding cheshire cat...





sequin black top : New Look (size 22)
red cardigan : New Look ( size 24)
skirt : Yours (size 24)
leggings : Carmakoma (size 52)
boots : Duo (size 40)