Increasingly, as I am planning what to wear for work in the mornings I am not just planning an outfit that will be able to take me from a carefree commute to my desk……
I am having to use the weather app on my iPhone to gain insight into the ever-changing British weather, which seems to change on an hourly basis. But ever the optimist, I thought that I would engage in a little positive visualisation using Pinterest and imagine the perfect summer commute looks.
Paloma
I’m back and ready for my Spring/Summer wardrobe refresh!
Having spent most of the winter months indoors writing MBA assignments and eating chocolate…. I am now ready to embrace warmer weather, lighter evenings and go shopping!!!
For inspiration I have created a Spring/Summer edit which captures some key SS15 trends, as well as some classics. I hope you like it….
Paloma
The film Fifty Shades of Grey based on the novel by E.L James hits the cinemas this week and whilst a lot of the focus has been on the romance; I have been dreaming of what it would be like to be Caroline Acton, the frequently mentioned but never seen personal shopper of Christian Grey. She had the pleasure of selecting every stylish item in Anastasia Rose Steele’s walk-in wardrobe, which for me had much more appeal than the ‘Red Room’. Caroline Acton is the ultimate taste-maker and go-to personal shopper of billionaires and their significant others. So I would like to pay tribute to the unsung heroine of Fifty Shades of Grey in my edit of coveted and stylish pieces fit for a billionaires.
Paloma
A wardrobe fit for Olivia Pope?
‘It’s handled!’
Ok, let me let you in on a little secret, I want to be Olivia Pope…
Here is a woman who is not just razor sharp in the way she dresses, but also in the way she intelligently deals with multiple political crises.
Now let’s talk about that wardrobe….
Olivia has a number of great signature pieces which are must haves for our winter wardrobes, from the wrap coat to the elbow length glove. Nobody wears a statement jacket and wide leg trousers like Olivia when she is strutting towards the Oval talking into her cell at 100 mph, coffee and Prada tote in hand.
Extramarital affairs aside Olivia is pretty perfect (note to self, this is a fictional character!). Only time will tell whether Olivia and Fitz will end up living happily ever after, or succumb to one of Mellie’s many schemes. All I know is that Scandal is one of the best TV dramas of all time and Shonda Rhimes is a genius!
Here is my edit of all things Olivia, can you handle it?
Paloma
Glasses, spectacles, you name it I have been wearing them for decades. My superficial relationship with glasses started in the late eighties following a fantastic episode of the Clothes Show, which featured a segment on some fabulous eyewear. I remember thinking ‘I don’t really need to wear glasses ..….and that’s a shame because they are so hot right now. This was the late eighties, I was about 10 years old and I thought print jumpers with matching sock were cool! *Note to self socks and matching jumpers are never anything but sad!
The Casual Smarts 