Get Cutie Iris Starlett Dress

I've been so excited to show you this dress! This dress is from Get Cutie down in Brighton. I went into the shop and tried on the Starlett dress in a size 24. Since it was such a good fit I decided to take the plunge and order one in the Iris print fabric. This fabric is by Michael Miller, and makes a beautiful dress fabric. 

I spent three nervous weeks waiting for the dress to arrive, hoping the sizing was as good as the one in the shop and that the print would suit the style of dress. Well I was thrilled when the package arrived and inside was this beautiful retro vintage cut dress. This is the best shot of the day (my I don't know how to pose pose!):

Size wise this dress is pretty good. There's plenty of room in the bust and the gathering detail on the waist sits beautifully. The fabric is cotton and there's no stretch whatsoever I would say I am the waist/underbust measurement limit for Get Cutie dresses - still I managed to wear this dress all day for a wedding in relative comfort.

The wedding was amazing and the wedding car was just fantastic!

This dress is not for the faint hearted is shows a far amount of cleavage eek! Cheers!

I did manage to coordinate with a bridesmaid (my lovely cousin) by accident! 

Great minds do think alike though!

 Here's my photographer:

 Dress@ Get Cutie

Shoes @ New Look

Purse @ Accessorize

Fascinator @ Accessorize

OOTD: Tan and Denim

Just a very quick OOTD. I took the opportunity last Friday to wear my new knee highs over some leggings. I wore this outfit for the car journey up to Yorkshire so I would be nice and comfy whilst driving. We stopped off at our favorite French Patisserie for a croissant for brunch, mmm... I hardly ever eat Croissants nowadays I don't know why really but that makes the occasional one taste even better!

There's nothing new here but thought I would share this outfit anyway!

leggings @ Evans

Boots @ Evans

Shirt @ Yours

Cami @ Peacocks

Oooh also received my Get Cutie dress which fits beautifully which is a massive relief! Cant wait to share it!

In other news I picked up some fabulous fabric which I am going to channel into a 50's style dress at some point. Every now and then I have a delve into retro dressing and I have so much fun. Still its all just in the pipeline at the moment so I'll stop banging on about it!

Bye for now!

OOTD: I Heart Houndstooth

I've been hankering after some hounds tooth for about a year now. I spent some time a few months back trawling e-bay for something, to no avail. Finally autumn winter 2012 has arrived and its now raining cats and dogstooth! (OK so no cats, but seriously I wish it would stop raining!) 

I have been looking for the right piece, I didn't want to spend a fortune on a new coat or a dress but this t-shirt and shoes combo from New look has done me nicely! This seasonal injection of hooundstooth set me back £21 which my purse can deal with nicely. I thought I would leave my hair as I usually wear it for these snaps- held up in a bun via the magic of a pen/pencil!

The snood is from Primark, I try not to buy too much in there since I could quite easily hoard scarves/accessories until I couldn't get into my wardrobe anymore for fear of a serious avalanche! (to be honest I'm quite close already, the OH is very patient!)

Shirt @ New Look

T shirt @ New Look

Jeans @ Evans

Bag @ M&S

Shoes @ New Look

Snood @ Prinmark

 This weekend has been like a miniature holiday we both took a couple of days off and went to visit my folks. It has been nice and relaxing but we are both back to work tomorrow. Still I have enjoyed a few days of nice relaxed dressing.

Hope you are all well w x

New Boots and an autumn OOTD

Last weekend I did a bit of shopping! In a way I was dreading the shopping task at hand. Last year my trusty knee high boots finally died (in a variety of ways all at once!) They were comfy wearable sensible and stylish. I was not looking forward to finding some more given the usual available options!

Still I went to Evans, which really is the only place I can try on and buy knee highs. Despite having some quality issues with past Evans boots I decided to give it anther go. I went to Reading and tried on a few different styles, the main criteria was that they had to be wearable on a daily basis and comfy. I was determined to buy black boots, so what did I come out of Evans with?

Yes I bought tan ones! These boots are pretty good. They are lovely and comfy. As for fit my ankles are 9 inches and my calves are 17 inches, They are a little baggier in the ankles than I would like but they are a lovely fit otherwise. I bought a size 5- I am usually a size 7 in new look!
Back to the calf fitting, there are two elastic panels and an adjustable buckle (mine is on the middle hole) although If I put them on the biggest fitting I can get my hand in the boots in addition to my leg! See:

 

So I would say that you could easily get another inch out of them. Despite their leather look they are not leather which is a shame but the lining of these is just lovely.

I also splashed out on some new jeans from Evans and a top from New look too.

Top @ New Look

Jeans @ Evans

Boots @ Evans

Bag @ M&S

Necklace and bangle ?!

The jeans are a size 22 regular bootcut and are very comfy, I also have some 20's in the same fit (bought last year) as I tend to find they are quite stretchy but this time I went for comfort! I have my fingers crossed that they will keep their shape.

In other news I dusted off the sewing machine for a craft project...

..and went to Brighton for sushi and general Brighton fun...

...where I ordered another Get Cutie which I cant wait to get my hands on and show you!

p.s. there are a lot of Evans boot sponsored posts going around at the moment, but this one isn't sponsored x
p.p.s. i also don't have shares in hobby craft!