How to Style Neon

This monochrome and neutrals thing has really taken me by surprise lately. It seems to be my go-to palette on a daily basis but at the same time, I am still drawn to strong colours and statement pieces. So let me introduce you to this fluoro skirt I discovered in River Island.

It's a pretty bright neon orange, not quite as radioactive as it photographs but definitely neon. I have a neon green skirt too, so maybe I'm starting a collection. The fit of this skirt is great and I like how it works with tights and a jumper but will also be perfect with a white cami top for when the sun is out.

I keep buying myself holiday clothes at the moment, despite the fact I'm not going away until September, so I'm hoping for the British summertime to kick in any time soon. I swear when I was a kid it was hot all summer long...

Neon Skirt - River Island

White Shirt - ASOS

Grey Speckled Jumper - Primark

Boyfriend Coat - Oh My Love

Black Brogues - Office

White Boxy Bag - ASOS

Silver Necklace - Primark

Lipstick - Kate Moss Rimmel 110

Neon & Acid Wash Denim

I just happened to be strolling along under the trees, in the sunlight. You know how it is. Does anybody else feel like a damn fool posing for blog photos? Especially when the dog walkers are doing the rounds and their very fluffy dog stops to have a butchers.

This is my second foray into the neon trend. I spotted this skater skirt in H&M while I was shopping this weekend and it was one of those 'don't have time to try it on, I'm gonna make a leap of faith' and you know what? I'm glad I leaped. I've got nothing else like it and I'm looking forward to seeing what else I can clash it with.

The acid wash denim shirt and silky bomber jacket are both weekend buys too. I loved the tone of the shirt and it's interesting because it has a sheer panel at the back. The bomber jacket was my bargain buy reduced to £7! I bought it many sizes too big in order for it to be slouchy, although I think I could probably have scaled it down a bit from a size 20. I was just too excited and picked up the first one I found.

Bomber Jacket - Primark

Acid Wash Denim Shirt - Primark

Neon Skater Skirt - H&M

Chelsea Boots - Peacocks

Necklace - Primark

Nails - Satsuma Gelly Nails by Barry M

How To Style Monochrome

Monochrome is a trend that has really taken me by surprise.

I never choose such plain colours, it goes against my colourful nature. Heh.

But really, I find it a bit of a challenge, so I set myself a bit of a task 'How to style monochrome' and based all the looks around my new statement trousers from H&M.

Black and White

Keeping to just black and white was definitely the easiest way to style a monochrome look and I think one of the most striking. I did discoverer that matching whites is harder than you might think and it looks really wrong if it's an off white against the pure white of my trousers.

Jumper - New Look

Monochrome Trousers - H&M

Brogues - Office

Necklace - Moroccan Market

Studded Bag - Moroccan Market

Lipstick - Heartbreaker by Sleek

Monochrome and Neon

I've found neon quite difficult to style and then monochrome came along, like a knight in shining black and white armour.

Neon Top - H&M

Studded Slippers - Missguided

Necklace - Primark

Block Colour and Sports Luxe

Block colour works well with monochrome, particularly a bold, primary colour. These trousers are pretty smart usually, so to mix it up a bit I wore Converse for a take on 'sports luxe'. Yah.

Royal Blue Top - New Look

Boyfriend Jacket - Oh My Love

Converse

Geometric Necklace - H&M

Lipstick - Stiletto by Sleek

Classic

Keeping it classic with polished heels, a white shirt and red lips works like a monochrome dream. While this is hardly an everyday look for me, it's nice to whack out the killer heels once in a while.

White Shirt - New Look

Heels - Primark

Gold Watch - ASOS

Lipstick - Stiletto by Sleek

How do you style monochrome?

The Simple Sundress

 

I spotted this sundress in the H&M magazine a while back and like a lot of the things I spot in magazines decided I should snap it up and then promptly forgot about it.

Then I discovered it in store and remembered the love. Ahh fickle fashion.

I wasn't expecting to be able to wear it so soon, then this bank holiday arrived and the sun with its hat firmly on. When it's as hot as it has been for the past few days, I can only think about summer dresses and sandals. My summer fashion is pretty old school but I made this look a little more modern with the neon accent sandals.

Denim Sun Dress - H&M

Neon Sandals - H&M

Studded Bag - Moroccan Market

Sunglasses - Primark

Watch - Sekonda at ASOS

'Hannah' Necklace - Majorca Market circa 1994

Neon & Monochrome

Monochrome is absolutely everywhere this season. I was aware that is was set to be big but the high street shops have been all over it like a rash. I do enjoy the simplicity and statement of just black and white but so far haven't quite gone all out for it. Instead I've injected some of my much needed colour in the form of a neon orange top and (not neon) green Cambridge Satchel looklike.

Coats are still very much in need at the moment too and I went with grey because I didn't think there was any need for more clashing, after all, with the Aztec cardigan and studded boots, there was quite a lot going on.

Grey Coat - H&M

Aztec Cardigan - Primark

Neon Orange Top - H&M

Black Jeans - Primark

Green Cambridge Satchel Lookalike - Primark

Studded Biker Boots - Matalan

Silver Geometric Necklace - H&M

Sunglasses - C&A

Beanie - H&M