One Dress, Two Ways

This dress was a complete bargain in Primark, I think I paid £13 for it and have since seen it on sale. Incredible. It's one of those great dresses that can be worn in so many different ways, layered over a shirt, with heels or just as it is. The canary yellow belt came with it but worn with a gold metal plated belt, the whole look would be a lot more luxe.

At first I paired it with my favourite sky blue brogues and because it was a cold day, chucked on my faux fur River Island coat. On reflection, there's a little too much going on with the primary colours to go with fur so I swapped the brogues for my studded boots instead.

Then I decided to try it with my fail-safe camel trench coat which I've been pretty much living in again this Winter. CanNOT believe it only cost me £30 last year in H&M and was a total leaving-the-shop-OMG-how-did-I-not-spot-this-before-get-back-in-the-queue-moment.

I prefer the second look, it just seems more 'right'. Thanks to the early evenings this was an attempt at getting successful photos indoors - I don't think I'll be trying it again...

I went with a top knot - do you plan your outfits around your hair or your hair around your outfit?

Black & White Skater Dress (with Yellow Belt) - Primark

Blue Brogues - ASOS

Necklace - Primark

Studded Boots - New Look

Faux Fur Coat - River Island

Camel Trench Coat - H&M

Lipstick - Inhibition at Topshop

His & Hers Blue Trousers

With the weather being so much colder now, I find myself automatically reaching for jeans and a cosy jumper. It's the easiest option when the mornings are dark and I hate being cold, so in general jumpers always get a thumbs up from me.

Somehow we both ended up in blue trousers, although inadvertently. I love this shade for jeans and James' blue chinos are a nice change from jeans and a bigger surprise than burgundy or cream.

I styled up an otherwise plain outfit with the sequin collar shirt (well, Christmas is on it's way) and rolled up the cuffs on my jeans to show off the full beauty of the studded boots.

Jumpers are my go-to in the cold months, what's yours?

Hannah

Burgundy Jumper - New Look

Sequinned Collar Shirt - New Look

Blue Jeans - New Look

Black Studded Ankle Boots - New Look

James

Grey Jacket - H&M

Gingham Shirt - H&M

Blue Chinos - H&M

Brown Boots - Clarks

The Look Show

Twitter is amazing. Only a week ago I entered a competition stating my favourite AW12 trends to win tickets to the Look show and I won! Have a read of my day.

Getting to London meant a very early bus ride to meet my little sister, Amy. Luckily, after a misty start, the weather was beautiful.

I located Amy somewhere near Shoreditch and after a huge amount of faffing on Amy's part our planned morning trip to Spitalfields was cut short. Fortunately I had time to grab some quick breakfast/lunch.

The show was held at the Royal Courts of Justice. What a building!

This is what I wore.

Dress - Primark | Camo Jacket - Pull & Bear

 Bonjour Belt - ASOS | Studded Bag - H&M

 Studded Buckle Boots - New Look

Inside the event there was lots of waiters dressed in black scurrying between a mass of people, Smashbox cosmetics tables giving people make overs, a number of photo booths and plenty of champagne which led to around 20 of these photo booth prints. We got a little carried away.

The runway was held in this pretty magnificent hallway. Good job Royal Courts of Justice architects.

My camera spent most of the time proving it's useless in movement situations but here are a few shots that almost work.

The show ended with, quite literally, a bang and red foil rained down upon us.

After guzzling a few more glasses of champagne and a rogue mojito we decided it was high time for some Oxford Street shopping.

Needless to say I lugged home a very full brown paper bag plus a couple of new Topshop lipsticks.

After a long day of being fashionable and trawling Primark's rails we headed off to Soho for a gourmet burger of epic proportions. I had The Frenchie.

I waved goodbye to my sister on the Tottenham Court Road tube platform at around 10.45 and headed off to Victoria. After a very sleepy coach ride I arrived back in the Shire at 3am and promptly fell asleep.

In the morning I took a peek at my goody bag swag. Not a bad haul! 

The Look Show was a lovely day out and to all the people who organised it, you did a fantastic job. Thank you New Look for the tickets!