Autumn layering – a giveaway with Ottoman Hands jewellery

Did I screech my car to a halt when I passed an unknown boulevard lined with golden yellow trees?  Why yes, yes I did.  But I want to talk autumn styling so I needed those trees… To me autumn styling is all about the layers and the textures and the colours.  Golden jewellery from my favourite affordable luxury brand, Ottoman Hands, delicately…
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Rained off

Kicking the week off with a pretty basic rainy day look and feeling wholly uninspired by this weather… So I’ll be spending the night warming my legs with my laptop and making notes for tomorrow’s Black Friday post.  So far my ‘research’ has already cost me this La Redoute rug for the new front room – but, I mean, at 40% off…
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Ball gowns every day

When you buy what can only be described as a gown, because it’s just too pretty with its big obi bow and its chopped up hem, and you want to get a bit of mileage from it…  Add leather legs (yeah, I’m afraid it’s that time of year again – my legs will be leather for approximately the next three months…
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Post baby fitness – what works for me

What came as something of a shock to me was just how exhausted my body was following the birth.  And not just for a day or two where I did not trust my legs to be steady enough to carry my baby safely or for the first week where a 100m walk was a great triumph (and required a park bench…
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When all that’s left of ERDEMxHM is the socks

When all that’s left of the Erdem x HM collab is the socks…  and you gotta buy them because you’re such a sucker for the marketing that £25 for a couple pairs of socks seems completely reasonable.  But you know what?  I kinda love them.  And I don’t think I ever had the challenge of building an entire look around…
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