Planning your winter wishlist? This guest post from Elizabeth at Mary Jane Fashion will enable your fantasy fashion dreams...
Christmas is still a little way off, so it’s probably still
too soon to start thinking about presents and wishlists. We are, however,
entering into the throes of winter and there’s nothing wrong with fantasising
about wonderful sartorial goodies when we’re battling our way through wind,
rain and all other sorts of meteorological obstacles. If our commutes to work,
university, college or school are made a little bit brighter by the thoughts of
gorgeous clothes and accessories, then who can blame us? Were we to be granted
three fashionable wishes, like in the fairytales of old, here are the three
pieces from the new season that we’d definitely ask for:
1)
Miu Miu coats
Tweed is a solid, investment texture that has long been
associated with heritage brands like Chanel and Burberry. This season, however,
tweed was given a modern update at the Miu Miu runway, with Miuccia Prada’s
models walking down the runway in an array of colourful tweed coats.
Maintaining a traditional cut straight from the sixties, the coats captured the
irreverence and fun of the Miu Miu girl thanks to their popping hues.
Additionally, Prada threw some python skin, leopard print and giraffe print
coats into the mixture, which, again, come in an array of colours like blue,
green, orange and yellow so that no look appeared the same. Decorous and
charming, these coats would make great additions to our own wardrobes.
2)
Balmain x H&M party dress
Every girl deserves a stunning party dress no matter the
time of year and where better to look than at Balmain? It’s very rare that
designer clothing enters into the realm of the high street but recently Olivier
Rousteing, collaborated with the high-street giant H&M. There was only one
slight problem: hands up anyone else who was confronted by a blank screen when
they tried to log onto H&M’s website to sample some of the clothing? We all
clambered for the haute-high street collection but, alas, the fashion gods were
not smiling kindly down on us and it sold out in a matter of minutes. If we
could be granted a wish, we would love this opulent, baroque minidress. This
statement dress features intricate brocade embellishments and a rich colour
palate of black, white and gold. Luxurious and gorgeous, we wouldn’t need
another dress for at least a year!
3)
Dior boots
This season, Raf Simons produced a prim and preppy
collection of shirts and kilts that featured plenty of contemporary twists. One
of his centrepieces, however, were his second-skin boots: boots with Perspex
heels and a texture so figure hugging and shiny that they looked as though they
had been lacquered onto the models legs especially. With slick patent patches
swirling into contrast matte leather, the boots are weird and wonderful,
perfectly offsetting the pretty clothing worn elsewhere on the models (shop
similar styles at maryjanefashion.com).
We’d wear the boots for any occasion: to make a statement at work, for days out
with friends or when dressed to the nines at wintry soirees.
*This post was sponsored by Mary Jane Fashion*
I'd love a Balmain dress! Darn those Kardashians for putting it all over my newsfeed. ;)
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