So. Went shopping with my friend today! Spent about NZ$140 total which is way less than I planned for so I feel rather pleased I exercised a little bit of self control; and by control I mean.... Lay-by. Lay-by is my friend. I put a white shirt from Cue on lay-by, which fit my criteria for a classic white shirt, which is actually a damn unicorn in most Women's clothing stores. I didn't want frills or capped sleeves or pockets or whatever. It is only 3/4 sleeve but I that length looks good on me. Still on the lookout for a plain long sleeved white shirt, but figure I can get one at Nicholas Jermyn for a reasonable price.
Anyway! I also got some bargain secondhand pants today after a visit to Recycle Boutique (why have I never been to the Auckland one before?! It's like the secondhand shop to end all secondhand shops). Originally from Max, who like to price their pants around the $100, these were straight-legged and in excellent condition, in my size AND the right length (considering my height this is a miracle) for only NZ$28!
Shirt - Glassons
Singlet - Glassons
Pants - Max
Shoes - Tony Bianco
I rolled them up in the picture because I am absolutely obsessed with cropped pants at the moment. I think they look cute on me, and it's such an easy style to fake i.e. I just roll up my jeans or pants and voila! Plus I think the cropped look looks better with flats; because I can't really wear heels to work (I just like to dream about it hence the showcasing of them in pictures) as most of the time I'm running around delivering/picking stuff up and my feet get very very sore if I'm in heels. Although I don't own any low height heels right now so that might change.
I also bought the Glassons top today, it is a lot brighter and more orange than in those crappy cellphone camera pictures. Can you tell I'm new at this?
I also went to Country Road to try on these pants for NZ$150. Straight legged but again I rolled them up for cropped look. I want non-black pants so I don't look too monotonous when I wear my black tops, and I considered these cream/beige coloured ones because I didn't really like the other colours they had.
(Stupid expression in this one - friend didn't really know how to work the crappy cellphone camera lol)
Top: Glassons
Scarf: Glassons
Pants: Country Road
Shoes: Tony Bianco
(I promise I actually own things from places apart from these two)
Oh yeah and the bumps on my bum are a combination of crinkly pockets and bad underwear choice... oops!
My friend said they looked really good on me. I had to size down to a 6, but I think Country Road has US sizing so it probably was an NZ8. They were expensive though. I really quite like them, and can imagine them going with several items in my wardrobe but... They're beige. I'm not great with light coloured clothing. I had an off white ball dress and managed to stain it with Meatball sauce. I have a white summer dress that gets one wear before going in the Napisan soak again because I always spill stuff on it. My job involves a lot of handling dirty mail and boxes. I'd constantly be paranoid about getting something on them.
They are lovely. If only they were in charcoal grey! There was black but I already have two pairs of black pants (although fly is broken on one which I hope to fix). For Country Road, NZ$150 is actually quite reasonable, but in this case, I think I will have to give these pants a miss.
Those black pants are nice! I don't like the cream ones as much, and I think avoiding them for the sake of sanity is probably a good idea. I bought a white coat and it didn't fit me, which is probably good because it would've ended up pretty manky.
ReplyDeleteHa it's going to be so difficult to comment on your stuff properly because classic doesn't describe my style at all! I shall endeavour, however.
Thanks. The idea of cream or white coloured things is always nice in theory but in real life, not so much. Sigh. At least with white you can bleach it though?
DeleteHaha I am probably very conservative compared to you! But I enjoy looking at your photos and I think your style looks great on you, and I definitely would steal certain elements of your outfits (flower brooch on bra strap -never thought of that! And pencil skirts, oh how I love them). I think I need to branch out in my wardrobe a bit also, so I purposefully read blogs that have a different fashion sense to mine to encourage some spontaneity. E.g. have been slowly building up my fondness for the peplum look and discovered yesterday it looks good on me so yay!
Awesome! Photos! I totally love peplums but have only tried on one or two. I'm not sure if they suit my already generously hipped form. We'll see as I try them more.
DeleteI read all sorts of crazy blogs, but I think I read more that tend to be stuff I'd wear to encourage me to be more creative about what I do already own.
Do you read Extra Petite? Because she's got a build more similar to yours and she's super conservative and classy. She inspired me to wear pencil skirts!
Yeah I thought peplums wouldn't be too flattering to my hips either but I was surprised! I tried on this quite high cut one and it flares out at the right place; pretty much on my waist I think - perhaps it is a matter of finding the right length? Didn't take pics. Might go back and try it on this weekend.
ReplyDeleteYes, I tend to gravitate toward bloggers that emanate my style as well, don't we all? I will always like stuff I know I can wear. I read other bloggers with different styles to me for extra inspiration to try out something new. Wardrobe oxygen got me into 3/4 pants with tucked in shirts :)
Yes I read Extra Petite, I love almost everything she wears and she has inspired me to go out and find a decent tailor (I have pants being fixed there at the moment here's hoping they do a good job and they'll get more of my business!).