Month: February 2014

Kate Spade New York Gramercy Mother of Pearl Silver Watch – UK

I had been coveting a few Kate Spade watch designs for most of 2013 and Santa kindly listened to my wish. The designs are beautiful and offer something a little different to the Michael Kors watch that everyone who is anyone seems to be wearing.

I wanted a pretty but functional watch. A style that could go from the office to the evening and right through the weekend. So I went with the Kate Spade New York Gramercy watch in silver.

Kate Spade New York NY Silver Gramercy Watch Mother of Pearl from the UK

I am so in love with the mother of pearl dial, it looks feminine and pretty but still stylish. The perfect arm candy for Spring/Summer.Kate spade gramercy silver watch mother of pearl dial

What’s more, Kate Spade is relatively new to the UK with only a few stores selling these watches. I bought mine from America for a little less than they sell in the UK… however, customs soon made the price cheaper to buy here!

Kate Spade NY New York Gramercy Watch Mother of Pearl Dial Silver England UK

The back of the dial reads: Live Colorfully.

Love that.

This beauty will stay on my wrist until I buy another Kate Spade watch – there are a few that I have my eye on!

Confessions of a Bride-to-Be

1. I dreamt of my wedding from as young as 6 years old. Yes, I was that girl.

2. I would rather spend more money on shoes than a wedding dress. Shoes last longer.

3. When I knew my fiancé was about to propose – woman’s intuition – I said ‘No, no – don’t do it!’ There was logic in my crazy ways somewhere. Thankfully he ignored me.

4. When we celebrated our 1 year anniversary, back in 2005, we said that if we were still together on our 10 year anniversary, June 2014, then we would marry. I never actually thought it would happen.

5. I planned my whole wedding before I was engaged, yet it is going to be completely different to what I always thought I wanted.

6. I haven’t bought a wedding magazine, not even just the one.

7. On the other hand, I have read wedding blogs for years *maybe even before I was engaged*

8. I hope my wedding is as beautiful as my Pinterest board.

9. Which also leads me to my Pinterest board. I had a wedding Pinterest board long before I was engaged. Pinterest is amazing for wedding planning.

10. I designed my engagement ring months before he proposed. I didn’t think he bought it. But he did.

11. My ring is a pale pink sapphire with 48 tiny diamonds and I absolutely LOVE the colour in bright daylight when it is a pale pink/grey. It’s different and I love that.

12. As you can tell, I am a control freak. I am also planning my own hen party because of the said control freak nature in me.

13. We are getting married in South West France, which was inspired by Georgia’s beautiful wedding in France (from Before The Big Day).

14. I haven’t found wedding planning difficult in the slightest, which is perhaps something to do with working as an Events Coordinator. However, I have found that managing the expectations of others is the hardest part.

15. My partner does not even know the place we are getting married. This is a true story. His response is ‘somewhere in France…’

16. I am having 3 wedding dresses. A 1920’s vintage dress, a custom-made wedding dress that I designed based on a few styles from Galia Lahav and Inbal Dror, and a third yet to be found.

17. My favourite wedding blogs are Style Me Pretty and Before The Big Day. Go check them out.

18. I love flowers. And lace. These will feature in the wedding theme quite heavily.

19. Peonies, hydrangeas, sweet avalanche roses and gypsophila are my flowers of choice.

20. I actually can’t wait for the wedding to be over so we can start the next chapter together.

Channeling Cher Horowitz – Fluffy Crop Top and Zara SS14 Skirt

As an 80’s baby and growing up in the 90’s, Cher from Clueless was my style icon. And she still is. I love 90’s pop socks, crop tops, twin set suits… you get the picture… and Cher epitomises that whole era.

Zara SS14 Stripe Monochrome Skirt Fluffy Primark Crop Top 90s FashionFirstly, excuse the poor lighting – there are also remnants of my friends feather dress on the floor!

So, this weekend I wore a fluffy crop top from Primark with a monochrome striped pencil skirt from Zara’s SS14 collection. I’ve seen so many bloggers go on about the Primark fluffy crop top, so I just had to have one. I actually bought mine a few sizes too big so that it fits a little baggy rather than tight around the waist.

The skirt from Zara is something I’ll wear again. I hate white skirts that have the inevitable VPL showing through but the fabric is just thick enough to stop that. It’s also the right length to sit high waisted and actually fit.

I teamed the outfit with a statement necklace from Dorothy Perkin’s and some black, block heels from Zara.

Zara Monochrome Pencil/Tube Skirt – Link