untouched

Spring/summer fashion is approaching like morning breath at 7am, on a sunday, after a rough one. With sale percentages going up to 70%, retailers desperate to clear space, it wont be long until we're ditching our wooly tights and donning our denim shorts. The problem i encounter each time one fashion season ends, and another begins, is where to start. I usually start by digging out last years summer garms to see what i can salvage, then i search down the sides of any couch i can find to tally up the pennies and mentally traipse around online stores, creating out of reach shopping baskets. It's hard to decide which style route you're going to go down when you're basically starting with an empty summer wardrobe, although it is refreshing the fact you can go down any route you want, like a clean slate. So i've done the traipsing on the UK's most popular clothing websites, found some must-have items that may help you decide whether you rape the florals or the pastels this summer, and documented them in four posty-wosts. Number one being Urban Outfitters'. Enjoy.


Urban Outfitters


best of the florals...

             001. £38                |             002. £10              |             003. £38               |               004. £42              |             005. £55   

In my opinion, with florals, you can't go wrong. There also very adaptable to all seasons, just by the simple changing of a few colours, and add instant femininity to any outfit. As long as it's a nice print, and a classy design, floral is über versatile and i haven't met one person yet who doesn't suit it. I'll definitely be bringing my garden into my wardrobe this summer.


best of the brights...

             006. £55               |              007. £65              |             008. £38               |               009. £45              |             010. £55   

Brights definitely scream picnic in the park. I pretty much suit every colour, except yellow, so i'm quite lucky. I always have trouble wearing brights though, because i never know when to stop, and i don't like my outfits to look too matchy-matchy. I think i'll be sticking to soft colours this summer, alot like the first and second picture, but i do have a garm crush on 010.


colours of the sky...

             011. £143               |              012. £28              |             013. £30               |               014. £116              |             015. £30   

By colours of the sky, i mean blacks, whites, greys and pale pinks and purples. I would absolutely love to be able to fork out £143 for a silk top, especially the de-lish one shown in 011. I reckon this'll be my style for this summer, i love simplicity and i like layering, and these colours aren't too overpowering to layer. I'm definitely getting the swallow t-shirt, i'm actually in love with it, and i'm debating the cross one to because i'm obsessed with anything 'cross' lately.

accessories...

             016. £10                |              017. £8               |             018. £22               |               019. £12              |             020. £16   

               021. £18             |              022. £16              |             023. £24               |               024. £16              |             025. £68  

Headbands are going to be a huge part of my dressings this summer, i've decided, even if no-one else wears them. I'm also going to start wearing more silver jewellery, i barely ever  stray from gold, but this summer i'm going to drape dirty silver all over me. How erotic. I usually opt for two pairs of sunglasses every summer, a girly shape, and an edgy shape. Last year i went for nude-pink wayfarers and gold aviators, this year i already have 022 in black, and i'm heading straight for the heart shaped frames as my girly pair - sorted. 

best of the feet huggers...

               026. £85             |              027. £115            |             028. £24               |               029. £115            |             030. £38  

I don't really put much emphasis on the shoes i wear, i often find if i don't think about what feet-chums i wear, it makes the outfit more edgy and less topshop-y. My one weekness, however, is gorgeous heels. So it was drool city on saturday in the oxford street store when i saw the suede cut out wedges, aren't they beautiful, and i'm feeling the cream cross-overs. In contrast to my first comment about shoes, if it's a nighttime outfit, i find it easier to pick the shoes i'm wearing first and build my outfit around them. Weird, huh?

So that's urban outfitters checked off the list, next, topshop.

Are you all good? I bloody hope so. I'm loving all the e-mails i'm getting about the blog names, keep 'em coming, you lovely beans.

Spankyou.

P & L