With half of my instagram feed posting photos of Coachella (making me ridiculously jealous), its probably the right time to make a festival inspired post. I recently went shopping to Brighton and brought a huge number of things for summer as this year i'm lucky enough to be going to Ibiza, Kos, Zante, (fingers crossed Reading Festival if i have the funds) and Outlook Festival in Croatia.

One of my favourite purchases was this simple black dress. Last year i bought a similar playsuit from H&M in the same material with a cut out back and have worn it all through the year, layering it with long sleeved (usually striped) tshirts, tights and boots. I decided to mix it up a bit this year with a dress, which i wouldn't usually go for however the ruched details on the skirt makes it suitable for day or evening wear. As it's not quite warm enough to wear it alone, i decided to team this with a simple cropped white mesh short sleeved tee and my CAT's for an effortless outfit.

I also recently bought my Caterpillar boots on ebay, which i won for £19. I'm very aware its coming up to summer and steel toe boots are going to be sweltering but for that price i just had too. If they weren't so warm i wouldn't even hesitate wearing mine to the festivals I'm going to this summer (particularly as chunky black boots have become one of my slight obsessions!)

I did warn you that my new hat was likely to be in most of my future posts, but honestly it's literally the most convenient thing when you're having a bad hair day..

Item specifics are as shown: 

 Black Felt Fedora Hat : New Look
£7.00 (In Store Promotion)

SVART LIMITED EDITION Black Watch: Larsson and Jennings
£245
(Will talk about my beautiful watch more in the future)

Cropped White Mesh Tshirt: Primark 

£5.00

Black Ruched Sun Dress with cut-out back: H&M
£14.99

CAT Holton Boot: Caterpillar 

RRP £101 (Bought brand new for £19.00)

You may have noticed I'm also slightly more brown then before and although i wish this was because I've just returned back from Coachella it's actually all thanks to St. Tropez Self Tanning Mousse. Although yes, St. Tropez is a little pricey at around £30 i promise you its worth it. It definitely provides a natural looking tan in hours and is incredibly easy to applicate reducing the likelihood of streaks and stains. So go buy it :)

 

If you have any ideas for future blog posts just let me know :)

I'M NEW TO THIS - CLASHING SQUARES

So this is my first blog post despite the fact i've wanted to do this for a while now but never had the time. When better to start a blog than just before exams are about to begin where i should theoretically be revising right?!
I have been inspired by many blogs this year and simply wanted to use this as a platform to show off some of my own style choices, in addition to my instagram (which most of the time is full of shameless selfies anyway, which i should really apologise for!!)

 So outfit number one was thrown together this morning when i made the spontaneous decision to create this blog. Item specifics are as shown:

 Black Felt Fedora Hat : New Look
£7.00 (In Store Promotion)

Black/White Gridded Sweater : H&M
£14.99

Belt: Charity Shop

£2.00

Dog Tooth Cigarette Trousers : Mango

£22.99

Chunky Black Sandals : H&M 

£24.99

Sometimes its a really good idea to stay well clear of clashing prints, but this season i love it. I recently bought a matching neon floral two piece which i'll probably show in my next post but needless to say i reckon these two prints look cool together. Although i'm slowly moving away from my black on black on black phase as the weather improves, i love this outfit's simplicity. My hat and sandals are most likely going to be a regular occurance in these outfit posts (sorry) but that doesn't bother me as these are now literally my summer essentials.

 Comment with any ideas for new posts or whatever and follow my instagram if you don't already, as i update that a lot more often :)

Until next post, see yaaaaaa

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