Confezioni Crosby A/W 12

Confezioni Crosby's Fall/Winter '12 collection, despite it only having just turned Spring, is an inspiration for me all year round. I'm a sucker for pinafores and the pyjama trend so my goodness isn't this all just wonderful? I personally believe it is valid for me to be discussing this collection in April because such items can be strategically styled for all seasons. You just need to deduct the tights, coats and long sleeves from the equation and it's ready for warmer months. 

What I adore about Confezioni Crosby as a brand is not only the fact I feel it is befitting my style (rather excitingly I ponder all the possibilities of styling) but also the way in which beautiful pieces are brought together in collections that really stand out individually but don't follow seasonal trends so strongly that you would have forgotten you owned it by next season. They are staple and essential items that I personally could see myself wearing time and time again, into next season and all the seasons after. Classic shapes and quality materials, they are investment pieces that will become the centre of your outfit, finding yourself tailoring all the other pieces to it when you're getting ready each day.

A Grecian getaway.

Built by Wendy

Shift dresses and sleeves with the perfect puff to them, I adore the shape to Built by Wendy's Spring 2012 collection and as today is Spring's first day, never a better time to share these images.

The collection is fit for summer vacations around Europe, with the brand being inspired by Greece and it's 'sun-drenched, white stucco walls, brilliant blue ocean, languid seaside days and hot clubby nights'

Handpicked trends.

Obviously not every trend is suitable for a person and there are some that don't just work for me based on my personality and style. Off the top of my head the one trend I can say I have never really pursued is the sports look, I have never been athletic to begin with so I would be a walking oxymoron and secondly I much prefer to go for something innocent and feminine.

I have pulled together my most favoured trends from photos and images I have stored on my computer from recent collections. 

Roseanna, Blak, Gat Rimon, Samantha Pleet, Vivetta, Blak

I take fashion as a chance to dress up, take on a new persona. It tends to be quite subtle but in my head I always have a reason for wearing something in connection to perhaps a character in a film or book, an era .etc. and put myself into character for the day. As I mentioned in a previous post, throughout my teens I can't say I was very girly in the way I dressed but now I am more inspired by the dainty looks above, I have a very young looking face so pastels, florals and collars that make me imagine I'm a clown, tend to work for me over tight body-con dresses.

Lonely Hearts, Need Supply Co., Something Else, Wood Wood, Suno

I think it's important to fill your wardrobe with staple items but I am far from taking my own advice on this one, I get so drawn into the details and colours of patterns and prints that I am quick to desert the staples items. I've selected the images above because they bring together the different aspects of a dress which I enjoy wearing: shift, collared, fifties prom, tea and oversized. 

Strummer, ilflor, Lonely Hearts, POP, Strummer, Twenty Seven Names

I don't think I've made it that clear about my enthusiasm for dressing like I'm a young foolish girl caught up in a world of the uniformity of school and seeking adventures. I admit, I've recently gone back to reading Famous Five as a breather between other books and the excitement and mystery filled within the pages equals me wanting to dress like the photos above. Last summer I read Swallows & Amazons and I'm pretty sure this is how the Blackett sisters would have dressed.

Take a trip.

The sun has got his hat on and with Discotheque Confusion in Jamaica, Calivintage in Hawaii and these effortless and very uncomplicated pieces from Le Mont Saint Michel all over my laptop screen, I am yearning for a vacation. 

Paper Moon

Inspired by the film Paper Moon, the simplicity of  the1930s silhouette is showcased in Colenimo's S/S lookbook.

Fit for an adventurous tomboy, I adore the use of plain shapes, the dropwaist's and sailor collars.