Neapolitan shades.

Pastels add pounds. The other day I learnt of how these sugary shades aren't a good option for people of a shorter stature, making you look larger. How absurd does that sound? I have always been a bit dubious towards the colours as it is, surprising for somebody who enjoys dressing as if they still attend play school. 

I've found them quite tricky to get right, purely down to the fact I think they can often cheapen an item and so the search is always quite hit and miss and when they are quite pallid hues, it seems they can pale skin look washed out. 

Nonetheless, I am coming round to the trend slowly, it's hard not to when it is everywhere. I'm especially loving mint and this dress from Cos suits me down to the ground. The grey breaks up the lighter hue, so perfect for people like me who are a tad timid with the trend and aren't brave enough to wear it from head to toe. 

The girl on the top right has created an adorable outfit making me realise that there is one thing I do appreciate about this trend and that is the ease in which these feminine ice cream tones can be mixed and combined.

Repeat after me.

Dress: River Island

Still fawning over repeated patterns and prints.

PJs

What makes men's clothes more classic and enduring? Is it because the styles don't change as much as female trends? Nonetheless, if it can work for Coco, it can work for me.  

Pyjama top: Topshop

As I've mentioned before, I have a bit of an affinity towards men's clothes. I lost my grandad when I wasn't young enough to really appreciate and be grateful for the time I spent with him. When you are young you just laugh and joke around when he tickles you and he lets you have all the treats you want even if your nan and mum say no. You don't stop to remember their every word and revise the contours of their face at eight years old. I don't think there is a day that goes by when I don't think about him and imagine what he thinks about what is going on in my life. Wearing masculine shapes remind me of him a great deal and because of this I am a true advocate of the pyjama trend. 

We aren't walking around in nightgowns, that just sounds absurd. What can be more chic than sleeping in a shirt? I own silk pyjama bottoms to wear outside of the house but now I dream about having a shirt too. I want to feel like I'm Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window (without the broken leg, the feelings of emasculation and a killer living in the same apartments as me), just maybe not so much Hugh Hefner. 

Back to the Future.

Images all via style.com 

(1. Vena Cava/2. Miu Miu/3. Chanel/4. Giambattista Valli/5. Stella McCartney/6. Stella McCartney/7. The Row/8. Stella McCartney/9. Chanel/10. Halston/11. Valentino/12. The Row)

It's started filling magazines, sneakily appearing in the shops and now slowly but surely seeping into my mind, Autumn/Winter! Eek but it's only July I hear you cry yet I still found myself on style.com this evening looking through all the collections collecting the outfits I admired the most, after putting them together on photoshop I started to see some patterns, particularly in the colour palette region.

(I apologise about the quality and because of this I decided to upload this picture via blogger rather than uploading it to flickr first so you can just click on the image to get a closer look at the details.)