Key Wardrobe Item: Knit Sweater
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In my real wardrobe these items are:
Bonds T-shirt – American Apparel Fisherman Knit Sweater – Cheap Monday Jeans – Country Road Ballet Flats
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In my real wardrobe these items are:
American Apparel Fisherman Knit Sweater – ASOS Chrome Cuffs – Rick Owens Wedge Boots – Alexander Wang Satchel – Supre Skirt
Lately all my outfits are revolving around my American Apparel Fisherman Knit Sweaters. They’re classic and comfortable, and I can style them a million different ways. I never feel particularly dressy in them, though. I can’t work out if it’s because they’re too casual or because I wear them so frequently that I’ve lost perspective on where they sit on the style spectrum.
I couldn’t find flat-lay images of the American Apparel sweaters online so I’ve substituted them for these similar knits by Steven Alan. The Wang T-shirt, Repetto Flats, Margiela Cuffs and Topshop Skirt are also flay-lay digital stand-ins for actual wardrobe items I own which I’ve annotated above.
What’s your key wardrobe item of late? Do you feel that after you’ve worn it a lot it’s less special?
Counting Down
Diptyque Baies Scented Candle
It’s exactly one month until my birthday. In the spirit of not indulging in things I don’t need, this year I might skip the cake and blow out the flame on a gorgeous Diptyque candle instead. Elegant and sweet smelling, the BAIES candle definitely falls into the “functional and beautiful” category of home accessories.
I’ll probably end up with the white candle because I think it’s smaller and therefore, kinder to my bank balance.
Pistol
ACNE Pistol Short Boots
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Leather T-Bar Dress
ASOS Petite Leather T-Bar Dress
Loving the unexpected raspberry shade for this sleek leather bodycon dress. Sadly it’s only available through ASOS Petite and would be far too short on me. It’s on sale, too… somebody please snap it up!
Estherian Redux
With all of the excitement of the awards event at the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blogging Awards in Malaysia I completely forgot to take proper outfit photos, but I’m so completely smitten with the beautiful dress I had the opportunity to wear that I needed to snap it properly for prosperity.
When I found out I was a finalist for Best Fashion Blog and that there’d be a red carpet awards ceremony I felt like I had a level of responsibility to engage with my outfit. My immediate thought turned to Malaysian born, Melbourne-based designer Lui Hon, who kindly obliged my request to borrow one of his beautiful dresses for the event.I chose the white silk with the grey print version of the Estherian Dress for something just a little different, but grounded the whimsicality with sharp black and chrome accessories.
I’d planned to wear different shoes, but when I happened upon these metal heeled pumps at Zara that very afternoon whilst out shopping with Janice in one of Kuala Lumpur’s enormous shopping malls, The Pavilion – the same shoes I blogged about a few months back – it was like a kind of fashion affirmation. The chrome spikes matched back perfectly with my wonder woman cuffs.
It was great to see that most of the other finalists for Best Fashion Blog went to as much sartorial effort as I had, especially Camille in her white-swan inspired ensemble, who I did not get the opportunity to meet; but whom I felt was the most deserving to win (and sadly did not).
Thank you so much to Lui, Luka and the rest of the team at Lui Hon for the opportunity to wear this gorgeous dress. I hope I did you proud!
Estherian Print Silk Dress: Lui Hon
Black Belt: ASOS
Chrome Cuffs: ASOS
Black Metal Heels: Zara
Black Leather Clutch: ANVE
