So far my Dress of The Day posts have always highlighted dresses I really want to get myself (sidenote: I got my hands on that pretty lace print dress from last week; it looks awesome). Today’s dress from Topshop though… I can’t imagine who would ever want to wear it! you’re basically wearing a big sign going “Hey, look at my boobs! My boobs are here!!!”.

If you want to get this “gorgeous” dress, it’s available at Topshop for £48.

Aren’t these measuring cups the cutest? They’re available on Modcloth for $34.99.

I own a lot of skater dresses; it just suits my body type the best, accentuating the good bits, and hiding the bad. Most of the ones I have though are quite boringly in just one colour. I would love to add some more nice patterns to my wardrobe. This Alice In Wonderland inspired print from New Look is exactly what I’m looking for:

It’s available at New Look for only £22.99 and comes with the thin belt depicted in the photo.

What do you think? Yay or nay?

I thought I’d start a new recurring blog post all about dresses; I keep coming across pretty (and sometimes geeky) dresses I want to share with you all! And to keep it in line with my Video of The Day and Photo of The Day posts, I’m calling it Dress of The Day.

First up, is the polka-dot dress from Dorothy Perkins (available here for £52):

Ooh, this jewelry is just so gorgeous (and pricy, but let’s forget about that for now and just drool at the pretties):

Silver and gold wide multi wave cuff with three butterflies

Feather Earrings

Silver drop wave earrings with single butterfly

Lace collar necklace in silver with 18ct Gold links inspired by orchids, fractals and the Chaos Theory

Via Domestic Sluttery

One of the things that I didn’t really realize when moving to another country was that you have to rebuild your entire mental database of stores. Back in the Netherlands, I knew exactly which places would cater to my style, size, price range etc, and which places I should just avoid. Then I moved here to the UK… There were some stores that were the same, but mostly they’re just completely different. So in the past few years, I’ve been slowly figuring out which places I should shop at.

One of the places I still hadn’t ever really tried was Next. It’s just one of those stores that never grabbed my eye when walking past it. So when I got the chance to review a dress from the Next online store, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try it out. I found a cool looking dress, ordered it in size 10 and within 2 days it arrived. Tried it on… and it didn’t fit. Damn. I’m not a size 10 with them, I guess.

I was about to leave for Christmas a couple days later, so decided it would be easier to actually go to a store and exchange it there. Sadly they didn’t have the dress I ordered in a smaller size, so I needed to find another dress. And that’s when I realized why I had never shopped at Next before: I tried on about 20 dresses until I finally found one that fit. Almost every single dress didn’t fit my hips properly or was too long on me, just not suiting my body type at all.

I eventually did find something that fitted me though: a nice slightly business-y looking dress. What do you think?

I have to say though that a lot of the dresses I tried on I wish had fit on me. I know I have short legs (compared to my upper body), so I’m guessing if you’ve got long legs, the dresses would suit you fine. The interesting thing though is I’ve read other bloggers complain about other stores like New Look and Dorothy Perkins that their dresses are way too short, but I’ve never had a problem with them. I’m guessing it really depends on your body type, which stores will suit you best.

So anybody else “discovered” this? Which stores work best for you?

It’s been a while since I last wrote about them, but I love knomo’s laptop bags. They’re the perfect combination of pwetty and practical. And this week they’ll have another sample sale! Squeee!

The sample sale is this Thursday and Friday at the London knomo office. Here are the full details:

Date: Thursday 15th December, and Friday 16th December
Time: 11am – 7pm
Address: 83 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7LS

I’ve been to two of their sample sales in the past and each time I’ve ended up buying a shiny new laptop bag for only £50. Both of those laptop bags were unique pieces and I’m so glad I got them! And even though I have two already, I am very tempted to get another if something interesting catches my eye… I’m hoping they might have a Silvi, cause I need a bag like that for my laptop! Fingers crossed…

I’ve been looking for a while now to find a handy solution for storing my jewellery. I’ve been using a sort of small basket-like container which I kept in a large red Estee Lauder cosmetic bag (which is permanently on my desk), but my cats have decided they like to sit on that… I’m scared that they’re damaging the jewellery, so I’ve been looking at alternatives.

I think I might have found that solution with these boxes from Dulwich Designs:

You can buy as many trays as you like and just stack them anyway you want. Plus they have different types of trays with various number of compartments. Awesome. My only concern is that it’s made of leather, and I think my cats might like to put their nails in that…

The boxes are available on Amazon (and a ton of other sites too) for £10-£15 per tray.

More shiny jewellery! I love these designs from etsy store DESiGNERiCA, they’re just so unique:

Check out DESiGNERiCA’s etsy store for more designs.

I’m completely in love with this peignoir from Anthropologie’s BHLDN range (sidenote: I had to look up what a peignoir is. For those of you who were as ignorant as me, it’s a light dressing gown). It looks like something a Greek goddess would wear!

Pretty, right?