MINI SKIRT THREE WAYS

 Hello dear friends, how are you all?

The winter weather in Sydney is just awful, it's raining non-stop, there are lots of floods around the city and the wind and a low temperature are making our lives quite miserable to say the least.  And once you are inside, it is almost as cold as outside until you turn on the heater or air-conditioner.  Can hardly wait till the end of it.

Enough of whinging, let's have some fun.  The skirt you see me wearing was purchased on the same day as the outfit I was modelling for you on a previous post (you can re-capture it here) and was purchased almost on a whim as I was not planning to wear such a short skirt any time soon.  Actually, I don't even remember when was the last time I wore a short skirt at all.

Then I saw a post from Mireille of Chez Mireille Travel Mom blog where she was modelling a very similar skirt and looking absolutely gorgeous in it and asked myself: "Why not?"

So here are a few versions of my take on a mini skirt.

First one, which I call an "office outfit", contains of a white button up blouse, a skirt, high flat heel boots worn with thick black tights and a black blazer (seen here).

My second outfit is more street style, I wanted to play with opposites:  short skirt - long coat, however there is no reason that I can't wear it to the office.

And last but definitely not least - I swapped the shirt for a white t-shirt and top it up with my biker style leather jacket from Sandro (worn here) for a street style edgy look.

There are two reasons these images were taken indoors.  Number 1, the weather has been so awful, the rain has not stopped for days and going outside for a photo shoot rendering it impossible.  The other reason is I am still not 100% sure I am ready to show off this skirt in public.

What do you think?  Please leave your comments, I truly appreciate your opinion😍.

Until then,

Anna

xoxoxo

ELVIS INSPIRED OUTFIT

Hello dear friends, hope you are well

There are many reasons why we look for new clothes.  Sometimes it is just a necessity to replace an old garment, other times it is for a special occasion such as a wedding, birthday or anniversary dinner and sometimes we do it just for fun .

Case in point, my today's outfit.  I was aimlessly wandering along the aisles of Zara waiting for my Pilates class to commence, when I stumbled upon these pants. Just looking at this fun print made me smile and I simply couldn't resist the urge to buy them.  As I was heading toward the cash register, I made a quick mental check of what could I wear them with and decided that I need something equally outrageous to go match their vibe.   

And just them my eyes caught an oversized blouse in extremely loud orange colour hanging on a nearby rack (it was very difficult to miss such a bright colour, wouldn't you agree?😃)  and I immediately knew that it would have to do.

I hastily paid for my new purchases and rushed to the gym but all I could think of during the class was how this outfit would turn out.

The moment I stepped inside my home, I went to my room to try it on.  I loved both pieces, the blouse looks a bit long but that this is the length de jour at the moment.  Besides, I can always tie it in around the waist if I want to make it look shorter.

When I looked at myself in a mirror, two images sprang to mind:  Elvis Presley (coincidentally, the Elvis movie had just been released throughout Australia, that's probably why I was thinking of him 😃) and a famous poster of John Travolta in the Saturday Night Fever movie.

And it was then that I decided to have some fun.  I grabbed my husband's guitar, donned big brassy rings on all of my fingers and pretended that I am Elvis Presley.

Once I was done with him, I moved on to imitate Travolta's most recognisable stance which, I must say with all honesty, looks likes like an easy thing to do but turned out to be quite tricky, especially when I was trying to stay still while my husband was taking photos.  I was having great fun all through the photo-shoot and that's what fashion is about.

Have a great week.

Until then,

Anna

xoxox