My friend’s wedding as well as some unfortunate and very old pictures of me on Facebook got me thinking. I love following trends as much as the next girl, but perhaps for important occasions like weddings and matric balls it is best to go for a more classic look. I remember wearing a very trendy outfit to a matric ball and I looked great on the night. Now when I look at the pics I cringe!

What could be more classic than the LBD? The ladies wearing LBDs in the Facebook pictures looked stylish and chic, which is much more than I can say for myself. It certainly does stand the test of time. This is what I wore to another friend’s wedding earlier this year. I think that these won’t make me cringe in years to come.

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

I haven’t had much luck in terms of shopping lately. I am an extremely fussy shopper so this could very well be the reason! I did however, find some new accessories which I was happy to buy since I feel I don’t have many. Here are some snaps I took of my recent purchases:

Flower earrings and heart brooch by Genevieve Motley.

Flower ring and necklace bought by Smac at YDE. For the South Africans who do not know yet YDE is currently having their 50% off sale and all Smac accessories are at half price. They have some pretty pieces!

I got one item that is not an accessory. Thanks to my friend Wendy! It’s a boob-tube choc dress with ribbon from Foschini. I hope there is an occasion to wear it to very soon.

So, tell me what have you bought lately?

One of my girlfriends got married on Saturday and it was a truly lovely event. It’s always great to see loved ones get married.

She requested that I match the colours of the wedding which was an assortment of creams and browns. I a wore faux fur and high-heeled oxfords. Faux fur is definitely easy to wear as it does not need much accessories as it is quite eye-catching on its own. She said she loved the outfit, so mission was accomplished.

Hope you had a great weekend.

I have been very fascinated by some of the recent trends including clogs, over-the-knee socks, denim shirts and doc martens/lace-up boots. The reason for this fascination is that all of these trends were popular when I was a pre-teen to teen in the 90s. Seeing all these trends reinvent themselves today brings back very fond memories for me as a young girl starting to discover fashion.

Crochet is one of the trends that were very popular when I was younger. I remember owning and loving a white crochet top very much at the age of 10. They were extremely trendy in Cape Town at the time. Although I loved my crochet top I was undecided on whether I’d indulge in crochet this time around. After seeing some pictures of different bloggers wearing crochet in very different ways it got me thinking that there is a crochet style for everyone.

What do you think of the crochet trend and how would you wear it?

On some days the sun sets and I miss out on opportunities to take pictures. When this happens I feel very disappointed because I would like blog more not less. Saturday was one of those days but this time I didn’t have that same feeling because my boyfriend, who is my talented photographer, had an idea. Here is what we came up with:

I am one of those people who dress according to mood. My mood in this case was a laid back one, hence the very casual outfit. I wore those lovely Mr Price brogues with one of my favourite jackets of all time. I’ve had this jacket for a couple of years and find that I can wear it every Winter because the military trend keeps coming back. I’ve never worn the jacket with stripes before, but I liked the way it looked with this jersey.

I hope you’re having a splendid week! Thank you for all your lovely comments! I truly appreciate it.