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Navy blue is a colour I've come to love in recent times. I initially started to wear more navy blue when I started working full time because it was a fabulous substitute for black. As I've become very comfortable in my workplace environment my work outfits have become excessively colourful but my love for navy blue has remained. It's a very classy and sophisticated colour. I also adore the way it looks against brown hair. It's versatile and looks great combined with pretty much any colour. One of the aspects I love about this look is that it incorporates pattern mixing in a subtle way. This style of outfit paves the way to potentially bolder pattern mixing combinations in the future. Although abstract, the cardigan displays a floral pattern. By carrying on the navy blue theme through the outfit, a connection is established. The shoes are also floral (upon styling this outfit I realised that I should wear these flats much more often) so I like that the polka dots sit between two floral pieces. The colour mix coupled with the pearl buttons creates a lovely finish to the cardigan. It's great to wear this skirt for the first time. I've had it lying around the house for so many months now. It was missing a button and I finally got around to addressing this. I can't believe it took me so long to performe the extremely simple task of sewing a button on a skirt. I'm looking forward to creating many looks featuring this skirt which primarily feature red or pink. 
Today I wanted to show you my Retro Embroidered Pearl Diamond Lattice like Bag in white which I received courtesy of OASAP. You may recall that I also have this bag in red which I posted here. I loved the red version so much that I decide to order it in an additional colour. I am just as impressed by my second bag. I adore the structure, shape, pattern, quality and pearl detailing. I've been searching for the perfect white bag for a long time; it was one of the few colours missing from my bag collection and I've certainly found what I was looking for here. I love these bags so much. It's very rare to see me without either my red or white version of this bag at the moment. I totally want to order it in black too but maybe having the same bag in three colours would be taking it too far. My outfit also features my new Guess Neodan heels. Unfortunately the photos don't show them off particularly well because in reality the shoes makes such a statement. I love to wear them with all my pink dresses in particular and I think they'd look good with the yellow dress which I posted here too. Amazing shoes! My dress from Alannah Hill provides an excellent base to showcase a myriad of my patterned shoes and bags; for this reason it's a very reliable and frequently worn piece. I think it achieves the perfect balance. It's not too plain either as the lace and little bow are a lovely finish. It's a magenta pink; I'm not too sure why it's coming up so purple in these pictures. I wish I had better pictures of this outfit but it was a heatwave on the weekend, so incredibly uncomfortable to be outside even for a moment. 
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Back in 2009 when I first discovered both Modcloth and the concept of fashion blogging, I instantly fell in love with a Modcloth piece called the Keiko Lynn dress. I eventually purchased it in my first ever order from Modcloth and got an incredible amount of use from it. This was truly the best dress! I was so sad when, a couple of years later, the elasticated waist and sleeves became so loose that I couldn't wear it anymore. Last year I noticed The Blueberry Muffin dress on the Modcloth website and it was so very similar to the Keiko Lynn dress that I missed so dearly; the same lace detailing and trim, identical colour scheme, similar polka dot design and analogous shape. I knew I had to have it! I was very good and waited until the 50% off sale. When I finally received this dress it was amazing. It was everything I'd loved about the Keiko Lynn dress and better. The zip instead of elastic is much more practical and I like the material more than the silk. The polka dots are much bigger on this dress so it seems more like a white rather than navy blue piece which I don't mind. I'm so happy to have this dress and I expect to get just as much use from it as I did with the Keiko Lynn dress. My shoes are another item I'd had my eye on for ages. I've been obsessed with silver shoes for quite some time now but could never find the right pair. I loved this pair, the First Kiss Heels from Mimco but they were rather pricey. I considered buying them anyway but simply just couldn't justify it. So I waited and eventually they became mine for a wonderful 60% off. It's my first ever piece from Mimco, how exciting. It's so cool how the shoes are silver on the outside and gold on the inside. They are fantastic quality and I absolutely love wearing them. I'm often surprised by how many comments, both in the blog and non blog world, I get about my hair and why I always have it in the same style. The photos from my last post with my hair down were quite awhile ago when my hair wasn't so thin and flat. I thought about cutting my hair back into that style but I realised it would just take too much time and stress me out each day. My hair is not naturally straight. I can only imagine how stressed I'd be at 6.30am rushing to straighten my hair. I love it how my current style takes less than 10 minutes and I don't have to fix it throughout the day. I simply don't feel comfortable with my hair in any other way. I felt liberated when I discovered this hairstyle; no more stress! 
