Outfit

Hi everyone, it's time for a very colourful outfit. I've mentioned many times before that I find it interesting to see the way in which outfits come together; I often end up pairing pieces together which I acquired around the same time but may not necessarily have put together otherwise. This is definitely the case with this outfit. The dress is one of the pieces which my friend had made for me in Hong Kong and the cardigan is a recent DIY/customisation project. I have very rarely, if ever, seen anyone wear this colour combination; it makes me feel like I could be a presenter on the children's television show.  I absolutely love this dress and, being a completely different material, I hope it's different enough to the green velvet version which I posted here. Orange has been such an underrated colour for me up until recently. I used to hate orange and, as a result there is very little orange in my wardrobe. This is my second orange dress and I have an orange bag but a pair of orange shoes would be pretty cool. I love that orange is bold and makes a statement. It's great that it's such a happy and positive shade. It's like my relationship with yellow. I hated yellow until last year and now it's one of my favourites colours; it's becoming like that with orange too. The other reason why I chose orange polka dots  is because I almost bought a dress of that description not long before I had this one made.. It was really exciting to receive a piece which I so desperately wanted. 

I've been interested in sewing lately; not making clothes because that would involve too much effort and skills which I don't have. However, I love adding beads, buttons, sequins and trim to cardigan. This has been a hobby of mine for many years but on a very off and on basis. I posted a couple of the my earlier customised cardigans here and here. This is my favourite one I've ever designed, assisted substantially by the existence of these beautiful fun beads in Lincraft. It was great fun and I was even a little sad once I finished it but that is ok because I have a number of other designs in the making. To add even more brightness to an already colourful outfit, I decided to show you my new bag which I received courtesy of Tidebuy. The colour is very beautiful, as is the diamond design. The large practical size means it will probably come to work with me a number of times. 

In other news, I recently came across a site called Cuponation which offers fashion discounts as well as beauty coupons and deals. I love discovering new sites; it's one of my favourite parts of having a blog and spending so much time on the Internet. I've always liked the idea of these coupon codes but have never known where to find these deals. I even noticed a few of my favourite stores on there like clutch bags for $7 at Colette, 50% off the clearance section at Florsheim and 70% off wallets at Strandbags. I look forward to making use of these codes and doing some shopping soon. I like to share these discoveries with you.






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Custom Made Orange Polka Dot Dress
Customised Cardigan from Review
Wittner Queen Heels
Colour Square Block Satchel c/o Tidebuy 

Linking to: What I Wore Wednesday, More Pieces of Me, On The Daily Express, Simple Sequins, Whatcha Wearing Wednesday, Confident Twosdays

Tidebuy Special Occasion Dresses

I've been very happy with by newest blog sponsor Tidebuy (especially my amazing favourite butterfly shoes which I posted here). I often browse their website for my newest loves. When Tidebuy wished to collaborate again, this time with a focus on special occasion dresses, I certainly had no trouble coming up with a number of pieces that I love. I try and go to a lot of effort with collaborative posts, to be true to my style, so I ensure that these are all pieces I would definitely love to wear myself. On that note, since most of us don't attend a particularly large number of special occasions, why can't dresses this pretty become standard everyday wear; I wish I lived in a world where I could dress like a princess all the time.

Tidebuy Special Occasion Dresses can be found here.

Outfit

I’m very used to receiving comments on my outfits but with these shoes I was incredibly surprised by the overwhelming number of attention they attracted. I know they are amazing and very bold but they literally sparked a conversation with everyone I came into contact with.  I love wearing them to work- I take it these aren’t exactly standard for an office? I received these exciting shoes courtesy of Tidebuy. I’ve had my eye on these butterfly shoes for many weeks now and felt extremely lucky when I was offered a collaboration with a site which had these exact shoes. They are so perfect and I can definitely say they are my favourite shoes I’ve ever owned in my whole life. The butterfly design and the colour scheme are very unique; I was even asked if they were custom made. These shoes also come in white, yellow and black which I also liked but I simply could not resist the statement colour scheme of purple, yellow and blue. The butterfly is so beautiful and bold; I absolutely adore these shoes in every possible way. I took these outfit pictures this morning before work which was a new experience for me. It’s a good way to fit it in since I usually have to get especially dressed up for it on Sunday and that requires effort. In the rush this morning I randomly paired two green lace pieces together and I like the effect. On another note I have officially finished my course- a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at The College of Law. I’ve mentioned it in a few posts previously but I didn’t want to say too much until I had confirmation of passing all subjects. I was so convinced that I would fail something and it wouldn’t all be real. Now I am in the process of applying for admission as a lawyer. Wow. This is crazy. How is someone like me, who has always felt like a complete failure, able to achieve this.

Stiletto Butterfly Heels c/o Tidebuy
Portmans Lace Dress
Alannah Hill Having Said That Cardigan

Linking to: Fashion Item Friday, More Pieces of Me, On the Daily Express, What I Wore Wednesday, HowIFall

Tidebuy

Hi everyone. Today I wanted to introduce you to Tidebuy, the newest sponsor of my blog. I discovered the website this week and have found some very pretty clothes, shoes and accessories. My greatest discovery was finding that they sell the beautiful butterfly heels that I posted on my last wishlist here. The range of bags and heels impresses me the most so I've put together a collection of my favourites. 

You can check out Tidebuy here.