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Lady in Red……

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I always forget how nice this dress looks on, I bought it from Country Road summer 2009/2010 to wear as a party dress. In more recent times it has become more of a winter layering dress, but this is the first time I have worn it this year.

The key to wearing a summer party dress to work in winter, is to balance the frivolity with a blazer and boots. I normally wear charcoal opaques with my boots, but they really stood out against the red dress, so I went with bare knees instead.

It’s amazing what a red dress will do for a ladies confidence, Chris de Burgh was definitely on to something!

G xx

It was good while it lasted…….

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IMG_7886Don’t you just love this beautiful real leather, tan coloured, asymmetric skirt, I did, that is until I put my thumb nail through it as I tried to pull it down as it was riding up on my way to work!

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Yep, I put a big hole in it right near my bum, and then I had to walk around work all day like that, I must have looked very stylish and sophisticated, not to mention very professional! Thank goodness I was wearing charcoal opaques!

This skirt is a little small, hence the riding up, but I have lost a couple of kgs this week, and was excited to be able to squeeze back into it again, especially as it looks so fantastic with blue (orange loves blue don’t you know!) and I have so much blue in my wardrobe, not to mention how easy it is to wear this skirt with my tan boots and necklace!

So what to do now? I paid a whopping $250 for this beauty, I can’t give up hope yet that it can be fixed. I was thinking I could get the talented Miss Rue over at the Tailors Room to perhaps sew a black strip of leather along the bottom, what do you think Rue, would that work? My husband suggested a patch on the inside, not sure about that, but open to any suggestions or recommendations!

Shirt – Target (got it on sale in July)

Skirt – Wish (2013)

Charcoal Opaques – Country Road (current)

Boots – Dianna Ferrari (2008)

Necklace – Serafina (July 2014)

 

G x

A little pick me up for a gorgeous girl!

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Remember I said there was no way I could do this blog without the help of my friends, well I am already calling on them to lighten my load, lolz.

Over the coming months you will be meeting many of my friends, haven’t run that past all of them yet but i’m sure they will help me out? I decided to start with one of my best friends Ash, for a couple of reasons, firstly she asked me to go through her wardrobe a few weeks ago and help her utilise her enormous selection of clothes a bit better so I had some pics on my phone ready to go hehehe, secondly because she is gorgeous with a great sense of style, and thirdly because she has had a bit of a crappy week and could use a bit of a pick up!

So…. let me introduce you to Ash, Ash and I have been friends since we worked at a Gourmet Shop together about 6 years ago. Ash is a police officer, massive CrossFit and Paleo addict, (this is why she has such a smoking body) in fact her husband is a part owner of CrossFit Fallen in Port Adelaide (what use is a blog if you cant plug your friends business’).

Ash has a great sense of style and loads of clothes, she finds it easy to dress in summer, and loves getting dressed up to go out in the evening, but come winter her slight frame makes it hard for her to layer up to stay warm without hiding her rocking figure!

She asked me to help her out, sometimes you just need a second pair of eyes and what better pair of eyes than a fashion blogger….right!

I went through her wardrobe and put some daytime winter outfits together for her, trying to utilise as many summer pieces as I could.

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I only spent a few hours with her, but she really picked up on everything I said. Since then she has been having loads of fun putting together fabulous outfits, predominantly with clothes she already had but with a few new purchases too. She sent me this one the other day and I love it, she looks smoking hot and super confident!

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G xx

 

A little experiment

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Ok so I tried the chambray shirt as a jacket again, but this time over a t’shirt and jeans, in my opinion it looks much better.

I guess it all comes back to the idea of keeping things balanced. The shirt is loose and un-structured and likes to be worn with something structured, such as a pair of jeans. I did something else to balance this outfit, as the shirt is fairly masculine and casual it helped that my shoes and necklace were both feminine and dressy.

Now this may seem to be a contradiction, my outfit yesterday was balanced too, the shirt and boots were masculine and the dress and necklace were feminine…..but whether or not something is masculine or feminine will not make it look more or less flattering, that comes down to cut and shape.

Oh dear, I think I have given myself a headache with all this over analysing….

Guin’s advice today, if it looks good wear it!

G xx

And as requested by Amanda (Great idea by the way)

White jeggings – Country Road (Not available anymore as purchased March 2014, try these instead )

Chambray shirt – Country Road (Not available anymore as purchased in 2013)

Point toe flats – Country Road

Necklace – Lovisa (January 2014)

T’shirt – Target (Bought on sale July 2014, may still be some around)

Hello Spring

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Hello spring (let’s try to ignore the less than spring weather shall we?)

Today I was going to talk about wearing a shirt as jacket during spring. However when I saw my less than flattering photo (don’t get me wrong, I don’t think I like awful, just don’t think it is highlighting my best features) I was like hmmm, was this outfit unflattering because my dress clutches in the wrong places, or because the chambray shirt lacks some structure? (I suspect my face might look a bit like pic 3 when I’m having these thoughts….hehehe)

Could it be that a shirt pretending to be a jacket only suits certain body types? I don’t know.. So in the spirit of not leading you up the garden path, with advice like ‘wear a shirt as a jacket this spring, you’ll look fab”, when in fact you might not, I have decided to undertake a little experiment. So tomorrow I will again wear my chambray shirt as a jacket but this time with a pair of jeans and a t’shirt instead.

Stay tuned….

Rare night out

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Ben and I were fortunate to have a night out together last night. I generally love to wear a cocktail dress when we go out for dinner and drinks, but I have put on a little weight recently and I didn’t want to squeeze into an old one, or buy a new one, so I decided to go pants and a top instead.

As I wear these pants and top to work, I had to really dress them up, in order to feel like I had ‘dressed up’. Now I do casually wear this necklace over print shirts, but over a black top it really stands out, and makes the outfit look more like evening wear.

After a lot of trial and error I worked out these pants really like to be worn with point toe shoes, which limited my choices. Having said that they do work well with the pants as both prints share ‘black’ in common. They also help tie my necklace into the ensemble, as both shoes and necklace have ‘tan’ in common.

I generally don’t like to match my shoes with my bag, so my clutch is bright green.
G xx

Plaid shirt and boyfriends…..

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The weather is amazing at the moment, and it’s warm enough to not need to layer up as much or wear socks. which is a good thing because this outfit would not have worked nearly as well if I had been wearing boots instead of these point toe flats!

This plaid shirt and boyfriend jeans are so masculine that they really need to be balanced out with some feminine elements, and this necklace and these shoes fit the bill perfectly!

Enjoy the glorious weekend

G xx

Plaid Shirt – Target

Boyfriend Jeans – Country Road

Point toe flats – Country Road

Necklace – Lovisa

Light, Dark, Print and Colour – Fail safe way to put an outfit together!

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If  like me you occasionally press the snooze button a few too many times in the morning, or end up standing with your head against the shower screen with hot water hitting your back for ten minutes. Then, just like me you would know that feeling of urgency as you stand in, or in front of your wardrobe trying to work out what on earth you are going to wear and quickly before you are late for work.

My fail safe way to quickly put together an outfit is to grab a light neutral (my top), a dark neutral (my skirt and tights), a print (either the scarf, or if you have a multi-coloured or textured necklace) and a colour (the blazer).

I can find scarfs annoying after a while, particularly when I am working at my desk, which is why I wore the necklace under the scarf. My tan boots tie in really well with the necklace, but are neutral enough to work even when the necklace is covered.

After work I just switched out my boots and skirt for flats and my boyfriends for a more casual (and comfortable) look.

G xx

How to style this seasons wide leg pants.

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Hello (waves)

Well here goes, welcome to Guin’s Everyday Style and my first post.

Guin’s Everyday Style will be my vehicle for expressing myself  in a holistic way through all facets of life: fashion; design; health; and fitness. I am a busy working mum, and would be foolish to think that I could do all this on my own, so from time to time I will enlist the help of my friends and eventually my followers to help fill the pages and hopefully bring some happiness, laughter and the occasional enlightenment into your lives.

If you like what you see, it would be fantastic if you could support this new endeavor by liking me on Facebook and following me on Instagram and Twitter.

So let’s get started…….

Today I wore my new Grid print pants from Country Road. If you think you might get on board with this trend this spring, there are a few things to bear in mind.

These pants have a lot going on and are obviously wide. You can do two things, keep it really simple up top with a crisp shirt or simple top as seen on the CR model, or, if like me you want to layer it up to get through this cooler weather, follow these steps:

  1. Start with a simple top, I went for a black fine knit;
  2. Because I went dark with the top, I needed to go light with the cardi;
  3. To tie the look together I went with a print scarf that works with the print pants purely because both items have a white base, the scarf works with the cardi as it also has some  light grey.
  4. There is so much fabric with these pants that selecting a shoe that shows some skin is mandatory (plus my shoes are black and white and blonde – tying in with my pants and hair!)

Wide leg pants like this are not for everyone, but if they are for you I hope this post is helpful.

G xx

 

 

Bring some colour into your home this spring! (DI Interior Post 19.8.2014)

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I am in love with this colourful, textural almost ethnic look that is around at the moment.

The key to pulling off so many colours all in the same space, is to make sure that they are all in the same tint, shade or tone, i.e they are all brights, pastels, muted, or dirty.
I love how they have paired the colourful items with some natural fibres in the rugs and luminaries which really softens the space.
In addition, keeping the big-ticket items (flooring, walls and large pieces of furniture) neutral, not only makes the space look sophisticated and purposeful, but saves you big bucks when this trend fades and another appears!
If you like this look you can shop this look at Pari in Glenelg and Booie and Ben online.
G x
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