Guin's Everyday Style

Assisting you to effortlessly look and feel fabulous!

Blog Topics

Link to my Facebook Page
Link to my Pinterest Page
Link to my Rss Page
Link to my Twitter Page
Instagram
You are here: Home / Archives for Country Road

Happy Father’s Day

By: comment

10520767_280858852103270_4550433090104243240_n

Our little family had a wonderful Father’s Day! So I thought I’d include a few of the highlights along with my everyday style.

Today I wore lots of light layers which was perfect as I could whip off a layer as needed.

I really mixed my prints today, but they all had something in common, my top had a navy and white horizontal stripe, my cropped jacket had a black and white horizontal stripe as did my shoes. Then my scarf linked it all together with charcoal, navy and light blue splodges.

Hope all the Dad’s and Grandad’s had a lovely day!

G xx

Black, white and blonde

By: comment

10574496_280524175470071_6367546281159040785_n

Black and white is big again this summer, which is great, ’cause who doesn’t have plenty of that in their wardrobe?!

It is also easy to add another colour navy, metallics and pastels all work really well and are very much on trend, or if you are a blonde like me, a touch of blonde to your monochromatic look is a non brainer!

Country Road has some great black and white articles, shoes in particular, And the best bit is once this trend is over your black and white pieces will easily assimilate into your wardrobe to become seasonal staples!

G xx

A little experiment

By: 4 Comments

IMG_0079

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)

Rare night out

By: comment

IMG_7783

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

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

By: 3 Comments

IMG_7736

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.

By: 8 Comments

IMG_7569

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