Showing posts with label Fashion for over forty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fashion for over forty. Show all posts

Thursday, November 7, 2013

High Low Shirt dress




This is the dress I bought myself with the money my son gifted me.  They're such generous souls (don't tell him that I actually put the money into his bank account though).

Before I could wear it though, I had to have my Mom mend it and sew new seams as the cat (not this big boy, but our mischievous little Marshy) had attacked it and ripped it - thankfully the rip was right next to the seam so it was easy to fix.

Couldn't resist showing off my big boy (btw he's not the one who attacked my dress - we have three cats and it was the youngest of the bunch)
 I'm finding that a lot of the dresses at present are cut with very short bodices - most of them are fitting right under the girls.  I do prefer it when a dress fits in the waist, but am just not finding them to be so.  Its a little uncomfortable, but I'm surviving. I'm guessing I'll just get used to how they feel when someone will change the patterns ... dang Murphy ... lol.
Details:
Dress : Mr. Price
Shoes : Fashion Express
Necklace : Made by my daughter
Bracelet - A gift from my daughter
Although this dress came with a belt, I don't quite like the colour, so when getting dressed I went through a bunch of belts trying to find one that went well with the dress and shoes ... none of them looked right and then I spotted this potential 'belt' which is in fact a necklace.  I've worn necklaces as belts before and providing the item of clothing does not need to be held up by the belt, they're often an interesting alternative.  Have you ever worn a necklace as belt?
The material is lovely and prefect for our hot summers here in Africa - its a really easy comfy wearable cotton blend.
When looking at my photos - I must say, girls like Lyddie just amaze me with their self portraits - I just don't seem to have the knack for it, no matter how well I prepare ... lol. 
Well gals .. that's all from me for today.  Hope you had a wonderful happy day.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

High-low dress

Despite not liking my other 'high-low' hemmed dress very much, I really like this one.  I saw it at Mr. Price about two weekends back and picked it up and put it down twice before deciding to 'go for it'.  This past weekend I saw a lady wearing it in a shoe store and really liked how it looked, which alleviated some of my uncertainties about purchasing it.
Schatz would prefer it if it were sideways though.  All in all, this is a really cheap outfit.  The dress cost R99, the jacket (bought circa 2007) R120.00 and the shoes were all of R110 (circas 2010/09).  The necklace was a birthday present two years back from my sister Lynn.
Details : Dress & Jacket : Mr. Price | Shoes : Rage | Belt : Not sure | Necklace :Ccontempo
 
Shane came round this afternoon to look at the photos and seems really pleased with them.  I'm busy converting them at the moment and then need to finish processing/cropping/adjusting them.  I'll share a few more once I'm done.
 
I hope your Tuesday was awesome ... say Hi and I'll catch up again soon.
 
 

Friday, August 24, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Not a magic wand and 2 booboo's


Details
Pants : Truworths
Shirt & Shoes : Edgars
Camisole : Woolworths

Schatz and I had a google when taking these photos ... as I turned sideways I said to him "Make my bum look thin" and he replied "this is a camera dammit, not a magic wand" ... that totally cracked us both up.  He jokes often about women always asking if their booties look big in something ... I never ask that question cause honestly, my hiney is the size it is ;-).

Monday, August 13, 2012

Red skirt

Oh dear, another blurry photo.

Details
Skirt : Truworths
T-shirt :
Jacket : Mr. Price
Shoes : Legit

This is a quick, short post ... just to document this outfit.  I should have changed the lens, but I didn't, so I can't really complain, its my own fault that is so blurry.

Now what am I going to wear tomorrow? 

Hope your Monday was awesome.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Leopard Print and red denim


Details
Red denims : Miladys
Shirt : Truworths
Shoes : Truworths
Jacket : Edgars
Earrings : Truworths
Ring : Bought in Graskop by mein Schatz


Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Wild thing

Skirt : Truworths
Top : Chinese shop
Shoes : Legit
Belt : Mr. Price
Hose : Falke
Earrings : Gift rom G-man
Gloves : Truworths