My point is, although I absolutely love my new job, I have strayed from my passion. I need to see my adoration of fashion as separate from my adoration of my snazzy new job.
Every Saturday I get blue (in fact, as I type this I am sporting a rather nautical look in navy and cream, literally blue), the boyfriend goes to work first thing, goes to town to place his bets, goes to football and then goes to THE BARN! I hate THE BARN! Perhaps I hate it more because I live in Somerset and the mere word 'barn' sounds atrocious in the broad farmer accent. There is no longer an A in the word barn when it is spoken by a Somersetian. I have been there maybe 3 times since I have been with the boyfriend and each time I question why I have joined him. It never seemed that bad when I was a sticker upper for my mum's skittles team. Maybe it's because they were paying me to be there?
August to May, I become single again every Saturday. I believe they call it a football widow? I have begun meeting up with friends I cannot see in the week, getting my hair done and, most fun of all, doing housework! Bleugh! Today, I have made the executive decision to get a hobby for my Saturdays. It is not going to be drinking wine as I lovingly told the boyfriend this morning at 12, justifying the fact I was sat watching a movie with a rather large glass of the stuff beside me. My hobby is going to be styling... if I can get the notion off the ground.
I have decided that Gok has it right, and Trinny & Susannah before him, telling people what to wear is brilliant (especially when you saw the horrific women I saw Thursday night outside the supermarket). I have read numerous books by numerous people, and I can verify that there are several key pieces that every women should have in her wardrobe, with the essentials, you can look fabulous no matter what.
I am going to start with myself. Please find below several pictures of me wearing the incorrect clothes for my body shape (trust me, there have been more). Every week, I will demonstrate how one key item of clothing can be worn with various outfits to create entire new looks. You will never be tagged in the same outfit twice.
If you like what I do, you can then tell me your shopping budget, and send me pictures of yourself so I can determine your body shape, and I will send you links to your brand new wardrobe. What do I get in return? You must send me pics of you in your new ensembles to blog about to get others to do the same. If you live close enough, I will even take you shopping!
Good idea? I hope so. I need a project ass Saturdays suck so much that I wish I was in work (it does help that j'adore my job).
As promised...
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| Strapless and no tights? Too much skin, plus an unflattering shaped dress |
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| Just because you're fat, do not wear over sized clothes! |
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| You can still look stylish and be warm in the snow. |
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| If you have broad shoulders, do not wear a one shoulder dress. |
NB Looking through my fashion faux pas, I can now see just how much weight I have lost. My gosh I did not realise how bad I was.
