SS13 trend - How to wear Whitewash

With the weather beginning to heat up and summer starting to feel like it might actually be on the horizon, another trend that seems to be getting high street airtime right now is the Whitewash. This palate cleanser is all about bright whites being worn together with eye-blinding clarity. When the colour takes a back seat, you really give the other details of your outfit a chance to say their piece, be that through cut, cloth or creation. You’ll be able to find everything your pure taste is looking for, fear not, because this trend stretches to every department, from top to toe. 

This might be a trend that scares a few of you, but stick to the my principle of making the trend work for you. Simply adapt the trend to fit your body shape, style and lifestyle and wear items that maximise your individual body best bits!  For instance, if you are curvier and are conscious of your bum & thighs and wouldn't be seen dead in a pair of skinny white jeans, then opt for a fun feminine and full, high-waisted midi skirt. As this will pinch you in at the waist and falling to your calf and concealing your bum and thighs are required but still flattering your figure. Just have a ponder around the shops, have fun with the trend and you’ll find a way to wear this colour, I promise.

In the meantime here is some inspiration from British model Suki Waterhouse, who has been chosen to front French Connections new summer capsule wardrobe, White Lies. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2313929/Bradley-Coopers-British-model-girlfriend-Suki-Waterhouse-French-Connections-summer-White-Lies-collection.html

The capsule shoe collection

Following a recent article on the Mail Online about how British women, like Carrie Bradshaw, are totally addicted to shoes and spend a staggering £3.5 billion on them collectively every year, I thought I would dedicate a post to shoes.

According to the article we own 19 pairs of shoes but only wear 7 and two thirds never making it out of the box. Now I don't know about you but I have way more than 19 pairs of shoes and am pretty sure that I wear more than 7 pairs of them, however, I decided to try and create a capsule shoe collection to cater for every outfit, occasion and eventuality...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2282317/British-women-spent-staggering-3-5-billion-shoes-2012--thirds-leave-closet.html 

In order to do this I have created sub categories of footwear; these include boots, casual wear, heels and summer, and believe me, its a lot harder than i anticipated to keep the number of footwear to a minimum. I just counted my collection and I have near on 50 pairs because I like to think that variety is the spice of life and my shoe wardrobe is full of a selection of ankle boots, wedges, slouchy calf boots, knee high boots, leopard print chelsea boots, studded boots, biker boots, cowboy boots, studded pumps, brogues, leopard print pumps, snake print pumps, heels in every style, colour & print and sandals (that I never wear because its too cold). I absolutely love shoes and how they can shape an outfit so here is my homage to them in an attempt to capture a perfect capsule wardrobe which I think, could be done in 20 pairs, if you are conservative about colour & patterns!

Let me know how many pairs you have & happy shoe shopping!

Boots:
Biker boot - to create a rock chick look:

Chelsea boot - perfect for adding a bit of colour, texture and fun to you outfit
Cowboy boots - to add a little western touch to an outfit

Wedge boot

Casual

High tops

Pumps: Pumps are a must have item for every wardrobe for summer and winter, and you can never have too many pairs, especially if you get them from Primark. I have studded, leopard, snake-print, tan and black ones to co-ordinate with any outfit!

Heels

Black peeptoe

Black Court shoes

Nude 

Statement colour shoes

Wedges

Sandals

Designer - The Louboutins, Jimmy Choos or Manolo Blahnik are the ones we all want but maybe can't quite afford.....yet...these classic black Pigalle Louboutins babies are most certainly on my wish list along with the sapphire blue Manolo's famously featured on Sex & the City....we can only dream