Head to Toe

How have you found the first few days of Restyle? I had some fun over the weekend that’s for sure! The Prompt for Saturday was Outerwear, which was the best excuse ever to don one of my favourite thrifted coats for the day. It’s very ‘Almost Famous’, so I threw myself into character as Penny Lane with some loud florals and round sunnies.

4. Outer Wear 

5. After Dark

Sunday was a perfect marriage of prompt and event, with the prompt being After Dark and the event themed ‘Casino Royale’! My whole outfit is thrifted from my faux fur wrap to my strappy stilettos. This vintage velvet dress has been sitting in my wardrobe for almost a year (oops!) waiting to be worn. It fits like a glove and cost me $2 from the Salvos (did you know that on Monday’s a quarter of their clothes are all $2?!)

6. Black and White

And Monday’s prompt was Black & White, which is always a classic. I had endless options but went with some of my most worn items. A striped Bassike T that set me back a whole 25 cents, my new (to me) black jeans and these super comfy espadrilles. Plus a hat... because I can never resist a pop of red! 

Today's prompt is Geek Chic, which I found a little hard, but eventually managed to pull something together (see my look over on Insta!)

Oh Hey Restyle!

It’s Restyle time!!! The annual op shop style challenge organised as part of the Perth Fashion Festival! This year it’s only for two weeks, rather than the whole month, which means it’s easier than ever to get involved! Every day you need to wear something op shopped that coincides with the ‘style prompt’ of the day. Check out #Restyle2016 on insta to see the daily prompts!

Day 1 - Bows

The first 3 days were fairly standard, Bows, Spots and Metallic. I easily put together outfits from my op shopped wardrobe that worked for each prompt. For bows I wore this beautiful silky blouse with a big ol' pussy bow. It feels super luxurious to wear! My whole outfit is thrifted, from my brooches down to my boots, talk about a great start to Day 1!

Day 2 - Spots

Spots is a no brainer. My wardrobe is full of spotty items in all different colour combos and styles. This black and white spotty dress is one of my go-tos when I’m stuck for something to wear. It always looks good and can be worn with SO MANY different things.

3. Metallic

And to round off the first week we have metallic! Slightly more tricky, but I was saved by this simple silver T, originally from Zara, it cost me a whopping $2 at the Red Cross and is a super alternative to a classic black or white T. I wore it with this amazing African print wrap skirt and some classic accessories. A perfect way to head into the weekend!

P.S Make sure follow along on Insta with #Restyle2016!

Stylish Side

My birthday brings out my stylish side. Or at least I always feel I can dress a little more unapologetically for my birthday (and the days surrounding it!) because it’s all about me me me! Saturday night was a vintage kaftan, Sunday during the day I wore a floral jumpsuit and in the afternoon I changed into some serious sparkles for drinks with my girlfriends.

I’ve wanted one of these vintage sequined butterfly tops for years, so when my aunt pulled this one out from her storage unit and passed it on to me a few months ago I was beyond excited. It’s the perfect thing to wear on your birthday!

Top: Vintage, hand-me-down

Jeans: Levis, Good Sammies Myaree $2

Shoes: Salvos Fremantle $7

Clutch: Escada, Melville Markets $1 (!!!) 

Two Nine

It was my birthday on Sunday! I have now entered the last year of my 20s! I thought I would be a little less enthusiastic about it, but I’ve gotta be honest and say that I feel really great. My life has fallen in to place over the last year and given I’ve never been one to set a five year plan or have major life goals, I feel like this year I’ve ticked off some serious milestones.

The next 12 months as a 29 year old are going to be really fun. I’m a bridesmaid for the first time in February, Luke and I have some great trips planned (both small and not-so-small), we have huge plans for our new house, and of course it will be the lead up to our own wedding at the end of 2017. I’m excited to say the least!

I spent my birthday weekend doing all my favourite things. I met an old friend for coffee, did some solo op-shopping (my favourite!), went out for a delicious dinner, drank champagne with my girlfriends and ate homemade pizza with the family. It was perfect. This is my outfit from Saturday night. I thrifted this amazing vintage kaftan earlier in the day and was so excited to wear it. It’s suitably OTT for a birthday dinner! 

Dress: Anglicare Belmont, $7

Earrings: Lovisa

Sandals: Free People, eBay

P.S Happy Spring!!! Best time of the year (although I may be slightly biased).

Tips and Tricks

Happy hump day! Have you been having a good start to National Op Shop Week? I certainly have!! The lovely people from the Bindaring Red Cross sale asked me to share some of my top tips and tricks for getting the most out of your local op shop. So if you’re still a bit hesitant to dive head first into the world of thrifting then head over to their website and read all about it!

As you know I’m pretty much an op shop maniac, and can’t go a week without popping in to one of my locals and having a rummage. Op shopping is brilliant for a MILLION reasons, but I love it because it’s sustainable way to shop, it’s cheap and you’re never going to look like everyone else! As it’s National Op Shop Week you MUST go op shopping, it’s the rules, I insist…DO IT!

P.S these are some of my favourite op shopped outfits ... I can never pick a favourite, I love them all!!

National Op Shop Week

Hey there!! I told you I’d be back! Today marks the first day of National Op Shop Week! How awesome is that? If you ever needed a reason to check out your local op shop then this is it. In celebration of this fabulous week the lovely people at the Australian Red Cross asked me to pop into to some of their op shops and put together an outfit entirely from thrifted items. How fun!

I actually built this outfit from the accessories up, picking out the vintage wool cap the moment I walked through the doors of the Red Cross store in Willagee. I found the sweet round glasses (which are a surprisingly flattering shape for my giant head!) and this beautiful amber pendant necklace in the same trip. I then headed to the Red Cross store in Fremantle which is a bit of a favourite of mine, they have such a great collection of vintage and designer gear. I knew for sure I’d be able to find something amazing to work with my cool thrifted accessories. And boy I was not wrong! This amazing silk Empire Rose dress is SO GREAT! I’ve actually already worn it twice since picking it up last week. I love the whole ‘Stevie Nicks’ vibe of the billowing sleeves and floaty skirt.

This entire outfit was just shy of $100, from my fabulous leather boots all the way up to my vintage wool cap. Creating a whole outfit from op shopped items isn’t actually as daunting as it sounds and shopping second hand means you can play around with different trends or styles that you might not wear ordinarily. If there was ever a week to have fun with style and shop outside the box then this is it! Head to your local op shop and have a rummage, I promise you’ll love it!

Dress: Empire Rose, Red Cross Op Shop Fremantle

Boots: Country Road, Red Cross Op Shop Fremantle

Hat: Vintage, Red Cross Op Shop Willagee

Necklace: Red Cross Op Shop Willagee

Sunnies: Red Cross Op Shop Willagee

Long Time!

Hi there!! Long time no talk! This has been the longest I’ve gone without blogging since I first started. I even missed my 3 year blogger-versary which was at the end of July (check out my first post if you want a giggle!). Life has been full on for the past few months and I realised I couldn’t keep burning the candle at both ends, so having a little break from blogging was much needed. But I’m back and ready to get into the swing of things again.

These pictures were taken at my engagement party a few weeks ago. That was just one of the things keeping me exceptionally busy. My fiancée and I also bought a house and moved, we travelled down south to scout for wedding venues, had friends from over east come and stay with us and we’ve just got back from 10 days camping near Coral Bay. So yeah, things have been full on, but wonderful.

Our engagement party was so much fun. A blurr of friends and family and champagne and lovely moments that we’ll remember forever… such a cliché but it’s all true! Now on to my outfit (which is what you’re all here for right?!), I loved it so much. Although I have a number of dresses that I could have worn, I decided I wanted to look a bit ‘bridal’ (haha), so after seeing this Lover dress in David Jones I knew I HAD TO HAVE IT. Unfortunately the $700 price tag was way beyond my reach, so I set about trying to track it down on eBay. Which I did! For not even a tenth of the price too. I was stoked! It fit like a glove and was the perfect thing to wear. I teamed it with some patent black brogues (which are awesome but sadly didn’t make any of the pics) and some glitzy earrings.

Thanks for sticking around (and coming back) after my un-planned hiatus! Next week is National Op Shop Week so you know I’ll be getting on board with that!

Dress: Lover the Label, eBay

Shoes: Wittner

Earrings: Save the Children Mosman Park, $3

Photos: With U Photography (thanks Darek and Aggi!!)