Excuse the absence from the blogging world- I have been working amazingly long days with little time to sleep let alone blogging. All the Starbucks in the world has even failed to help!
Anyway, now that things have simmered down a bit, I wanted to discuss basics. Some of you might describe them as boring, mundane and others as holy grail status. I go with the latter. For me, nothing builds up your wardrobe quite like a well built collection of good, staple, well fitting basics.
Now why am I talking of basics? Well because during my absence, I had to clean the entire house of my rubbish. This included three weeks of work, clearing out and editing my wardrobe. What came to light was that I used a very, very tiny proportion of my wardrobe (about 10%) the rest consisted mostly of impulse purchases, or items that didn't fit or just weren't really my style.
I found the task of clearing out my cr*p pretty eye-opening. The amount of money thrown away was insane. What transpired was that I was seriously lacking in my basics. Although I'm good with things like jeans and t shirts (only because I live in them) there were other items I wear frequently (boots, blazers, blouses) that I had no real basic staple versions of. My personal style is very, frankly, boring. Let's say simple- I'm not a big trend follower, I go with what fits well and looks simple but well made. So for me, basics is what it's all about. My way of 'jazzing up' an outfit is by adding a bright lip, or a beautiful bracelet. With other people, I go crazy, but in my own personal sense of dress, I am often told I am an older woman in a young girl's body. Get the picture?
So now, the quest is on. I've just shed 1.5 stone in one month (this was completely unintended, I only started running to ease my mind of frustration and cleared up my diet big time! for more info, leave a comment below and I will do another post dedicated to losing weight/ diet) so I will probably wait about another month or two to actually purchase things, but I've already been scouring the 'net like a a mad woman!
My list of basics to buy goes a little like this-
- Black ballet flats
- Nude ballet flats
- Black blazer/ jacket (I'm thinking tweed/ boucle)
- Black skinny jeans
- Indigo skinny jeans
- Black t- shirt (round neck and v neck)
- White t- shirt (round neck and v neck)
- Brown riding boots
- Black ankle boots
- Well made, supple black leather handbag (with a detachable strap)
Now the ballet flats are easy, for those I will go to French Sole for their Henriettas-
I have many of their flats and find them of great quality and fit.
The black blazer/ jacket I still have not found- I'm having serious trouble finding a decent well fitting tweed/ boucle version. I did stumble upon the Michael Kors Chiffon trimmed boucle jacket and I like it but don't love it (it's a little too boxy for me)-
Also, the Zara Fantasy Fabric Blazer is another boucle-esque blazer I happened to see and I absolutely love everything about it, but it doesn't come in black (*sobs hysterically*)
Skinny jeans! I wear skinny jeans daily, so need help with this one. I want to head for premium denim now but am very very confused about the array of brands. Which brand offers the best fitting mid- rise (no builder's crack to be seen here, thank you!), 'suck me in' version? Guess this will include a marathon fitting room session!
For t- shirts, I was thinking James Perse but feel like maybe this is overrated. No clue with this!
For riding boots, I will head to Russell and Bromley- I never manage to leave empty handed when I go there!
The only black ankle boots I really have my mind set on? Why the Ash Jalouse boot of course-
I feel like this would be a wear with anything and everything kind of boot, and can't wait to purchase these.
Ta ta!
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