Get your gladrags on!

It's that time of the year again when Strictly is back on the telly! So pop on your slippers, grab yourself a y cozy hot chocolate, and plonk yourself down for a night filled with glitter and shazam!

There's nothing like some Cinderella-type romance of a waltz, or heating things up with a sexy salsa to warm up your cold and dark night in.

I love this show, and it's a bit of a love for my family, when I'm home from uni, I sit and watch it with my parents after dinenr and listen to all my dad's comments, my mum and I discussing whose dress we love, while my brother laughs at me swooning over some hot dancer.

It's a real old-fashioned, family tv show, and I know, it's camper than the site at a festival and is about as over the top and flamboyant you can get, but, that's kind the appeal of it...without it, it wouldn't be the same!

Like I said, I always love seeing the dresses on it. Being that they are usually covered in sparkle and layers that twirl around beautifully, or have cut-outs and tassels that hypnotise with every shimmy.

I wish i could wear stuff like this Not only that but i wish i could dance like that! Completely being serious, I would love to step into one of those celebrity's shoes and learn all these amazing dances in just as amazing outfits!

It's not just the dancers though, with Tess Daly presenting it, she always looks gorgeous and glamorous as well.

Whenevre these colder months come about, and it leds up to the festive period, my magpie senses tingle and I pick out all the shiny, shimmering and glizty things out of my wardrobe get ready.

If you want to just dip your toe in this glittery world, then there's some great stuff at a high-street and designer level, where it's black on black, which not only looks glamorous but also chic, with a bit of added sparkly magic!

       

Alice + Olivia

Victoria by Victoria Beckham

Miu Miu
Sources: BBC online, Netaporter, Asos

Is all this glitz and glamour right up your street, or a bit too much? And do you indulge in Stirctly?!

Hope you're all well, 

Speak soon,

A.x

Crisp & Clean

You all know by now that I love summer. The weather. The clothes. The sunshine. The short shorts and summer dresses. And usually, when I can start feeling the cold nip appear in the air and I have to pack all of my sandals away, I get summertime sadness and sulk about it. But this time around, thing's are a bit different. Maybe it's because I'm a bit older and wiser, and my style's grown up with me...(or, more likely, I went shopping and got lots of nice new autumnal bargains at the outlet which have gotten me all excited for the new season!)

dress: Miss.Selfridge, jacket: Urban Code, boots: Mark & Spencers

Usually, you'll spot me covered in pastels and bright colours, looking like a primary school child has used my as an art project, but today, I was feeling a bit more black and white. 

This dress became my best friend towards the end of summer. With a cheeky bit of skin showing at the back, and the length of it longer and more grown-up than skirts and dresses I usually wear, while still remaining summery.

It is uber-flattering as well, despite it clingy to your every curve and covered in stripes.

With the arrival of atumn also means the return of my trusty leather jacket, and some burgundy ankle boots didn't go amiss either.

Despite my devotion to colour as well, I 've really been loving all thing black & white recently. I know monochrome isn't anything new, especially this past S/S, where it was seen on every high street.

And monochrome is back on the runways for S/S '14, but unlike previously, where the tone of it was mainly dominated by sportswear, with influences from the Olympics last summer spilling over, and Rihanna's highly anticipated collection in collaboration with River Island, which definitely reflected her own urban and sporty style.

Despite autumn just starting to settle in now, I'm already so excited to be wearing monochrome for spring next year after seeing the runways recently. It's all gone much more feminie, with Vivenne Tam who had black and white sprawls of flowers invading the garments.

Victoria Beckham also showcased a clean and crisp colour palette and designs. I particularly the overlaying of hems seem, which gives these quite serious and crisp pieces a flirty and more light-hearted edge peeping through.

I really enjoyed seeing Victoria Beckham's S/S '14 collection, especially the pieces with sheer panels,which just shows how one shade can hold as much, if not more, interest than using as many colours together as possible. Victoria's collection's impress me more and more every season.

Have you guys been checking out NYFW? What do you think of  Victoria Beckham's new collection?

Hope you're all well,

Speak soon,

A.x