Fatshion Faceoff - Striped Skirt

This week myself and my 5 other Fatshion Faceoff ladies were challenged by the lovely Molly to style a stripped skirt, I was all set with a stripped Maxi skirt but it was no good as it was all out of shape, so I improvised.

I am wearing a dress as a skirt and as it is so rainy and chilly here today I used a plain black roll neck top to make it into a skirt.

Now the only thing is that this skirt is not stripped in the conventional sense of the word, but it is a floral stripe, but I am not often conventional so this is probably ok.

So here is my interpretation of the stripped skirt

Excuse the closed eyes :) 

Ready for my trip food shopping, I lead an exiting life!

It is such a pretty dress, I will have to blog it on its own so you can see the pretty feature at the back. 

The colours are so pretty and I love the block of blue at the bottom of the skirt.

So how do you were your stripes?

Go check out the other gorgeous ladies for some inspiration.

Hanna – http://thewardrobechallenge.co.uk/

Dani – http://diyfatshion.blogspot.com/

Olivia – www.waituntilthesunset.com

Molly – http://molly-pocket.com

Mouna – www.brusselsfatshion.com

Mhairi

xxx

Fatshion Faceoff - Maxi Dress

This week it was my turn to choose the item, and I went for a maxi dress, my reason for this is I love them, but never know how to style them, and I am hoping the other fabulous ladies can show me how to look awesome in them!

I know as a very short person that I shouldn't wear them, but hey, rules are made to be broken right?

The dress I am wearing is from M&Co a couple of years ago now, but I loved the animal print and the bold colours of it, but I have only ever worn it twice as I am so unsure what to wear it with.

I tried to show how I have worn it during the day before and how I have worn it out for a party.

This picture was just for you guys :)

I decided to team my zebra print bracelet from Funk and Finery with it to keep the animal print.

The shoes are from Tescos last year and the cardi is TKMaxx

I don't feel like this is the most exciting outfit in the world but I do love maxi dresses, I think I just need to find my confidence with them, I plan on finding the perfect pair of sandals to team them with in the sunshine. 

Do you have your perfect maxi dress, what does it look like? feel free to post it to me on twitter, any help is appreciated.

Don't forget to head over and check out all the other lovely ladies in there fabulous maxi creations.

Hanna – http://thewardrobechallenge.wordpress.com/

Dani – http://diyfatshion.blogspot.com/

Olivia – www.waituntilthesunset.com

Molly – http://molly-pocket.com

Mouna – www.brusselsfatshion.com

Joe Browns @ Simply Be

I have been finding myself perusing the internet a lot recently lusting after summer clothing, this is a new and interesting thing for me, as I am most definitely a winter girl, I love wrapping up warm, and knowing I don't need to worry about showing my arms and legs off.

Blogging has really been a huge help in ways I am only just realising, I don't feel the anxious tightening in my stomach, just looking at sleeveless dresses I once did or looking at them, then trying to find a cardigan to wear with it.

Whilst doing this searching I came across this dress on the Simply be website from Joe browns, and just fell in love. I didn't rush to find a cardigan so I could safely take of my jacket in public, but I did see the denim jacket and loved it. I choose some boots so i could stay more in my comfort zone, I am never THAT girly.

The only thing I would have to do to the dress is alter it so it has straps as I cant wear a halter neck at all, but that is easy to do so not a problem at all.

I think it could work well during the chillier months too, with some tights and a top under, and bring a little sunshine into my late winter life.

I think I will always be a winter girl at heart but it is nice to be able to look forward to the warmer ones too.

Are you beginning to look forward to the warmer days?

Mhairi

xxx