The summer spectacular of pretty dresses!!

Firstly, I must apologise for being a totally slack blogger over the last few months. Time has gotten away from me. I have been taking photo's though!

This summer has all been about pretty dresses, maxi's mostly. I have discovered a love for a well cut, flattering maxi dress. Maxi skirts are also a new love.

I will post a little photo diary from November to now of some of the dresses I have worn over the last few months.

As you all know, I am a huge fan of City Chic clothing. It is not just because they are a plus size fashion retailer, I actually love their style. However, I am finding that a lot of things are getting to big and if I keep losing weight soon I won't fit in to any of their things. I am also finding that I am having trouble finding styles I like from other retailers. I am trying new brands and styles though.

Below I am wearing an ASOS off the shoulder number. I love how flattering this dress is, it shows off my lovely shoulders and my collarbones (which I am particularly proud off... two years ago one would not have known I had collarbones). Teamed with croc beige and pink wedges.

I love the dress so much I bought it in the coral colour below. I teamed it with some hot heels from City Chic (yes City Chic do shoes!!!) for a night out in Newtown.  http://www.citychic.com.au/ARYA-ANGLE-BLOCK-HEEL.aspx?p6538364&cr=i25y__083717

Picture credit goes to my good friend Peter!

The next dress is from Forever 21. I was in Canberra for the weekend visiting with my lovely friends, Phil and Andrew. I am truly of the opinion that every girl needs a summer frock in white. Here is mine...

Picture credit goes to my good friend Peter!

The next dress is also from Forever 21, but I bought it in Hawaii in June 2015. The dress that started my love and obsession for a gorgeous maxi dress. Whenever I wear this dress I am inundated with compliments. I think it is the print. it is just lovely!

The yearly Christmas tradition is the annual Santa Pub Crawl to raise money for Ronald McDonald House. Here is a bargain I picked up on eBay. Also, check out my gorgeous friend Nikki (aka dominatrix naughty elf)

The next dress is one of my favourite summer purchases. It is the French Kiss Maxi Dress from City Chic. I cannot rave enough about the cut of this dress. I will definitely be taking it to France with me in August!

The Moroccan Vintage Maxi Dress! Also a City Chic dress. So flattering, shows a little bit of cleavage and just gorgeous on. I have no idea where my hat is from, my aunty picked it up on eBay I think; but this hat is my go to hat for summer.

I was in Woolgoolga checking out the Lookout. We had a lovely Christmas break in the Coffs Harbour region. I didn't get a full length shot unfortunately.

Taking selfies with my cutie pie god son Juzi!

The next number is from Jeanswest. I have recently discovered that I like a lot of their items and I have bought two dresses, two skirts, two pairs of pants and singlet from them in the last month. Their dresses are good for transitioning from City Chic sizes in to mainstream sizes and I am finding that I fit in to a lot of their size 14 items. Selfie shot complete with sunburn.

The next dress was my New Years Eve pick and I picked it up from Big W of all places for $45. It is a Peter Morrissey dress and my favourite summer purchase. I am in love with the colour.

I teamed it with some plated gold earrings, headband and bangle from Lovisa.

The next dress is City Chic and I wore it to a good friends wedding in Sydney last weekend. Again, another flattering maxi dress.

Picture credit goes to my good friend Peter!

Picture credit goes to my good friend Peter!

It has definitely been a summer of spectacular frocks. More to come, I promise.

Ciao lovelies!

Concerts and long weekends!

Life has been super busy this week, but enjoyable.

I took three days off work this week to travel to Sydney and see Maroon 5 in concert. I must say that I have never really been impressed with Adam Levine, though I do enjoy his music. After seeing the concert I can say that Adam Levine has impressed me. He has such stage presence and charisma. Also, he is attractive.

So I obviously needed a fantastic outfit to wear to the concert. I was stuck between a tulle skirt, wet look jeans or a lovely blue dress. I went with the dress, teamed with a killer necklace, a pleather bolero and some cute ankle strap wedges.

The dress is the Strappy Cross Back Tunic from City Chic (http://www.citychic.com.au/STRAPPY-CROSS-BACK-TUNIC.aspx?p6514789&cr=w1pq__072337) and it also comes in red and purple. Its very comfortable and a good addition to a spring/summer wardrobe!.

I bought these cute little shoes from FSW for $15.

The pleather bolero is also from City Chic, I am in love with it (http://www.citychic.com.au/LACE-INSERT-BOLERO.aspx?p6494300)

The necklace is from Lovisa and I bought it specifically to wear with this dress.


Of course a trip to Sydney is not complete without a little shopping spree. I bought a dress  and some cute Eiffel Tower earrings from Dotti, a dress and pair of jade green ballet flats from Forever 21 and yellow dress and blue clutch from Forever New.

I wore the yellow dress today. I had a Christening to attend as well as a second birthday for gorgeous twins and a Sunday session at the pub with some lovely ladies.

The dress is called the Ebony Embellished Sundress. The beading on this dress is divine, very feminine. I love a yellow sundress, actually I am very partial to yellow for Spring and Summer. Not fluorescent yellow though.

The shoes I am wearing are from Betts, bought last summer.

Sunshine daisies, butter mellow, Jaiimay is looking gorgeous in Yellow!

So that is my week Lovelies. I hope everyone has been enjoying their long weekend :)

Spring Fling

Is anyone else overjoyed that Spring is upon us? I know I certainly am. I love Spring for the flowers, the smell in the air, the sunshine and warmer days and of course, the fashion!

I must apologise for the three week break between posts. I have been a busy lady, with two girls weekends away and lots of work to do. Fashion and blogging has not been far from my mind though.

I went on a bit of a crazy shopping spree this week. Thanks to City Chic and their members sale offer, I got 30% off on full price and sale items. I bought ten things. One of the items I purchased was a lovely skirt, a signature spring piece. I am quite in love with it. I wore it to work yesterday,  as a kind of casual Friday I don't want to dress like a generic lawyer outfit. My boss loved it, she said I was bringing 50's retro back. I do love my boss and the lovely comments she makes about my clothes and accessories :)

The skirt is a fantastic mix of floral, pastel, pops of colour and geometric shapes. here it is...

Ensemble 1

This was my Friday work outfit and I really felt like I was stepping in to Spring. I felt pretty and feminine and I love how City Chic clothes can make me feel that way. Yes, the skirt is City Chic. I am wearing an off white three quarter puff sleeve shirt underneath the pink cardi. I love this card, it is from SES and what I like about SES cardi's is that they are inexpensive and come in a range of colours. I have three cardi's the same as the pink one and every time I go to Sydney for work I buy another colour.

I had so many ideas throughout the day on how this skirt could be worn... So of course I decided to host my own fashion show in the comfort of my own home on a Friday afternoon...

Ensemble 2

Here I have chosen a collared shirt with lace on the shoulders. The spearmint colour of the shirt compliments the skirt nicely and I think it accentuates the other colours. This can also be a casual Friday work outfit, afternoon tea ensemble, a day out at the shops. The bag I am holding is from Forever New, also another sale purchase from a few weeks ago.

Ensemble 3

I have dressed it up a bit here by adding a delicate lace top (I apologise for the tag peeping over my shoulder), some mint heels and matching clutch. The top was another of my 30% off purchases this week. Another item I am happy with.

Ensemble 4

I think the addition of the blazer takes this outfit from day to night, or again an office outfit. I would be completely comfortable wearing this ensemble to the office and even to Court. I really do not agree that lawyers must be in the uniform of a black suit. Where is the fun in that!

And now we have the party outfit, the garden party, a wedding outfit, the outfit Du Jour...

Ensemble 5 - front view

Ensemble 5 - side view

The strapless top I am wearing here is the Deep V Corset top, also a City Chic item and also one of my 30% off purchases. It is fantastic! I am seriously considering this ensemble as the outfit I will wear to a wedding in February next year.

I really think that spearmint, mint, pastel green is the colour of spring. It is fresh and inviting.

So that concludes my fashion show for now. I have a lot of other goodies to show off in the next few weeks ;).

Thanks for reading lovelies!

Jaiimay



P.S here are the links to most of the items above...

City Chic Geo Floral Skirt:  http://www.citychic.com.au/GEO-FLORAL-SKIRT-.aspx?p6529044

City Chic Lace Insert Puff Sleeve Top: http://www.citychic.com.au/LACE-INSERT-PUFF-SLEEVE-TOP.aspx?p6384769

SES Basic Cardigan in hot pink: http://www.sesonline.com.au/basic-cardigan/

City Chic Flirty Lace Insert Shirt: http://www.citychic.com.au/FLIRTY-LACE-INSERT-SHIRT.aspx?p6516858&cr=w1pq__075518

Forever New Miranda Studded Bag: http://www.forevernew.com.au/miranda-studded-bag-2023176801002

City Chic Top Delicate Lace: http://www.citychic.com.au/DELICATE-LACE-TOP-.aspx?p6514445

Mint Green Clutch and Peep Toe heels are from Betts, a few seasons old.

City Chic Drapey Blazer: http://www.citychic.com.au/COLOURED-DRAPEY-BLAZER-JACKET.aspx?p6509360

City Chic Deep V Corset: http://www.citychic.com.au/DEEP-V-CORSET.aspx?p6528991