Here I am wearing my BHS (yep that's right, British Home Stores) faux leather burgundy shift dress. Unfortunately it is no longer available; I bought it last season and wore it on its own for evenings out with a pair of stiletto ankle boots. The nearest dress I could find is this one from Inc at Macy's. Click link to shop.

However a short sleeved shift dress can be teamed with a roll neck jumper, over the knee flat boots and opaque tights as I've done here for an easy A/W day look. Be sure the neckline on your dress is round and the sleeves of your jumper are slim fitting. I would also steer towards heavier fabrics for the dress, that's why faux leather or real, wool or wool mix work well for the colder months. 

I'm wearing black layers underneath but a light grey works well with burgundy too. I'd then wear a black over coat, grey tights and black or grey boots.

Notice how I've put different textures together to soften the hardness of the faux leather with Carvela 'Supper' suede over the knee boots and Autograph wool over coat. If you do wear leather footwear with a leather look dress make sure that they are ankle length, to break it up; see my inspiration board below which also shows it with a Wrap 'Erin' knitted sleeveless jacket if a coat is too heavy.

No shopping links today as the change in season in stores make it harder to find similar products available now. Hopefully you'll have similar elements already in your wardrobe to try this look and make your shift dresses work harder.

Have a good weekend and thanks for stopping by.

 

In the week that one school banned parents turning up at drop off in their PJ's I show you how to still look considered and comfortable on the school run with my pick of top joggers. See my inspiration board below for my favourite five and click on the descriptive text to shop.

Even a sweat pant can look stylish if you team them with the right elements. Here I've put a wool overcoat with my rich&royal silk front joggers so the look is more tailored.  Adding a cashmere hooded jumper and cashmere ombre scarf helps make this a 'luxe' look rather than slovenly!

I've added my Nike internationalist jacquard trainers for a pop of pattern to break up the blocks of black and grey and now I'm dressed appropriately for the school gates there's enough time to grab a quick coffee and pastry at The Pantry Bakery, seen above!

From left to right:
​ASOS White tailored jogger £65
Reiss Moxie light grey knitted joggers £110
Jaeger outlet wool silk joggers now £49
Topshop slim fit marl joggers £25
ASOS leather look joggers £35

There's loads of choice this season if you want 'relaxed dressing' so there's no excuse to just roll out of bed and go! Maybe those mums should channel the high fashion pyjama trend instead. Click here to see more inspiration courtesy of sheerluxe.com, below.

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Ellery at Matches.com, Finders at ASOS and Sass & Bide UK; these are just three Australian fashion brands available in the UK that I'm going to highlight today on Australia Day; the public holiday that commemorates the founding of the colony of New South Wales in 1788. 

And whilst it's a wet and rainy Tuesday here it's nice to think of Sydney basking in 26 degrees celsius!
Of course you're more likely to need a pair of Uggs, another great Australian brand, in this weather. They've  teamed up with Liberty for a limited edition range of footwear, using their heritage prints. See the aptly named 'Reignfall' wellies below!

Looking forward to sunnier days then the latest collection from Sass & Bide includes this flock spot dress, see below, which would be perfect for the summer. If you don't get a chance to visit down under but love the Aussie style then theiconic.com.au is one of the best online fashion stores to visit, featuring more Australian fashion labels like C/MEO collective, TY-LR and Spurr footwear.

Click on the links to shop and thanks for stopping by.

Above: Sass & Bide 'Feel it all around' dress £315

Above: UGG Liberty collection Reignfall rain boots