The Velvet Runway

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Patchwork Skirt

I am totally in love with this patchwork skirt from Zara (last year, but you can still find similar this year in just slightly different colours!). I love the patchwork pattern and I love the fact that I can wear it in Summer, with a strappy top as in the picture below, but…

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Weekend Getaway

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway and this post about what to wear for a Weekend Getaway. Today is the last day of the Instagram May Style Challenge, which I have been co-hosting with 4 other bloggers – and it’s been amazing fun.  Have a look at my Instagram feed and check out some of the…

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Purple lace (Outfit of the day)

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway, and this post featuring this purple lace dress. Today is the start of the third week of the Instagram May Style Challenge, which I am co-hosting with 4 other bloggers – if you missed the first two weeks, it’s not to late to join in the fun –…

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How to wear jeans

Today is National Denim Day, and so in this post, I want to share with you three styling tips for How to Wear Jeans. For the past 17 years, ‘Peace Over Violence’ has run its Denim Day campaign on a Wednesday in April in honour of Sexual Violence Awareness Month, and this year…

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Outfit of the day : Street-Style Laguna Beach

On the drive down the PCH, Laguna Beach is located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, so it seemed to be the perfect stopping point for some photos of this outfit. Outfit of the day : Street-Style Laguna Beach * Laguna Beach is just a few kilometres from Crystal Cove State Park, where…

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Street-Style San Diego

I am so excited to be back in San Diego, as I only managed to spend two days here on my last visit, which isn’t enough to do justice to this amazing place, which is the final stop on the drive down the PCH (just before the Mexican border). Outfit of the day:…

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OOTD: Maxi skirts and seals

Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and this feature about Maxi Skirts and Seals. This week-end, I went to La Jolla, where it’s pupping season, and the beaches are covered with mums and their pups. So, I wanted to share some of the cute photos of the seal pups with you, and also…

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Fabulous at Forty : The skirt length debate

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway, where today I want to tackle the “great skirt length debate” : Is it acceptable to wear short skirts once you hit 40. It can be tricky finding your way through the fashion and beauty minefield at any age, but when you reach the big 4-0, it…

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Outfit of the day: Looks with lace

Following on from my previous look with a blue lace dress, and being inspired by Emily Blunt, Rach Parcell, Candice Swanepoel, Taylor Swift, Chiara Ferragni and Kristina Bazan, to name just a few of the celebrities who have been spotted in lace dresses, I have been rummaging through my wardrobe to look for a few…

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Little black dress : Outfit of the Day

  As we approach the party season, no wardrobe is complete without a “little black dress” (or a LBD). Outfit of the day: Little black dress The Little Black Dress (LBD) never goes out of fashion and is the simplest, most foolproof way to select your outfit whether you’re going to a semi-formal, formal event…

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