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Beach vibes and Maxi Dresses

If you follow me on Instagram, you will know that I have been ill this week, and so have been cheering myself up by looking over holiday photos and therefore I decided to put together a selection of beach photos for this weeks blog post on beach vibes. Beach vibes Read on for more…

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Orange and black OOTD

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway, and this post about How to Style an Orange and Black OOTD. So, I have been busy shopping in the sales, where I found this orange lace skirt, which combines my love of lace with this beautiful burnt orange colour, which brightens up any wardrobe. I decided…

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How to wear a white tee

Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and this post about How to Wear a white tee. A white tee is an essential part of any closet. You can use it to dress down or dress up an outfit and you can wear it at any time of the day and any time of…

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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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Ruffles and Prints

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway and this post about this Ruffles and Prints dress from Topshop. I am so happy that we are finally having some warm weather and that all the flowers are in bloom. This magnolia bush is so gorgeous!! I love this ruffle and print dress from TopShop, as it’s so summery….

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Spring into Summer

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway and this post about “Spring into Summer”, featuring this yellow dress from H&M. Today is the start of the last week of the Instagram May Style Challenge, which I am co-hosting with 4 other bloggers – it’s still not to late to join in the fun – have a…

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Florals (Flower Child)

Welcome back to the Velvet Runway and this post about the prompt for today’s Style Challenge “Flower Child”. Today is the start of the second week of the Instagram May Style Challenge, which I am co-hosting with 4 other bloggers – if you missed the first week, it’s not to late to join in…

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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 : Breaking fashion rules

  Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and this post about “Breaking Fashion Rules“. As a midlife stylist it may be assumed that by now I would be “playing by the rules”, but as anyone who knows me will tell you, in my book “fashion rules” are meant to be broken or at…

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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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