. MARC JACOBS SS14 .
This Marc Jacobs watch is a new number from the SS14 collection which Selfridges is selling. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to work with the two brands to support the Spring collection and this Marc Jacobs watch was a favourite of mine from the range due to the almost sunshine colour gold & the feminine cut of the watch strap and face.I am a huge fan of chunky watches and this is reflected in my Michael Kors, Daniel Wellington and Anthropologie watches which i’ve invested in over the years. This spring I was ready for something a little more summery and different … I’ve never really worn a pure gold watch (My Michael Kors watch is the closest being a tortoise shell and gold mix) and given we’re heading into the sunshine season, I thought a gold watch would be the perfect summer accessory. The watch is also a tad more delicate than others I have or in the range, and I liked the slightly more feminine way it looks.
. SPRING CLEAR OUT & INVESTMENT PIECES .
As you may well have gathered by the fact I write a daily style blog, I like my clothes. Having a blog about clothes has its advantages and disadvantages when it comes to clothes and shopping. On the plus I have a reasonably legitimate excuse for treating myself to ungodly amounts of clothes (it’s a small business, I need to invest in clothes to keep things fresh & interesting etc etc – AHEM), secondly I am fortunate enough to get to work with some fabulous brands who gift items which only adds to my never ending hoard of clothes.
On the disadvantages, I continuously create illegitimate excuses which support my ungodly investment in clothes (aka as above: ‘it’s a small business, I need to invest in clothes to keep things fresh & interesting etc etc’), secondly couple my purchases with the items i’m so gratefully gifted, my wardrobe (bomb site?) can become a little overcrowded (to say the least). This not only leads to inner panic with the control freak inside me but it also leads to one increasingly disgruntled boyfriend who’s 20% of all wardrobe storage continues to diminish.
The logical solution … have regular clear outs and sell my clothes? Correct, only problem is i’m a tad sentimental & a bit of a hoarder (inherited directly from mummy dearest). My next best solution for the last few years (despite knowing I could have made a few bob) has been to give bags of clothes to my mum and sisters – there’s something easier in knowing that the item i’ve not worn in 5 years is only a few miles away, should I ever want to wear it again! That is until now … i’ve decided it’s time to bite the bullet and take a more pragmatic approach to my clothing situation. My solution is two fold, 1. Invest more, less often (my shops of late are Whistles & Reiss), 2. Sell / Give away any items that I haven’t worn recently or that I have similar items to. Whilst I always let my mum and sisters have dibs (pay back for the pictures I force them into taking when I go home) I’m now going to make a more conscious effort to sell some items on the cheap to you lovely readers!! This is where Vinted.co.uk comes in, it’s a site much like Ebay in design, but dedicated to fashionista’s looking to sell or buy clothes and accessories more specifiically … therefore leading to less time shuffling through pages of car tyres, electronics & home goods, more time browsing fashionable goodies!!
I am selling 10 of my items of clothing on my very own vinted profile – you can check it out here, make sure you stay tuned to check out the bits i’m selling. Anyone can join Vinted and it is genuinely super quick and easy to set up (linking direct to Facebook to fill in all the mandatories), it also links to blogs & social channels which is another fab way to build your blogging network and community! I’ve downloaded the mobile app (they have an android version too) to upload my items for sale, again so easy, literally taking a snap and uploading the info within a few mins.It’s all too good to be true right? Well there is one disadvantage, everyone else is selling such fab bits you can’t help but by some seriously good gems too (Charlotte from the Fashion Guitar’s wardrobe is currently filling up my ‘favourites’ list) ;)
One in, One out. Ah well … it’s all for the ‘business’ right?
