Aussie Curves- Orange

Thanks to the Aussie Curves group, I've been venturing into the colours orange and yellow. I tried out my first orange top (in this post) and loved it! Orange is such a cheery fun colour and given my love of colour I'm surprised I hadn't tried it before. I guess I thought my complexion wouldn't suit orange as I tend to look washed out in warm tone colours, but I think it looks okay. And even if it did, well so what? I want to wear things because I like them, they don't have to suit my complexion. Another fashion rule that you can follow if you want, but there's no need to!

I was going to wear my orange top again, but then I remembered this skirt. I usually play up the red tones in the skirt, but there's plenty of orange there to work with! This pretty skirt is an old Autograph one (back when they were called Sixteen Twenty Six) given to me by a friend. My black top was passed on to me by a friend too! By the way, when I have described something as "gifted" on my blog, I meant something given to me by a friend or family member, not something donated to me by a brand. I'll include more details from now on so I don't give the wrong impression. All my gifted items on the blog so far have been presents or things passed on to me from friends/family, and if I'm gifted something by a brand I'll say so clearly.

I think this orange hair flower is my biggest so far. The flower and skirt together make me think of tropical vacations. :-) The skirt is lovely and comfortable and swishy.

Trying to show you my accessories here. Hair flower and earrings are from Big W. My unicorn necklace wasn't photographing very well today, so further down is a better photo from another time.

Unicorn necklace from Catfight Collections.

Check out below the other ladies rocking some orange!

Outfit Details

Skirt: Gifted from a friend (Sixteen Twenty Six, 22)

Top: Gifted from a friend (Katies, no size on tag)

Necklace: Catfight Collections

Earrings: Big W

Hair Flower: Big W

Shoes: Payless (11)

Aussie Curves- Dark

I almost didn't get this theme done this week, I've been busy, and dark isn't really a theme I'm into. I have one black dress that I'm saving when we have the LBD theme, and most of my other dark shade colours were used in previous weeks. I could just wear all black, but I'm not a fan, wearing all black makes me feel depressed. Then I remembered I had this spotty dress.

Yes it's black, but the white spots make it fun. I picked this dress up at Best and Less for about $40 years ago and it's really been value for money. The pattern reminds me of a starry sky. It is comfy and easy to wear too.

I usually pair this dress with red accessories, but I went with purple to keep it more in the "dark" theme. The bag I'm holding is a vintage bag that used to be my Mum's when she was young and single. :-)

Just trying to show you all my accessories in one pic. The necklace is from the op shop, the bracelet from a market, the hair flower from Target, and I made the button earrings myself. I added the hair ribbon to the pendant, I think it goes nicely. Also, you can adjust the length really easily, which I like.

Isn't the embroidery pattern on the bag cute?

Outfit Details

Dress: Best and Less (20)

Necklace: Op shop/ thrifted

Earrings: Made by me

Hair Flower: Target

Bracelet: Market

Shoes: Payless (11)

Aussie Curves- Strapless

A strapless theme this week was easy in the sense that I have only one item of clothing to choose from. It's a special occasion kind of dress, so in the interests of honesty I disclose that I did not wear this out in public this time. I have however worn it to a cocktail party, and to my brother's wedding reception.

This is the first time I have worn it strapless. Usually I wear a normal bra and shrug not because I don't want to expose my upper arms, but because I have only one strapless bra, and it is the most uncomfortable bra in the world! It doesn't hold me up very well and gives me a weird shape. But I am putting up with it so you guys can see it strapless.

This dress is from ChicStar, I ordered it online. The sizing can be all over the place with ChicStar, but this dress was pretty true to size. I ordered a 24. I love the lacing, the lace trim and the shimmery colour of the dress. It also comes in black. I'd love to see it in purple or a wine-red. In my opinion the bodice needs a bit more support to keep it from rolling down, I usually pin it to my bra just to be safe.

The skirt is almost a full circle skirt. It is so swishy! I'm wearing my purple Domino Dollhouse petticoat underneath for some added swish.

The only necklace that seemed to go with it is my Grandmother's necklace, but I can imagine a better necklace with more of the antique black scrollwork and darker, larger stones. Maybe I'll see something like that one day. I'd love a sort of gothic/steampunk necklace. And for the first time I'm not wearing a hair flower- shock! I couldn't find one to match. :-)

Outfit Details

Dress: ChicStar (24)

Petticoat: Domino Dollhouse (XXL)

Shoes: Payless (11)

Bike Pants (underneath): Big W

Necklace: from my Grandma

Earrings: Diva

Check out what the other ladies are wearing below! (and anyone got suggestions for good strapless bras?)

Aussie Curves: Sparkle

This week's challenge was Sparkle, and immediately I knew I'd have some problems, as I don't own any sparkly clothes. I did own sparkly jewelry, so I decided to wear a plain black dress and let my jewelry sparkle instead. Bahahaha! *slaps knee, wipes tears* No seriously, I didn't wear black, but I did need a simple dress that didn't busy up my look. I went with a turquoise sun-dress from Asos Curve (once again from the sales section) and pulled together some sparkly jewelry.

Earrings from Diva, necklace was an old brooch that belonged to my Granny, bracelet from Yours Clothing, shoes from Big W (there's a little hint of sparkle in the straps there) and hair slide I don't remember. I also painted my nails with Opi Meep Meep Meep (from the Muppet Collection) they have glitter in the polish. Bit hard to get a good photo of it though.

The dress is comfy stretch cotton, and a little shorter than I'm comfortable with. The straps need to be adjusted as they were a little long (my usual problem, when it fits in the hips it's too big up top).

No I'm not pulling a hip hop move, I'm trying to show you all my sparklies in one place.

Outfit Details

Dress: Asos Curve (24)

Bike Pants (underneath): Big W (20)

Half-slip (underneath): Target (24)

Shoes: Grosby at Payless (11)

Bracelet: Yours Clothing

Necklace: Gifted from my Granny

Earrings: Diva

Hair slide: Don't remember

Check out below what the other ladies came up with- I bet there's some fab sparkly clothes action going on.

Multi-Coloured Stripes

My 7 year old photographer has lost his steady hand. In desperation I put the camera on top of the tv unit (I don't have a tripod) and took some self-timed photos. It was night time, so please excuse the bad lighting. I'm loving my new tunic top from Autograph (you'll be seeing a bit of Autograph in upcoming posts, they had a sale and I found some nice stuff). It was on the $20 sales rack, they only had a size 20 (I probably would have gone a size 22) but it still fits ok.

I love the cheerful colours, and the criss-cross style bodice. A versatile top I can wear in all seasons, thanks to layering. 

The colour didn't come out in the photos, but my trousers are these ones in the photo below. They were a cheap $25 buy from Big W, and I've been wearing them a lot. They are comfy, and the colour goes with a lot of my outfits.

Outfit Details
Stripey tunic top: Autograph (20)
Black top (underneath): Big W (22)
Purple jeans: Big W (26)
Shoes: Payless (men's 10)
Hair bow: The Olive Tree Markets