Aussie Curves- LBD

You may have noticed I'm a big fan of colour. This week's little black dress challenge wasn't hard, since I have only a few black dresses. This dress I've only worn once. I just find black to be boring and depressing, so you're hardly ever likely to see me in a black dress (unless it has a great pattern on it or is all lacey and goth-like). This dress was an old buy from Yours Clothing. I bought it because I thought I should have a black dress in my wardrobe, in case I needed to go to a funeral or something (what a cheery thought). 

The dress itself is quite nice, it fits beautifully and has a nice swishy skirt. Pity it's black!

I tried to cheer up the outfit with my coloured necklace, bracelet and my polka dot bow. My bag used to be my Mum's.

Outfit Details
Dress: Yours Clothing (22)
Necklace: local markets
Bracelet: Thrifted
Shoes: Kmart (11)
Hair Bow: Olive Tree Markets

Aussie Curves- Timesaver

Today's theme is timesaver. I'm usually dressing quickly in the morning before heading out the door with the kids to do the school run, so I appreciate outfits I don't have to think about. This gorgeous dress from Domino Dollhouse is one of those. Dress, bike pants, sandals- bam all dressed. If I have more time I'll add some accessories and some lippie. Dresses are a favourite of mine for time saving dressing. You don't need to coordinate tops and bottoms, and if it's cold just add some tights/leggings and a coat. Easy!

The necklace (which kept sliding around in the photos) is from Domino Dollhouse too. The dress and necklace were part of their last season's range, Astralnauts. The dress is comfy, looks great and has stood up to repeated washes quite well. 

Any tips for not squinting when it's bright outside? I waited until an overcast day to take the photos but it still was glarey. Need more shade in my backyard I think!

Had to show you my earrings too- keeping on with the star theme of my dress.

Outfit Details
Dress: Domino Dollhouse (3x)
Cosmic Triangle Necklace: Domino Dollhouse
Sandals: Big W (11)
Hair bow: Olive Tree Markets
Earrings: Asos
Bike Pants (underneath): Cult of California (5)

Aussie Curves- Polka Dots

I was excited to see that Polka Dots was the theme this week, as I am a big fan. I have polka dot pyjamas, polka dot hat, polka dot plates and of course polka dot clothes. I decided to recreate what I wore for my birthday last weekend. This pretty dress was marked down to $20? (can't remember) from City Chic, which is the first thing I've bought from them. Usually their prices are too high for my budget, and they don't seem to have 70% off as often as Autograph, so I don't usually pay them much attention. But the price was right for this dress! I like that the straps are adjustable, as I needed to adjust them a lot (the usual fit around the hips, too big up top problem). The dress is comfy to wear and I love the combo of ruffles and polka dots. It came with a belt made out of the dress material, but I found a more structured belt worked better. 

To offset the chill as I went out for birthday dinner (if you're ever in Newcastle, El Nonno in Hamilton have yummy Italian food and great service for reasonable prices) I wore my Domino Dollhouse jacket. Both the jacket and the dress were having their first outing, by the way. I turned up the cuffs so you could see the adorable polka dot print on the lining. The jacket doesn't photograph well, but the colour is a rich burgundy velvet, so nice to wear. I like the crop length too, especially over dresses.

I wore my awesome op shop find boots. I like how the jacket, boots and studded belt add a bit of edge to the pretty floaty dress.

The bunny brooch and polka dot hair bow were birthday presents given to me on the night, which I promptly wore. The necklace is a dark purple stone from my Grandmother, it's not exactly right with the dress but I couldn't find a better match. 

My bracelet and my sparkly handbag are both op shop finds. The bow on the handbag is the belt from my dress.

I've assembled some other polka dot looks for you, which can be found here, here and here. I still have two more polka dot clothing items I haven't featured on the blog, maybe I'll show them off this week.

Outfit Details
Dress: City Chic
Jacket: Domino Dollhouse
Bike Pants (underneath): Big W
Boots: Thrifted
Bracelet: Thrifted
Necklace: Gifted
Hair Bow: Gifted (Olive Tree Markets)
Bunny Brooch: Gifted (Blackbird's Corner)
Belt: Asos Curve
Handbag: Thrifted