I see dresses and shoes and cardigans of green

 Again, a bit of a bastardisation-title. But although my head's still firmly in sales-and-winter-clothing, spring collections are arriving in the shops now, and from what I can see, there's a couple of trends emerging. The most obvious being GREEN. A fresh, zingy, grass-green shade has cropped up in several places. I love these greens, so that's not a bad thing for me! (I don't follow high fashion closely enough to be able to identify the source, but I'm sure there must be one? The botanical prints remind me a bit of Erdem...)

I think this shade looks wonderfully fresh with white, and little blue, red or yellow accents. But it looks good with royal purples too, and as the black dress shows, if you're scared to go full-kermit, it pops as an accent against black. White generally looks terrible on me, so that's what I'll be pairing it with, even if I think this green looks its nicest against a bright crisp white. Like Wimbledon in outfit form. Oh, for summer!

Yearning for summer

I'm not a winter person. For a brief two-week period I enjoy the novelty of wrapping up warm, of layering, of wearing dark colours instead of brights. But at this point in the year, when I've forgotten what it's like to be warmed by the sun, when I wake to darkness that doesn't seem to lighten some days, and my colour palette consists of only the darkest shades, summer can't come fast enough.

Add the current snow situation and I'm closing my eyes and clicking my plum snowboots to take me there.

And when I see pieces like this H&M dress, I covet covetously, and daydream of flip flops, sunglasses and long golden summer days.


In the mean time, if I manage to get my hands on it, it'll be layered with long sleeved tees, cashmere cardigans, and my UGGS.... not quite the same!