Couture at Cost Price

Lately I haven’t been able to help notice a growing trend towards brides ordering their bridesmaids dresses from Chinese websites. One only has to type ‘Chinese bridesmaids dresses’ into Google to find a plethora of sites offering ‘designer’ gowns at ‘unbelievable’ prices. These sites offer exact replicas of couture gowns worn by celebrities for a fraction of the price. Sound too good to be true? Well, it is.

Fooled by images of celebrities wearing intricate custom made gowns and a promise that their orders will be of the same high quality and made to measure, you’d be stupid not to dive straight for your purse and place an order. After all, we want the very best for our bridesmaids and what could be better than getting them the same dress that Scarlett Johansson wore to the Oscars? It’s couture at cost price, right? Wrong.

Take this example from a client I was helping during the week. She is the maid of honour in an upcoming wedding and was horrified after receiving her not so made to measure bridesmaid dress. After sending off her measurements she waited in anticipation of receiving her dream dress. What she got... well (with her permission of course) you be the judge.

What she ordered...

What she got...

  

I'm in no way insisting a boycott of these sites. I'm just saying -Bridezilla Beware.

All wrapped up

When a shopping habit begins to take over your life (ok, a tad dramatic - your bedroom), you have two options...

1. Admit you have a problem.

2. Build something to store the item and make room for more.

Never one to be beat, I recently invaded the man cave and built this wooden contraption to hang my ever growing collection of scarves. Admittedly, I am quite impressed with my efforts.

This post that follows was inspired by a conversation I had with a friend during the week. It's incredible what we take for granted and for me it's how to wear a scarf. After being given a scarf as a present my friend was a little lost as how to best wear it. This is question I get asked on a daily occassion at work so I thought I'd do a demo and post the results.. Take notes and follow on,

Prue xx

Scarf: Seed

Skills: Model's Own

Double Denim

There is only one way to conquer double denim. So follow these easy rules:

1. Always wear a light chambray denim up top
2. Always wear dark indigo or black denim on the bottom.
3. Leave the 90's denim jacket at home and opt for a shirt (I stole Scotty's shirt once again. No point leaving the Christmas present to Scott from my parents sitting in his drawer).

That's all folks!

Eve x

Shirt: Industrie

Jeans: Forever New

Boots: Steve Madden

Cuff: Mimco

A couple of double-denim DO NOT's to make you smile :D

Nailing it

Unfortunately for The Gosson our time is not always spent at play. So when it comes time to work, we try and bring a little fun and transform the 9-5 grind. This week we've escaped the bleak weather and created our own little rainbow. Think My Little Pony, Skittles, sunshine in the spring-time and Ladurée on the Champs-Élysées. After all...

Nail Polish: SEED

DIY / Design it yourself

Perhaps it was a childhood membership to the local Brownie club (or a genetic glitch that leaves me attracted to shiny objects, it's possible right?) but for as long as I can remember I have loved playing with glitter and getting crafty with it.  

I thought I’d share my latest project with you. Walking through the mid season S A L E S this week I found these beauty booties heavily reduced. Having eyed them off prior to the sale they were an absolute no brainer.

A wooden heel - the ideal surface to glitter-fy. I’m still undecided whether or not to just change the heel or to do the back section (what do you think?!). Either way, boy oh boy, are they going to shine! 

Stay tuned for the results...

Prue xx

 

My Boots: Seed

and the inspiration for this project

RMK

Topshop

A Short Story

Shorts, by colloquial definition are, ‘trousers that reach the top of the thigh or extend to the knee’. Shorts, defined by today's youth are, ‘a substitute for underwear in which neither length nor correct fit are essential’. Shorts, defined by me, are 'the fashion bane of my existence’.  I'm certainly no prude, but when did the wedgie deviate from a schoolyard taunt and become a suitable representation of ‘street style’?

Thank the lord, my favourite season is upon us. Winter has arrived and the amount of arse cheek on display is now directly proportionate to the wind chill factor. A - freaking - MEN!

I'm in no way suggesting the need to avoid shorts all together. Infact, I'm going to show you how to wear them throughout winter and make your clothes work all year round (we do, so why shouldn't they!). Pull out your tights and let's collectively prove that winter truly is fashion's wonderland.

Follow these tips to ensure you're not left short this winter

♥ The more conscious you are of your legs, the darker the tights

♥ The wider the leg of the short, the slimmer your thigh will appear

♥ The only cheeks on display should be on your face

Prue x

Shorts: Levis / Urban Outfitters

 Shirt: Review

Jumper: K-Mart

Belt: Seed

Heels: Seed

 Tights: Voodoo

Bag: Mimco

Earrings: Tiffany & Co

Dorothy

My love of fashion started the day I was born and to be honest it wasn’t like I popped out and started crying “Chaaaannneeeelllll”. It was pushed upon me in bucket loads by my most fabulous and sparkly Nana.

Dresses with frills and lace, frilly socks, black shiny patent Mary-Janes, ribbons and bows, anything that was girly and pretty my Nana adorned me with.

We would shop together, look at ridiculously expensive gowns covered in sequins and pick which was ours – hers was always red.

She had two enormous floor-to-ceiling wardrobes filled to the brim with clothes, each garment covered in glitter or sequins or pearls or lace, sometimes all of the above.

And the most fabulous thing about her was her hair. Every Thursday she would go see Joe the hairdresser and get glitter hairspray in her hair.

I’m serious, she was like the most adorable walking glitter ball.

In fact a lady once stopped her whilst crossing the road and told her she looked like an angel with a halo.

No doubt Nana would have replied with an “I know,” and a proud shrug.

So this post about everything glittery is in memory of my darling Nana whom I lost a year ago, yesterday.

The sparkles live on!

Eve x

Flats: Seed

 Dress: ASOS

Sneakers: Converse

 Dress: Forever New

Headband: Forever New

 Dress: Topshop

Dress: Topshop

Shorts: Topshop

Forever my Dancing Queen xx