Boyfriend blazer: yay or nay?

Morning guys,

You know me, never one to miss a trend. I realise that, particularly in the current economic climate, slavishly following fashion isn't particularly, erm, fashionable, but I just can't help myself. I buy at least three fashion magazines a week and when I see new trends looking so fabulous I just can't help myself: I must be an advertisers dream!

One trend i've been keen to try out is the oversized boyfriend blazer, but given that i'm:

a) very short

b) very wide, and

c) very busty

all of the jackets have tried seem to make me look like a box. That is until I saw this one in topshop which I kind of liked. Or at least it didn't immediately make me say "yuck!"

I love the detailing on the back and even thought excitedly about all the dresses I could expose though the back panel. However beloved boyfriend (who is nothing if not honest about my pursuits of the trends) says I looked like a boxy box who'd been boxed and sent to Boxville, USA. I'm not sure I agree, but with the seed of doubt firmly planted in my mind I put the jacket back on the rail.

Did I do the right thing and save myself 55 wasted pounds? Or will I kick myself, forever hunting for another oversized jacket that suits me, and knowing it will never live up to that one? Only time will tell. Or....

....I could go back tomorrow and pick it up! What do you think??

Love, Tor x

Three's a trend!

Hello again,

My posts are like buses this week: you wait around all week for one and then two come along at once! I'm writing again because a wander around the shops at lunchtime made me have a funny thought that led to the photography of some rather lovely bags. And who am I to deprive you of lovely bags!?

I often raise a smile and wonder which high street shops have the same suppliers, as they all seem to have their stock arrive at the same time. I wonder if they all come off the same ship from China and actually land on the shelves on exactly the same day? This was all I could think about as I saw more and more of the exact same things in nearly every shop! In a future life I will shop every single day to test this theory!

Anyway. This week there has been an influx in all the stores (straight off the boat!) of fringed and studded bags, all affordable and all rather lovely actually.

River Island:

New Look: TopShop:

Despite my self-confessed topshop addiction, I actually think they've photographed worst. The new look ones look great but the faux suede fabric feels a little flimsy so I don't think they'd last long (which might not matter given that this is such a "trend"!) The best for me were the river island ones. It's just a shame they were so tiny I wouldn't even fit a third of my current handbags contents in them!!
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If you see a big leather studded and fringed bag (like the river island ones!) when you're on the highstreet then let me know because i'm definitely on the look out!
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Lots of love,

Tor

The Out-Net!

Ok, I know this news was all over other blogs earlier in the month, but in typical Tor fashion, it's only just penetrated my radar!
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I love Net-a-Porter. Despite the fact that I applied for a job there and didn't even get an interview (sigh!) I spend half of my life on Net-a-Porter drooling over all the wonderful clothes (and stealing pictures to post here of course!) but i've never actually ordered anything: the prices are a bit too rich for my purse, not to mention my pesky aversion to ordering anything online.

However I think i've found the perfect antidote to help me overcome that fear; next month Net-a-Porter is to launch an online outlet store! And we all know how I feel about outlet stores!

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On offer will be a mix of the former season's merchandise, classic pieces and greatest hits resurrected from designers' archives, all with average discounts of 40 to 60 percent. The company also plans to give some items away for free.
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"We've been thinking of doing a sale shop -- under a separate brand -- for years, and now is the right time to focus on it," said Natalie Massenet, founder and chairman of Net-a-porter. "We are no longer a start-up, but a mature, established business, and we want to follow in the footsteps of stores like Barneys Co-op and Neiman Marcus' Last Call," she said, adding the new company aims to service customers and brands alike.
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I, for one, am keeping my fingers crossed for an affordable, cross seasonal blazer and counting the days until the launch!
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Lots of love,
Tor