Rachel the Hat: laura ashley

Monday, 9 October 2017

Autumnal Dress Love

Oh how i love love love to wear dresses in Autumn, and a dress that is autumn personified is even more perfect in my eyes.
So that's what i'm wearing... Autumn in a dress!
And i'm blogging about it over on the lovely lovely Laura Ashley Blog

-I'd love you to come have a read here-

Confessions of a Style Blogger #2

Ok this started last month and you all enjoyed it so much i thought i'd share some more home truths with you from this past month, all in the name of keeping this shizz real and to show that life is more than pretty pictures on social media. Life can be pretty shitty behind the squares sometimes, not all the time, but it only represents a small amount of life, and as much as we all love to keep it a positive place, expelling the feeling of not being good enough, or that big question "why isn't my life that perfect too?" is also important don't you think? Well i do, and confessing my silly moments to you dear reader is cathartic and hopefully will bring a smile to your face also.

Outfit is all via the lovely people at Laura Ashley

The dress has to be one of my most favourite items this summer, its insanely comfy and i can not wait to wear it again!!

I went to take a selfie last week and the beauty filter was set to off, i practically shat myself at my own reflection.. rough didn't even cover it. Honestly it was a shocker to see skin like a crepe paper consistency around my eyes.. wrinkles, bags, grey tinge.. lush! The absolute epitome of attractiveness.

I'm too lazy to exercise but wanted to try and tone my 'mum-tum' so i bought one of those slendertone belt thingies.. its still in the box 3 months later.. apparently i'm that lazy.

Possibly my most cringe moment this month: I bent over and flashed a boob to the delivery man the other day.. he got more than a signature that day... #theyrejustboobs 😂 But this is all part of the no bra problem i'm currently incurring. Plus the poor man looked mortified. He hasn't been back to deliver since😜

In a tired stupor through bleary eyes i grabbed nail varnish remover instead of eye-makeup remover, it stunk like a mutha clucker so thankfully i realised before any contact with my peepers was made, but wow.. that was close. It also took the nail polish off my freshly painted thumb nail which was a bummer.

I'm using mascara to cover up my grey hairs more than i am on my eyelashes of late... they are gaining momentum by the day, i estimate i will be completely grey by the time i'm 36 (thank god for hair dye and my appointment next week)!! I did actually use mascara the other day as the mascara manufacturers intended (on my eye lashes) and after a vigorous hay-fever induced eye rub left great big black rings around me peepers. Forgot i had it on tho and walked around Tesco looking like i was Morticia Adams, the lady on the checkout actually said "You ok lovey?" with a sympathetic look and genuine concern for my well being. I didn't have a clue why until i caught my reflection in the rear view mirror when i was back in the car.. oopps.

Last week i had the munchies SO bad(it was special lady allowance week, if y'know what i mean) i was like pacman, nail it down or i will eat it. I polished off a full pack of Gluten Free cookies, 2 bags of crisps and half a box of dry cornflakes in one afternoon. I looked 6 months pregnant for about 3 days after that, just in time for me to do a Bikini shoot coming up.. awesome!

Lastly, i may look serene in these photos(i was channeling my inner liv Tyler in Lord of The Rings.. but without those amazing lips, or luscious long hair, or Aragon, mores the pity) but amidst the photos were lots of swear words and me yelling at the husband photographer, who had just gotten home from work, and i had made him come straight out to take photos of me prancing around in a dress (in all fairness he wasn't taking my direction and i was getting annoyed, plus it was , like, 32 degrees!). I like to think i could win an oscar or at least a bafta for my contribution to acting in some photo shoots.

So in the vein of keeping it real ladies, what have you got to confess this month? I loved hearing your last months confessions.. they honestly cracked me up and made me feel like we really are all in this together!!

Moonlighting at Laura Ashley, Come Join Me!

Good Morning you gorgeous bunch, i just wanted to pop and invite you over to the Laura Ashley blog where they very kindly let me guest post for them on the best Garden Party attire ( Spoiler.. it may be this dress 😁). But it feels an absolute privilege to be able to be posting for such a wonderful brand. They are also some of the nicest photos i've possibly ever taken in my blogging history.

So do come have a nosey and a read ,
full post here:

http://www.lauraashley.com/blog/in-the-wardrobe/dressing-for-a-garden-party/

Happy Monday to you all, wishing you the most wonderful week!

xxx

My Favourite Dress (& #Passion4Fashion Linkup)

About a month ago i mentioned the dress i had been cyber stalking in hope that i would get my grubby little mitts on it, and my stalker skills paid off as it ended up being mine.
And for once I am so grateful for my website lurking expertise. I have worn this dress twice a week since i got it. I just love it.
Comfy, neutral so easy to remix with other pieces and it has pockets..
is that or is that not the most perfect dress? It is for me, so much so that I have also ordered the Khaki version to wear the life out of as well, 'cos quite frankly this one needs a breather (and a wash) so the khaki will be added to my rotation.
I'm looking forward to wearing it with bare legs come the warmer days, but for today i mixed a little navy with this Laura Ashley trench and navy boots. I've also worn it with my biker jacket, with a long maroon cardigan and with a long black coat... I wasn't lying when I said I've been wearing it a lot.
And when I invest in a dress I make sure I get my monies worth.. so far so good anyway.