Casual Wear to Smart

I love casual clothes, but I can get bored with it. Now I enjoy my wardrobe. Building a capsule wardrobe that excites you is the way. I like owning a pair of black trousers that I can wear all year round. They will never come out of fashion.

The same with tops and dresses. I’m going to wear a lot more dresses. Dresses that will last a long time. I can wear them with a denim jacket or my pink puffer coat. I can wear trainers or boots or a pair of smart ankle boots.

I love what I own. My staple items are to always have a coat. Great way to be casual but dressed up and tailored. I wear a pair of thick or thin tights when it is less cold. I pair them with a skirt or dress and a shoulder bag. I also love my scarfs. I have thin ones and thick ones. I bought some smart shoes to. For Christmas I received a new pair of boots and love them.

They are ones I had shared ages ago. I think it was two years ago on this blog site. Next it is a pair of jeans. I will try to find a second hand pair. I will also look for a brown pair of trousers I have seen in Marks and Spencers.

I bought this lovely cashmere jumper. It was bought online from online shop called Nancy London and washes well and a masterpiece for me.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

New Fashion Blog 2025 Layering Up

Hello and welcome! Happy New Year! I hope you haven’t been affected by the weather it has been mixed and at the moment in the UK it is cold outside and I am layered up with a grey polar neck from a charity shops, white polar neck from Nancy London:

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A cardigan from Amazon that I bought, with my wide leg jeans.

Check these pictures on layering. This is from Pinterest and love winter fashion. One tip for going out is buying items that you can dress up and down and love layering to look tailored.

I love to invest in a good coat or jacket and leather jackets are good to have and furry coats I have a black one and love it with a pair of smart boots or shoes and perfect if you have a jumper dress or wooly dress.

My son plays rugby on Sunday mornings and so last year I invested in a pair of wellies and love them.

This was along with a pair of everyday white trainers from a Charity shop and charity shops can be a good place to buy pieces for the winter and worn in the summer when it can gets a bit chilly in the evening, but still look smart and put together.

I have found some great cardigans on Amazon and today invested in a Dressing Gown.

Here is a image of me the other day and show my new Boots I got for Christmas, with a pair of joggers from amazon that I bought last year (2024) and the jumper is a find from a charity shop:

I have set my goals for 2025 and created a board different boards on Pinterest see link below:

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Carrie X

Loving my Wardrobe and what have bought and want to add

I was going to do a declutter and sort out my clothes, but I do like my clothes and its taken a lot for me to say that. I have had a few items I would like to add, and bought this cardigan from Amazon:

I would like stop wearing leggins all of the time and have created a Mood Board of items that I’d like to add and such a dresses and trousers.

Now we are in Autumn it is time to put on our coats and jumpers, so I don’t go mad over the summer because you never know how it is going to be, and it started off poor this year, so as soon as I was ready to get out my shorts it rained, so felt like I was a jinx and so next year I want it to be about the dress, but ones that can be worn all year round and with tights and would like to have a pair of ballet types shoes.

I have bought a few new dresses from charity shops and have online bought pair of combat style trousers but that are smart or can be worn dress down too and would like to have some smart shirts and looking for a pair of knee high boots. My everyday staples so they can be worn all year round.

I love looking and trying different styles and enjoy my clothes I have and what makes me feel good and not shy away from being more slender, be somewhat conservative and comfortable, along with having some more colour and basics. I love vest tops and knitwear and stocking up on jumpers and cardigans that have sustainability and affordable.

I find second hand fashion to be a must aswell as high street, but it depends on the quality, not the price and if it fits well and the colour aswell and goes with the clothes I already own.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

My Fashion for 2024/25

This years fashion seems to be all about wearing socks with trainers, with dresses and wearing tracksuits and crop tops.

I am not really the right shape to wear crock top, so I will wear leggins and a t-shirt but I am getting a bit bored in wearing leggins and wearing joggers, and would like to wear more tailored clothes, smart but still casual and wear my blazers I have in my wardrobe and wear my dresses.

For inspiration I look on Pinterest and love planning my wardrobe and looking at different styles and want it to be trousers and dresses and going through what I haven’t worn this year in my wardrobe and going through them.

Check out my Pinterest boards I have put together and what my fashions choices were for 2024:

I do like colour, but some days I like to wear all black with a hint of a lighter colour like Denim light blue or dark.

I bought a few dresses second hand which I featured in vlogs and are second hand and I like buying second hand and have bought a couple of dresses to feel more feminine and get as much joy from my clothes as much as possible.

If there are items that are too big, out of shape and torn, I will tend to dispose of, but it if an has a tear will see if it can be fixed, but if not then I let it go and I am getting more fussy now when it comes to buying clothes.

I then will round up the looks and create a vision board on my Notion and have a fashion folder and use these for style ideas, to get joy from my closet and feel I have nothing to wear, when I do.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Going for Second Hand Fashion

I love searching in Charity shops and I do keep a mental list of items I want to find and it is a great way to shop and giving to charity at the same time.

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There was a time I felt it was weird wearing an item of clothing that somebody else had worn, now I love it because it has saved me money and love the pieces I have purchased. When I did the Great North Run, a lot of runners said they bought gear second hand, because if they wanted to dump it on route, they can as it didn’t cost them a lot of money and a great hack if you are going to run a marathon or half, doing a running or walking event, buy secondhand fleeces and jackets.

I look at winter jumpers or cardigans, jackets and shoes.

I no longer go overboard but like to buy one item that I know I am going to wear a lot of and yes I still shop on high street stores too, but if I can get the same item in a charity shop rather than high street stores like TKMaxx than I will and don’t underestimate the fashion in Charity Shops because you can find some real gems. Like I have a black Cardigan and bought for St Raphael’s Charity shop in Morden and still a go to piece and worn through the year when it has been cold and windy.

I can come away with nothing and being someone who was in debt, have struggled with and felt I needed to a lot of clothes to have a happy life, but I know longer feel that way, but what I wear and how I wear something is what matters for me, not necessarily of where it has come from.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

My Finds for 2024

So yesterday I checked out Newlook because I found a pair of trousers they had as I want to have a change my style to stop wearing leggins all of the time, as I am getting a bit bored with this look now. They had them online and looked in the store in Colliers Wood and as I was trying them on (a 14 and 18) the trousers got dirty as the changing room floor was covered in dust so didn’t buy.

I have filmed a vlog including me trying them on (this will be go up soon) I created a new vision/mood board with them on but I checked out ones in TU Sainsburys and were better in price and better style, but couldn’t try on as their fitting rooms were blocked and so didn’t buy these either.

This is the style I am looking at:

Yes they are cropped at the bottom but being petite (5ft2inches) will be long for me and would possibly need taking up but I like the colour and £20.00 so will go back and if they are there I will be buy them. At the moment had pairs of jeans on sale, if you after a pair as I am after another pair too but been working on my wardrobe and if they will go with what I have already got.

The other item is for a blue and white stripped shirt and seen many woman wearing and I think I will go really well with those trousers.

This is from Peacocks. Part of Louise Redknapp Edit and is £20 and would like to team this up with a white cardigan and a Orange one I have seen in Oliver Bonas.

It is good to see if you can mix and match your clothes and just now put on a pair of socks on which match my with a Garfield t-shirt from TKMaxx and no I didn’t need it but I love their t-shirts and was a size 8, but that was it and I will be changing my style as said, but go through my clothes to see if items still fit me and going to plan my wardrobe and going to go through what I have to create a new Capsule Wardrobe by giving it a make over, and what I have in my suitcases to see what I haven’t worn, that I packed as travel from Wimbledon to Epsom a lot and so it is good to go through them, and have a sort out.

This style can be for the winter with some ankle boots and trainers, or with a jumper with a shirt and that is the idea for me.

New look did have some nice jumpers and yes the shops have begun put out the Autumn pieces and so yes if you want any more summer clothes, then do make it quick because that will be gone and also means that stores will have a sale, so look out for those.

It is good to have a good versatile wardrobe and never stuck with what to wear.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Dress The Way That is your own #ID

Dress the way that is your own ID
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As a kid I was super girly girly and loved skirts and dresses, and then it changed. In the 90’s I got really into football, going to rugby matches and would go to dancing school and my image changed. I had a MC Hammer styled like suit, with wallabies, as they were called and owned a pair of kickers.

Then I got into rock music and would wear Jodhpurs with a rock T-Shirt and became a bit of a Tom Boy. I would wear waistcoats with a pair of jeans and had my own style, and now looking back I loved my style back when I felt like I was ugly and wow I like gym wear, like fitness pants, joggers and own a pair of wide leg jeans and have one pair of black trousers and going to go through my wardrobe to see what has not been worn and if it suits me and if like Kon Marie, gives me joy them it stays.

It is good to have a detox of my clothes and go through what works for me and this week I have gone through T-Shirts and they are a bit short for me and I look square when wearing leggins but look okay with trousers and my wide leg jeans I have from Shein and going to start making my own that cover up my lumps and bumps and look better with longer T-Shirts with leggins and love my vest tops.

Feel proud too of what you are wearing and really extends your personality, gives you a boost and have fun too, and restyle your clothes, which I really love to do.

Give yourself time to rest from sorting out your wardrobe and have items are a may keep and go back to it, along with buying new clothes and clothes not worn. What I will put items in my wish lists on sites and wait to see if the price will drop, or if you can get it secondhand.

It is all about what makes you tick and what doesn’t.

Please check out my Pinterest for some Versatile Fashion: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thetypicalLondongal/versatile-fashion/

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Building my Wardrobe 2024

So I am really trying to shop my wardrobe and if I want to add to my wardrobe will have a list of essentials and that will last me a long time. I am after a pair of Denim Shorts, a pair of jeans and khaki shorts and a few more t-shirts.

I have seen some jeans in one of the Charity shops in Epsom and so will be buying them from there if they fit. I find when it comes to jeans hard to find the correct size and shape. I love my wide leg ones I bought from Shein (see picture above) and so after a straight cut pair and I love having pair of Denim shorts as they can be worn all year round for indoors and outside.

I did check out ASDA and they had some pairs but today I have to go to H&M for gift card and so will see if they have any pairs of denim shorts and will pick some if they fit of course and have my size.

At the moment I am really into to stores like Mountain Warehouse, Blacks and Trespass and seen that they have a sale on at the moment and so going check the ones in Epsom when Henry goes back to school next week and looking for another pair of shoes too as I want to get rid of my pink shoes as they are beginning to hurt me and looking for more comfort and what I know I will wear, and use for walking in and just slide my foot into and a pair for when I use the treadmill I have in Epsom.

I like practical clothing along with stylish and believe that you should build your wardrobe that matches your lifestyle and what you gonna get the most out of when playing sports, going for walks and makes your skin be free and non restrictive.

When it comes to styling I like to look on amazon as there are some new fashion items I have seen on there that have caught my eye, but look to see what I can find on the high street first and Pinterest.

Check out my different Fashion boards I have created:

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Check out TU Sainsburys and H&M

So took a trip to Sainsbury’s in Colliers Wood as I like this store and looking at their pieces for the summer and that can be worn in the winter, and they had some lovely tops:

This caught my eye as soon as I walked in. It is very light material and love the neck line. These can be worn with a tailored cardigan and with a skirt or trousers and with jeans and a lovely pair of ankle boots for the winter but also with flipflops and sandals for the summer.

This is priced at the moment £14.

Surprisingly some of the clothes have gone up in price, like their dresses, but love their tops and I have items that have lasted a long time and they do have some good quality t-shirts, along with trousers noticed online that they are selling clothes from Fat Face, Sosandar and French Connection.

H&M are great for your basics like this top which are my go to all year round as you can wear as an underneath layer for the autumn and winter but in the summer with a black skirt, with a pair of shoes and denim skirt and over your swimming costume and then in the evening with nice jewelry and today looking in the H&M they had nice simple over the should bags. The top above is priced at £9.99.

Here a nice piece of Jewelry which would go with the above top and dress it up,

This is £3.99 and with a pair of hoops to match would help dress the black top and again for the autumn and winter too.

Then you have this bag, which would really match the top and Jewelry and be perfect for all seasons and for going out and just really alter it so it not just a casual piece but as a really statement item. This is: £19.99

H&M did have a sale on some items and I they had tailored clothing and still had some warmer clothes still and the one in Wimbledon is my favourite store. They always have a huge range and love checking it out.

I am after a white shirt and they did have some in there and sports bra.

It is good to find essentials along with TU Sainsbury’s and will be checking again next month to see what else they will be bringing into the stores.

I will be doing another blog sharing items I have purchased from amazon that you may be interested in.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

What I have seen so far on the high street

Its been a while since blogging on this channel. I was catching up on things that needed completing and building my Youtube channels, Typical London Gal and My way of living, but I am back and seen some really good pieces that caught my eye and would like to own.

So lets begin with Marks and Spencers. I have my eye on this.

Could be Versatile as it can be worn by layering and with a vest top underneath and is £55.00. A bit pricey but a long lasting staple and I love the colour.

Then I keep seeing this in George at ASDA and is £18 but can be worn all year because if it gets cold in the evenings or in the winter, you can wear a polo neck underneath, and a piece that will never go out of fashion.

I love these pieces as they can be worn with so many things like jeans, trousers, shorts and a casual long black skirt with black ankle socks and black socks.

One thing I desperately need a couple of, is a couple of new bras and ASDA and M&S do a good collection so going to invest next month, along with long wide black trousers I have seen in Marks and Spencers.

I like to invest in casual clothes and tailored. I am after a leather jackets with fake fur inside and so will be keeping my eye open and look around and if you know of a affordable shop that has one please leave a comment below. Honestly you are truly welcome, in this community.

So will be talking about the clothes I already have as I do like to shop my wardrobe and check out pins on Pinterest:

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X