Thursday Look Book/Items I would like to add and vision boards using Pinterest

Hello so I have begun to create ideas of fashion I would like in the new year and one is a Pink Polar neck, new baige colour hooded fleece from H&M and a pair of new pink trainers from amazon replacing some shoes I have worn out.

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STAR FASHION Womens Polo Neck ROLL Neck Turtle Neck Plain Jumper TOP Lightweight Long Sleeve Pullover
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I also miss having a bumbag and want to go through my shoes as there are items I no longer care for and still like but to be worn.

The Polar neck is on amazon and bought two early December and love them and worn them religously, differently a good purchase and the trainers too, as the two pairs I already have again worn a lot and just want another pair cause they are easy to put on and like casual looking days.

So what do you plan for the next year ahead? I would like any recommendations of stores you know of that you’ve shopped from and what goodies they do.

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Check out my vision board on Pinterest, I love doing this each year of looks I like and has other content on there too, so check it out here:

Pinterest is brilliant to create a vision board for fashion and I love different looks you can find that will grow my wardrobe to the point I have plenty I can wear without breaking the budget.

I like clothes that last for a longtime and can be worn through the year, and more look books to come for 2022.

Happy new year,

Carrie X

Monday Fashion Look Book/Investing in fashion

When it comes to fashion it is important to buy key items that will help get the most out of it. I like having a selection of tops, bottoms and accessories, like a shoulder bag, a backpack and a bumbag.

The other thing is underwear. In my fashion collection I need to buy new bras as the wire in my ones have come out and so now don’t fit me correctly, so I have two bras to get rid of to add a new set.

This is how to invest in fashion, having a good set of underwear. I like the bras now that are elasticated and fit really well and bought some from TK Maxx and Amazon, and they do fit but the padding in the cups can move arround. So I am after 2 new bras of skin colour and either black or white.

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The new bras will be underwired again as the elacticated ones are good but the padding moves around and so have to keep making sure the padding is in the right place and not doubled up.

I would like to be measured again and so going to see if this is available to find out and see if the items will fit.

I am after another polar neck in a light pink as I have so much of this colour and great to have underneath clothing to wrap when it is cold outside.

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These items are from Amazon who I love and I love their range of fashion.

I also want to get a hodded fleece I have seen in H&M for next years winter wardrobe for myself. If they fit well will buy one as a birthday present.

A bumbag is great alternative to me than carrying around shoulder bag all the time and going to invest in a new one, as unable to find my one I had from Boots and one I bought from TKMaxx. There is so many shapes and sizes but one that can fit purse, keys and phone, aswell as Sanitizer and hand cream when on the go.

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The shoulder bag I using one I bought from the Charity shop and looked around some I have local to me and I love buying from Charity shops and giving to good courses whilst I look for those hidden treasures.

So what do you like to invest in, I’d love to hear.

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Many thanks for reading

Carrie X

T-Shirt, Coats and Handbags

I love a T-shirt but a lot of them become bedshirts instead and why I invest in them. The ones I choose have to have a logo, an image or be patterned I rarely do plain as talked about in other blogs, on this site.

Lets talk about Christmas ones, I have two that I have invested in and will by a new one in the sale after Christmas for next year and will last me for several Christmases. Well that is the plan and good way to save yourself so much money.

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This one is from amazon and along with other blogs do some great ones along with Shein and TU Sainbury’s. This year these have been my go to stores for clothes and would like to look in Primark for ones too.

I like having Christmas fashion only if it lasts me and don’t wear after just one year, for me that is a waste of money. Then it is the coat, and I have a grey one which was purchased in Dorothy Perkins and I love it, and you a lovely red cardigan with a coat is for me a lovely styled with the coat. It all depends where you shop and the style of it.

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This coat is from Lightinabox which is a retailer I spotted this year and really plan to do a purchase next year as I loving their styles and this red coat could be worn on remembrance Sunday aswell as christmas and before the weather gets warmer and I hope it looks as good as it does in the picture above.

I would like to invest in a red coat, it is a colour I love and really suits me and it just adds a lot of colour and is stylish.

Then handbags, I don’t really buy a bag just for the one season but that will last me decades and did have a red handbag once, and I loved it as it was a lovely bag in my possession and would invest in one again.

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This one is from Amazon and they do some really good collections of bags and bag sets and I purchased two because they were so good to have and this bag is perfect for all year round and again if you have plain dark or light colours this one will look so stylish and I love colour and this one is one I’d invest in.

So, this is the last look book before Christmas and the next one will be Monday once Christmas is all over, so see you then.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Fashion Look Book/New finds on Amazon

Hello and welcome to another Fashion look book that I like to do every Monday and Thursday.

Since my last blog I have found some fashionable goodies on Amazon.

So to start I am talking shoulder bags and Animal print bags, and found this one on Amazon, which is on clearance and going to add to my wish list for next year.

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I love the detail on this bag and already having a tote bag bought from Avon really would like this in my collection.

I own a few shoulder bags already but have one that is starting to wear and tare so want to replace it and have this bag instead.

I have also found a nice multi coloured scarf which I features in a new amazon video I did showing some of their goodies and loved this one and was on my Thursday look book.

The scarf you on the right above was in the everything under £20 and thought this would really be a compliment with the what I have in my wardrobe and last me a long time.

I love a pair of good trainers and I will do a video on my Youtube channel of my shoe collection this year that will lead me to the next, and foun these ones on amazon at around £32

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The pair I have from amazon like the above are so comfortable and stylish, great for mums on the go especially when we return in doing the school run.

Then this leads me to slippers and like these ones current price £16.99, and love this style as they would last a long time.

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I have owned slippers and would like a new pair and these would be great with my night wear and those lazy days indoors.

Its all about matching what you already have in your wardrobe and have items that are going to last a lifetime.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Thursday Look Book/Bags of fashion

Hello and welcome! This is my Look Book for Thursday and mixing fashion with skincare and beauty in this blog.

These items I showed on an Amazon video which is a gift guide video and features some of these items on there, and items from Shein, and with these sites can create as gifts for different people or use for inspiration of how to make gifts like fashion different.

Why not make a fashion style hamper with these goodies. A have bought bags in the passed as gifts and have been very well received.

I am in the hunt of a new bag and been checking out stores including charity shops which I love buying items from.

The coat has been a gift received and gone with the person to choose coat and will last a lifetime. I love having a coat in my possession as it makes outfits look chic even if you are normally a casual person.

Adding some skincare if you know they use these brand of products, and Baylis and Harding a very popular brand and love their skincare range, and so when it is on offer in terms of shower gels and lotions a must.

A scarf is a popular gift and I would love to go to Liberty’s and treat myself as I find when looked after well can last a long time and great again with a coat and makes you look like you are chic and tailored, and great for popping to a Christmas market and with make up can still look classy.

So, I hope you are enjoying these lookbooks and if you want to check out more content then check out my Pinterest:

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Monday Look Book/Casual Fashion for all year round

Hello and welcome to another Versitile fashion blog. This week I was inspired by this look:

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I found it via Pinterest and it is the Women Casuals, and what would be good stylish look that can be worn at different times, to meet up with people, going if you have kids a playdate, or to smooch around the shops, feeling warm and cozy.

The thing I like about this time of year, Autumn and Winter 2021, to feel comfy and a woman on the mission and want easy picking clothes that can still dressed up or down, with adding jewellery, a bit of make up and great for a capsule wardrobe.

I picture this look with sandals and flip flops where it isn’t super hot or super cold, but if a bit chilly can lower the layers you need to wear for each season you could wear these clothes.

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If you like wearing a crop top to make it more summerfied when it comes to that time, then wear it, again great for on the go and having to travel a lot, like I do, and its good to feel good in your clothes when doing the school run or rushing to get to the office.

This is a lady who works from home, and to smarten it add a blazer or a tailored coat.

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I love this look and going to attempt this look on Christmas day as I do have shows like in this video to wear and one I would love to wear when going out on the tiles again, unless we have another lock down, and really hope that many music festivals will be open next year.

I do have a a collection of blazers and would like to have more, as they really make casual stylish and again very versitile look for the whole year.

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The classic look of a white shirt and jeans. Always a winner and if it is good shirt and jeans they can be worn for a lifetime and never be out of style, and this is work from home to will a set of heals a boot or a sandal will really jazz up if nightlife is going ahead.

So this is my pick for today’s book and more to come on thursday so see you then.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Thursday Fashion Look Book/Outfits you can wear now and in the summer time

Hello! So if you didn’t know Christmas is here, we have all seen it and the shops are getting busy and lots of people getting out and completing their Christmas shopping including myself, just got a few more gifts to get and that will be it.

I want to film some of what I have bought this year in a youtube video, so when I do I will link it: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDFIqjVKLy7NhtcR6Hy0Tg

So this look book is Christmas fashion that can be worn in the summer aswell.

So this caught my attention straight away and is an off the shoulder animal print top from shein and is £11.49 a real bargain and can’t wait to do an order from this store again, as the clothes a good to wear and good value for money.

To style it for the winter, youb could wear it as it is in the picture, but also with normal skinny black trousers, with some knee high boots or ankle type boots.

In the summer some white trousers with sandals and again wear these for Christmas and the summer also and also flip flops when it is warm enough to wear these again.

The sparkly dress a definite as you can wear these with skin colour tights or dark colour, such as black and is from Boohoo from £18 and I have a jumper dress from Boohoo and love it and so Boohoo clothes do last and a store I love to check out.

For the summer some sparkly Berkinstocks shoes or sandals.

When worn in Christmas sandals too but of course using a fask fur jacket to go over the top to stay warm.

The classic shirt and trousers and from Boohoo again and is for the blouse at £16.00, but classy and for the winter boots, and with the trousers, a pair of sandals or professional healed type shoes if working in a corporate office, but for a Christmas party also. In the summer tie the shirt at the bottom without being tucked in like in the picture.

Cold shoulder tops. This one is from Chic-me £19.00 and I love the colour. Not sure if it will suit me but still eye catching and worn with trousers boot cut or skinny and worn with boots, ballet style shoes or a pair of lovely sparkly gold detail flip flops or sandals.

I love picking items that will last me for the year, hence why I create this blog site to help you get the most out of the wardrobe.

I will be creating a vision board on my Pinterest of items I want to add to my wardrobe next year and what I would to clear from my wardrobe.

So many thanks for reading, and see you on Monday.

Carrie X

Monday Look Book/The Christmas outfit for mums on the go

Hello and welcome to a new blog! This blog is sharing The Christmas outfit for mums always on the go and running around getting those Christmas goodies and want to look stylish and ready for the day of cheers and laughter.

So I picture glitz and trousers or that one piece like a dress with some sandaled shoes and for that party dress. I have my Christmas dress for this year, bought from Wish and they do have some good choices, so worth checking. I bought the dress last year but never got to wear it so my choice, and hopefully will last years.

So I did this from my previous look books I did this year and so the tops I picked are getting away from too much black as I love colours and adding a different colour to your wardrobe can be a keepsake piece and be worn for all year around and go well with the knee high boots I chose, and the dress is one I included the summer of this year.

If you wanted to find such tops and dresses the top stores I’d choose is Very, Shein, TU Sainsbury’s, Wish and H&M.

There are more stores I’d like to check out, and when I do I will let you know.

I found a few tops on River Islands fashion. Not a retailer I have ever bought clothes from but would like to revisit these stores for my wardrobe for 2022.

So have wonderful week, and not rushing too much and see you on thursday which will be more looks and clothes you can wear all year round.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Thursday Fashion Look Book/Christmas gift ideas

Hello yes we are now in December. No really? Yes! So this blog is about Christmas gift ideas, and I have bought clothes for other people and kids when choosing gifts but often you may not see it again.

You know when people are just being polite by over emphasising their thank you, “Oh great I wanted one of the those?” and then that’s it and never see it being worn, so first

tip#1 Get to grips with the persons style and colours they love to wear.

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I am not saying don’t take a risk, as often its because they never taken a chance to see if a certain colour in terms of clothing will suit them or not, but still keeping it to their style and you know you are gonna see them wear it.

Often they will wear it once to just to show they are thankful and then never seen again for another year and see it as clutter.

tip#2 A scarf is always a winner and I love buying a new scarf every year and like them to last me a lifetime and that is to put them away in closed draws instead of being in a wardrobe.

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Yes I like items that give me my monies worth and not have holes in them, and like to keep them until they have become worn and even then I may not.

tip#3 The cardigan. My love of life when in my wardrobe and always happy to have a one and is a must for me each year and there are so many styles, but a knitted one that is not itchy some can be, a good investment.

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I was so lucky as a kid having to grandparents who like to knit because as kids ours were homemade and I loved them.

If you like knitting why not do the same and gifts made by hand can be so much more personal.

tip#4 Have a sort in our wardrobe of anything you don’t wear and then hand it down to someone who might and make it into a gift.

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I love watching people alter clothes and you can do the same. I remember ultering as a kid a pair of jeans I had into denim shorts and changing buttons on a coat or blouse for example just make it brand new, get a box and tissue paper and it is a perfect gift.

The other idea is to do the same with bags and scarfs.

So there will be more to come and I am so glad to be able to say Merry Christmas.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Fashion Look Book/My go to stores for Christmas for good affordable fashion

Hello yes it is Monday already and I am getting into the festive mood.

Today’s blog is all about my go to stores for Christmas and at an affordable budget.

So this year I discovered some new online clothing sites, been amazed by TU Sainsbury’s and H&M.

Shein I discovered last year and very was my go to store once upon a time, but stopped having an account with them due to being in debt, and this is a habit I wanted to stop and it has.

I do restyle my wardrobe from time to time, but I like the clothes I have now, and this week I bought a couple of polar necks from Amazon, and H&M also did them, but I found that they were better priced on Amazon, and if I can’t find an item on the high street I will then check Shein or Amazon to see if they have different or aquvalent item that works out to be better.

My wardrobe for this year and for years to come is done and that is what I look for longetivity as you have seen in my look books.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X