Trending Tuesday - leather, I love you

An ode to my favourite fabric - leather. Skirts, trousers, jackets, waistcoats, bags, shoes...the list goes on and I'll have it all - in every colour. 

A bit late on the 'Tuesday' trend as I have been busy getting ready to go back to South Africa for two weeks on Friday. Shaking in my boots with joy and excitement xxx

Images courtesy of: gossiprocks.com, fluorescent, monalisaspier.com, google, aviewfromtheshade.blogspot.com, pavlyn.wordpress.com, fashandbeats.blogspot.com

Trending Tuesday: Strap me up!

It's times like these when I wish I hadn't thrown away any of my old clothes. I had an amazing pair of strappy sandals just like the ones above seen on Aimee from Songofstyle. I like them because the ankle strap accentuates a skinny ankle - one benefit of having stick-like legs!

The horizontal straps (neon Celine or DVF's) look great with a pedi, but if you prefer to keep toes hidden in winter then don a pointed pair with ankles straps like the blue Zimmermann, neon Louboutins or white/black Wang pair. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd want a pair of white pointed shoes but alas Wang has brought the sexy back!

Oh course I can't find any down under at the moment so online it is. Zara UK have a fab pair at the moment in black or gold.

Images courtesy of: instagram.com, yourstylentrend.com, global14.com, memyselfandshoes.blogspot.com, lamodellamafia.com, songofstyle.blogspot.com, brooklynblonde.com

Pretty pictures

I'm a big fan of art and I wish I hard carried on after school but alas travelling and other things took priority. One day I hope to start up again but in the meantime I can always buy art!

I absolutely adore Sarah Hankinson's illustrations ever since I saw them in styled in little white frames in Portmans and went on to get them for my room. They are beautiful, feminine and contemporary. She does gift cards, framed prints and has just introduced t-shirts to her repertoire. 

You can order everything here

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Queen Kling

So if anyone hasn't noticed already the Swedes are all really good looking people, and most of them dress really well. I've met a few on my travels and they are all blonde, blue eyed and go that perfect shade of golden in the sun - the perfect race? Perhaps. Jealous? Maybe.

To make matters for us mere mortals enter Elin Kling - the ultimate style babe from Sweden. For those of you who don't know her she is a model/blogger/designer/magazine editor - basically she does it all. Her blog, StylebyKling is a go-to for many fashionista's. She artfully mixes simple pieces with one statement piece - and she knows how to work the leather trousers!

She's in Aus at the moment for MBFW and has launched a new clothing line called Nowhere, available at Mycatwalk. The range includes lots of basic silhouettes and neutral colours (a girl can never have too many tees after all) - all at reasonable price points.

Images courtesy of: stylebykling.tv4.se, shefinds.com, favim.com, vogue.com, melspain.blogspot.com