Pit stops... in purple

Pit stops can in themselves offer up picture opportunities, particularly if you're wearing a photogenically purple dress. This one has little provenance... a no-label, floor-length woven raffia piece, purchased at Past Caring, an old shopping haunt of mine on Essex Road, Islington. I can't even recall its price but it certainly was not expensive. All I know is I still love wearing it - most memorably one evening at a French wedding. Today it is a dress in transit - on a bus - enjoying a breakfast of coffee and a croissant, a sit-down pause, and a powder-my-nose moment. Worn with some Gucci sunglasses, a trio of vintage amethyst necklaces and a pair of earrings from Istanbul, the dress requires no further ornamentation. The shoes (worn recently) are by Pons Quintana, and the bag, by Emma Bernhardt, is in the borough of kitsch but that's fine by me!

http://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/past-caring
https://plus.google.com/102326411293031965781/about?gl=uk&hl=en
http://www.gucci.com/uk/home
http://www.ponsquintana.com/en
http://london.yalwa.co.uk/ID_118851592/Emma-Bernhardt-Designs-Portobello-Road.html

Sundown in September

Sometimes it's not always about the clothes... it's about the scenery which surrounds you - the bigger picture! Simple black dress, vintage scarf, an old basket, Chanel sunglasses and some bronze woven Pons Quintana wedges that you may have seen before.

http://www.chanel.com/en_GB/
http://www.ponsquintana.com/en
http://www.ponsquintana.com/en/onlinestore

Looks like rain...

 ... in a brown linen sack dress, by 120% Lino, which covers all weathers! Much-needed colour is contributed by my skull-print scarf - newly gifted from Mexico, specifically the beautiful town of San Miguel de Allende. Another interesting addition is a recently-purchased basket from Claire, in Sydenham's Kirkdale. More brown with the Tom Ford sunnies and the bronze woven heels by Pons Quintana. Finally, the pretty orange and gold-brushed studs are from Jessica Walker Jewellery.

http://www.120percento.com/en/

http://www.visitmexico.com/en/san-miguel-de-allende

https://www.facebook.com/kirkdalevillage

http://www.tomford.com/ 

http://www.ponsquintana.com/en

http://jessicawalkerjewellery.co.uk/