On the drive down the PCH, Laguna Beach is located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, so it seemed to be the perfect stopping point for some photos of this outfit. Outfit of the day : Street-Style Laguna Beach * Laguna Beach is just a few kilometres from Crystal Cove State Park, where you can …
Street-Style San Diego
I am so excited to be back in San Diego, as I only managed to spend two days here on my last visit, which isn’t enough to do justice to this amazing place, which is the final stop on the drive down the PCH (just before the Mexican border). Outfit of the day: Street-Style San …
OOTD: Maxi skirts and seals
Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and this feature about Maxi Skirts and Seals. This week-end, I went to La Jolla, where it’s pupping season, and the beaches are covered with mums and their pups. So, I wanted to share some of the cute photos of the seal pups with you, and also my maxi …
Fabulous at Forty : The skirt length debate
Welcome back to the Velvet Runway, where today I want to tackle the “great skirt length debate” : Is it acceptable to wear short skirts once you hit 40. It can be tricky finding your way through the fashion and beauty minefield at any age, but when you reach the big 4-0, it becomes positively …
Outfit of the day: Looks with lace
Following on from my previous look with a blue lace dress, and being inspired by Emily Blunt, Rach Parcell, Candice Swanepoel, Taylor Swift, Chiara Ferragni and Kristina Bazan, to name just a few of the celebrities who have been spotted in lace dresses, I have been rummaging through my wardrobe to look for a few more looks …
Outfit of the day : Blue lace dress
Outfit of the day : Blue lace dress It’s very cold here at the moment (although very bright) and so I’m freezing to death in this blue lace dress with a simple black suede jacket! How we suffer for fashion! I bought this blue lace dress in the sales at Club Monaco last year and …
Back to black
After a change to brown and gold for Christmas, I’m “back to black” for New Year’s Eve! “Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all.. [Its] beauty is absolute. [It is] the perfect harmony.“ COCO CHANEL Back to black Black is elegant, chic and slimming, …
All that glitters : Outfit of the day
Welcome back to The Velvet Runway and this feature about “All that Glitters”. It’s that time of year when the Christmas parties are fast approaching and the thorny question of what to wear rears its ugly head. Uttering the words “party look” is enough to make some people run for cover or curl up in front …
Little black dress : Outfit of the Day
As we approach the party season, no wardrobe is complete without a “little black dress” (or a LBD). Outfit of the day: Little black dress The Little Black Dress (LBD) never goes out of fashion and is the simplest, most foolproof way to select your outfit whether you’re going to a semi-formal, formal event or a …
Fall Fashion Fever
Welcome to The Velvet Runway and our first post about Fall Fashion Fever for Fall 2015. Now that summer is over and fashion month has come to an end, analysing all the trends from all of the fashion shows and translating them into something wearable in everyday life can be a source for a major …