The Birds

 I absolutely love this bird dress from Primark, I got it in the sale for £5 which is such a bargain! It fits beautifully around the waist as it's really fitted but flattering at the same time. The style is quite 50s as the skirt really flows out. I'm really surprised (and impressed!) with the growing quality of Primark clothes, I know Im biased as I work there but I've bought so many things from there recently.

Teamed mine with a little dreamcatcher (I have many of these) which our Sophie bought me. This dress would also go lovely with some tan heels, to accompany the colour of the birds and a little clutch bag but I decided to make it more of a daytime look with my Docs. Layer it up with a black cardigan and a denim jacket to go out in and don't forgot the woolen tights in this weather!

    

Dress- Primark

Necklace- Gift 

Shoes- Office 

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Hoot Hoot

 Had a bit of fun with outfits last week, mainly because I got pretty excited about making our new blog! I really like the idea of layering which I experimented with a bit with mesh type batwing tops. The underneath top (which you can see a bit better in the photo under this) is from Topshop. I got it quite a few years ago and, to be honest I forgot I had it. It was in the sale for £5 I think, I can't remember how much it was originally. It's dotted with little gold pearls as well which breaks up all that black! The top over top is a little oversized and it's second hand, it doesn't have any wash labels so I couldn't tell you where it's from.  

  Mesh Under- Topshop/ Mesh Outer- Second Hand/ Jeggings- Next/ Shoes- Office/ Necklace- Own

I'm not usually a massive fan of accessorising but I felt like I needed to break it up a bit so I added a long chained owl necklace. My friend bought me it for my birthday a couple of years ago from her holidays, it also opens up a watch! You could wear this with any long necklace or chains but I like the owl, it's cute! 

 I teamed up my over sized, layered top half with skinny jeggings from next (£15). My top tip is if you're going to go big on top, make sure you pair it with slim fitted trousers/jeans/leggings or whatever you fancy, otherwise you'll end up drowning yourself in too much material. 

I've had my Doc Martens for absolutely years, I wore them for school so they're totally worn out but you could always swap them for something less bulky, like slipper shoes, for a less grungy look. (Docs are from Office (: )

There's some more photos and little details of the necklace on our tumblr site http://ivyandgoldxoxo.tumblr.com/

go check it out (: 

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