A Pop of Colour | Style

Dress: Target | Sandals: K-Mart | Earrings: Diva (yes, they are that old!)

Hi all, Grace here! 

Everyone always says that to dress like a Melbournian, wear black. Well, black and any other dark colours. However, I very rarely wear all black, or black in general (apart from shoes and jeans) unless I am volunteering at art events. Navy blue is definitely the neutral colour in my wardrobe. I cannot help but have colour! 

However, when I stumbled across this dress in Target last month, I fell in love. This dress works well with wearing the dark colours of Melbourne while still having a Spring and Summer feel to it with the darling pops of bright yellow in the detail with the flowers. It also works perfectly for when Melbourne has its typical cloudy Summer days. You can dress to suit the sky, but still feel like you are staying true to the Summer season. 

I kept the accessorising for this dress to a minimum (shocking for me, I know!), choosing to go with some dangling earrings as my only jewellery to tie in the yellow on the dress, and a black flat sandal. Although a long necklace with a pendant on the end will also go well with this dress. 

How would you describe Melbourne fashion? 

As always,

 stay gold!

x

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Our Spring/Summer Wishlist 2015

white dress | pyjama set | white cropped t-shirt |

 black sandals | crossbody bag 

check shirt | anchor shorts | tan sandals | shirt dress

These upcoming warmer months, I am looking forward to exploring my blue and white with a splash of colour (I'm feeling pink for this season, perhaps some mustard yellow, too) palette into my S/S wardrobe. The pyjama set from H&M are to die for! The only thing that could make them total perfection is if they were monogrammed. I also refuse to let go of jelly sandals as the shoe for Summer. They are such a classic! I am planning on keeping the trend going with jellies in black, white, and maybe pink too.

In case you have not noticed, I like to keep things classic in my style, with a few surprises here and there. The shorts, also from H&M would look perfect with a button down, while the neon pink cross body will be my go-to bag for day adventures.

The blue and white dress is definitely my splurge item. I was walking past French Connection when I saw the most beautiful dress in the window. Automatically I walked inside the store to have a closer look, and guys, oh my word was it amazing. French Connection is actually really appealing to my aesthetics at the moment. The dress is a bit out of my usual price range, but I know that I will definitely get my wear out of it. So it is totally a valid investment, right? 

yellow shift dress | white playsuit | black swing dress
| sunglasses |
white off the shoulder top | white ruffle crop top | crossbody bag
black sandals | white sandals

This combination of items are making me hearteyes all over the place. 

This season I am feeling a lot of white with my blue denim high-waisted shorts, black shoes, and I am determined to make the swing dress work for me. I am such a mid-20th century aesthetics kinda gal, (60s and 70s I ADORE) so I am 100% here for the return of the 70s right now. Bring me all the bell sleeves!

We had a ball creating this post! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. As the new seasons come in and when Uni comes to a close for another year we are excited to start creating more fashion/style posts for the future.

What trends are you looking forward to rocking this Spring/Summer?

Stay gold,

G & C

Blame it on the Summer Rain

Not even going to hide the fact that I used a Jonas Brothers lyric for the title of this post. (JoBro's for life <3 )

When they say that Melbourne experiences 4 seasons in a day, they are seriously not kidding. The weather this Summer has been unpredictable, changing from 38 degrees and sunny, to clouds and rain. However, even when the days are overcast is no excuse to start wearing dark colours. It is still Summer, people! This outfit is one of my faves to wear when it is a bit on the cooler side, with the rains and the winds a-blowing. Plus, when it gets like this I cannot help myself but be excited for Autumn, no matter how much I do love Summer. I was so happy to be able to pull out this scarf from H&M from storage. 

The rain is always welcome in my eyes, as it gives me an excuse to use my big, yellow umbrella! Obviously my choice of umbrella is How I Met Your Mother inspired. When I found it at IKEA last year, there was no question about whether I should buy it or not.

Umbrella: IKEA | Jumper: Target (Similar) | Scarf: H&M Australia (Similar) | Shorts: 'Audrey' shorts from Factorie | Shoes: Rubi Shoes

Stay Fab! 

G