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6th October 2016

All that glitters…

Fashion - By Alexandra Stedman
Coat: £170.10, Boden. Silk shirt: £155, LK Bennett.  Jeans: £54.95, Gap. Belt: £8, Asos. Glitter shoes: £49, Topshop. Suede chain strap bag: £99, Marks & Spencer. Photographs: Christopher O’Donnell
Have you ever bought anything simply for the ‘gram? This is something I discussed with Fran (The Fashion Lift) at my Bella Freud event, and we both admitted to doing so. First off, I will say, I loved these shoes – they’re a total Miu Miu dupe and for the price I knew I couldn’t go wrong. But I’d be lying if I said it didn’t cross my mind that they’d make a great photo on Instagram, too.
But is this a bad thing…? If anything, Instagram makes me a better dresser, everything is a bit more considered – but always in my style. Sometimes I get excited by an outfit that is ‘totally instagrammable’, but it doesn’t mean I wouldn’t wear it anyway.

 

 

With the recent Vogue criticism of (their definition of) Bloggers and Influencers, it does put into question how we dress and who we’re doing it for. And I for one have always worn what I love and bought most of my clothes (and proud of it). I do occasionally get gifted as I work in the industry but have, hand on heart, never worn anything that I didn’t love or believe in. And I bought these Topshop shoes last month and couldn’t wait to blog about them. Mainly because this community of like-minded individuals who read my website, I believe, would love them too.

 

Anyway, back to the sparkly, glittery shoes…which have a walkable heel! And I am (hopefully) proving that leopard and glitter can be worn together in a chic way.
I’m wearing an LK Bennett silk blouse with this look today. At my style talk with Grazia last week about workwear, I mentioned that a washed silk shirt was one of my true wardrobe staples. With rolled up sleeves, it’s the perfect work piece, but looks so good with jeans and long gold necklaces too. I have just bought a Sezane one in black too, which I will wear with black skinny jeans when I pretend to be Emanuelle Alt (who we also heralded as our style Queen at the talk!). They’re a bit pricey but 100% worth the money.

 

 

 

 

Sunglasses: £98 with prescription lenses, Bailey Nelson. 

And, of course, you can follow my Instagram here (no pressure…but I do tend to post my outfits on there first, these days). And these shoes were a hit.

Coat: £170.10, Boden. Silk shirt: £155, LK Bennett.  Jeans: £54.95, Gap. Belt: £8, Asos. Glitter shoes: £49, Topshop. Suede chain strap bag: £99, Marks & Spencer. 

By Alexandra Stedman

Fashion Editor, Blogger, Realist

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Comments

  1. Lesley says

    6th October 2016 at 7:27 am

    I bought a different pair of sparkly shoes from Top Shop the other day and loved wearing them for work with jeans! Speaking of which, I love those Gap Vintage Straight jeans so much. They are in the sale at the moment but seemingly only instore. I got two pairs for £15 each!

  2. Sophie Stewart says

    6th October 2016 at 9:22 am

    Love the glitter shoes, so pretty! Sophie x

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  3. Anonymous says

    6th October 2016 at 4:03 pm

    Love the outfit and the blog. Speaking of washed silk shirts I've found the ones from & other stories to be very reliable, and totally ok being washed in the machine (on delicate) which makes me so much more likely to actually wear them.

  4. Ev says

    6th October 2016 at 7:15 pm

    Love your shoes!

  5. Project Home says

    7th October 2016 at 9:53 am

    I love this coat

  6. Latoya @Femme Frugality says

    7th October 2016 at 4:25 pm

    Those shoes are everything! So cute and not too high either!

  7. Alexandra Stedman says

    9th October 2016 at 10:20 am

    Sparkly shoes and boy fit jeans for the win! I can't believe you found the jeans on sale, such a bargain!

  8. Alexandra Stedman says

    9th October 2016 at 10:21 am

    Oh I love And Other Stories – such great quality! And really good for unexpected workwear pieces!

  9. Alexandra Stedman says

    9th October 2016 at 10:21 am

    And that's the dream, right?! x

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