If you are on the short side, like me, I have found us a great dress at Uniqlo

It's not this one.  

This, however, was one of my favorite dresses at the V&A Dior exhibition, which starts out with a selection of black and white displays.  At first glance it looks like a simple 1950s dress with bows on the shoulder straps, but yet the height of the bodice and the bateau shape of the neckline emphasize the collar bone regally and demurely, like a dress made for a princess.

Monsieur Dior would have kicked me out of his atelier faster than I can say New Look, because I never had a waist at all.  When I was younger I was straight up and down, but now at 52 my waist has thickened and fitted dresses never work for me.

This morning on my bubble tea run in South Kensington;  sweet lychee bubble tea of course not helping my waist at all.

Dress from Uniqlo, find it HERE.

It's a very sweet dress, so I'm wearing it with ankle boots to give it some edge, and for the same reason I am keeping the palette in all black, white and neutrals.

It can be worn gathered at the waist, if yours is slimmer than mine, and would look really cool with a brown logo belt, like this one at Valentino, HERE, or with this more discrete black one, HERE.

Warning: the dress is not particularly long, so it may be an awkward length if you are taller than 1.66m, which is the model's height on the website.

Boots from Rag & Bone, HERE.

This building on the Fulham Road reminds me how lovely black, white and brown work together.  That was my second bubble tea run of the day.  You can take the girl out of Asia but you can't take Asia out of the girl.

Belt by Valentino, HERE, and brown logo version HERE.

I hope you are having a great day!  Thank you so much for reading,

xx Dianne

Hello, How Have You Been?

I've been away from here a long time.  Frankly, I didn't care that much about fashion while it was properly cold and dreary.

I should have followed my own rules to only ever buy what you truly love, so that even in a rain storm you'd be excited to wear the mac of your dreams.

Mental note for next Fall: I need a proper bonded Mackintosh coat, like the one I used to have while working for Kate Spade many years ago. Mine was bright pink and not a drop of New York rain ever got through that sucker.

But now it's almost Spring, when fashion always proves its usefulness by getting us all excited about shedding the layers and wearing something fresh and pretty.

When I last wrote I was about to attend a party at the new Pink Shirtmakers shop in Jermyn Street.  The shop did not disappoint - I want all the colours of these vintage inspired shirts to wear with my most favorite blue jeans and sneakers. 

This painting from 1914 hangs in the Tate Britain.  The artist founded a movement called Vorticism - I mostly like it on a more shallow level, for its colours and shapes.  It relates to Spring 2019's trends, I think.  I spend lots of time at the Tate Britain (which I personally prefer over the Tate Modern).

I've even been in the shops recently.

Bag is from Zadig and was on sale (new season's color HERE or super cute in yellow HERE)

Trousers from the men's department in FCUK, find them HERE.  Men's clothes are so often better made and cheaper at the same time.

Cashmere jumper from Uniqlo, which they no longer seem to have online, but in some shops they are on sale for 39 Pounds. Similar HERE.

Shoes are old from Chanel, HERE.

Blossoms are everywhere, with much more to come.  London is so beautiful right now despite the horrid Brexit limbo we are finding ourselves in at the moment.

I hope you are finding some Spring happiness around you wherever you live.

Lots of love,

Dianne