Social icons

Showing posts with label ASOS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ASOS. Show all posts
Thursday, 23 October 2014

Heiress vs Penniless: Blanket Wraps

If you haven't got the AW '14 ultimate style crush memo from Cara, Rosie and Olivia yet, we're here to let you know that this autumn's wardrobe superhero is a blanket.

Yes, that's right a blanket.

It's made of cashmere, is emblazoned with your initials and has been cast on the Burberry checkered knitting needles of Christopher Bailey, but all the same, it's still a blanket....




Want in? Who wouldn't?

The bad news? A piece of fall's greatest cape comes with a price tag of just short of a thousand pounds...

Burberry Check Wool and Cashmere Blanket Poncho
£895


Hmmm, let's face it, that's fairly spenny for a blanket. If like us, you feel that bundling up in a Burberry would be punching above your cape, fear not, we've mined the high street for the very best blanks on a budget. Here's our pick of all that's snuggy-stylish for a fraction of the Burberry big bucks...

£129


£45



£35



Miss Selfridge Berry Check Cape

£25



ASOS Stripe Blanket Cape
£25



And that's a wrap...!
Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Picture Perfect Self-Portrait...

Listen up fashion bunnies! A gorgeous new dressy label has recently come into my life and I need to shout from the rooftop of Mouse Towers about it ... It's called Self-Portrait. I stumbled upon it back in August when I was searching high and low for a suitably snazzy dress for our pals, V & Kerrie's 30th affair in Portugal. The only criteria I had was it must be party-tastic, not too spenny and no one else must have it - sounds easy enough right?! Hours later I was still scrolling through pages and pages of good-for-nothing styles that just wouldn't do ... and then Self-Portrait shimmied into my life!

So, it's a London based brand f
ounded by the the same guy behind Three Floor, Han Chong - another label I have a lot of love for. Initially I didn't know it was UK-based and thought it was only possible to buy from the States via super awesome fashion site Revolve ClothingAs if my magic, I typed 'Self Portrait ASOS' into Google and there is was, bingo ... and of the dress that I wanted, there was just one left and in my size - fate ... into the basket it went! So anyway, more on THE dress - black and nude with an intricate lace and mesh overlay, ultra girly yet edgy ... so painstakingly beautiful I just had to have it one way or another.  

The anticipation surrounding its arrival was too much to handle AND I'm happy to share, when it did finally arrive it was perfect in every way! I think you've waited long enough now to see it - a mixture of 'me' shots and snaps taken from Self-Portrait online... 


The Phantom Dress, £229







Once on, the boned structure to the top section of the dress pulls me in gorgeously, the lace is even more beautiful in real life and has a luxuriously heavy weight. A matt black exposed zip fastens the dress at the back and the hem of the skirt is raw-finished exposing the detail against my skin. You know when you know you've found THE one!

Here's me rocking the little number in Portugal with Mini and Birthday V...



I now however am slightly obsessed with ever single piece in the collection and want it all. My top lustworthy-favs include:

Harmony Lace Dress - £219...


Guipure Lace Skirt, £139...



One Shoulder Wrap Dress - £189...




Race you to the checkout...

Friday, 17 October 2014

This Week The Mice Have Mostly...

Good Morning, good yawning!

Time to give your sleepy self a shake and...


...it's Friday and we have a feeling that this weekend is set to be a good one!

So let's kick it off with a canter through the weekly goings on in Mouseland. This week the Mice have mostly been...

Pimping up the most important meal of the day with some brand new breakfast experiments. We're sick of scrambled eggs, tired of toast and know that trying to scrape by on just a coffee means a morning full of tantrums and rumbling tummies. So, we decided it was time to get Googling and come up with some fun alternatives. 

We're trying to start autumn as we mean to go on with early morning work outs followed by healthy breakfasts to get us set up and raring to go for our busy days ahead. Because no one's got time for slaving over a hot stove for hours on end on a weekday morning, we're keeping things simple but tasty. If you're also after some clean, lean, carb-light meal inspo, highlights this week have been...

...coconut yoghurt with kiwi and raspberries...




... and baked eggs in avocado with herbs and chilli.



Scrumble-saurus Rex!

Curling up with some seriously awesome autumn reads. As summer fades to a shimmery memory, it's definitely time to embrace all the best things about the cooler weather and top of our list of wintery pastimes is snuggling up on the sofa with a big glass of red wine and a really great book. It may still be 30C and sunny in Hong Kong but that doesn't mean we can't whack up the aircon and pull on our onesies a little prematurely... Our October bookworm picks?  

A collection of letters written throughout the eighties from Nina, a fresh out of the box nanny in London back home to her sister in Leicester. Filled with the most wryly observed and wittily recounted tales of domestic life in a fascinatingly bonkers household, you'll miss Nina like a new friend when it finishes far too soon. 



The brand new offering from David Nicholls is every bit as spellbinding as his 2009 bestseller One Day. Us follows a family on the brink of collapse off on a make or break trip of a lifetime around Europe. Bittersweet but brilliant.


Stocking up on spooktacular essentials as Halloween lurks just around the corner primed ready to jump out on us with a boo! Whether you're getting decked out in your scariest costume for a serious evening of trick or treating, or just heading out to get frightfully intoxicated on a couple too many cocktails, we've rounded up our top Halloween buys (and there's some scarily great bargains in the mix to boot!)...

£347.50 (reduced from £695)


£10


£398 (reduced from £995)


£60



£234 (reduced from £586)


£28


£30 (reduced from £50)


£247.50 (reduced from £495)


And that's that for another week! Time to zip off in a shower of glitter and Champagne corks to get the weekend started. But before you go, a little reminder...



Lots and lots of love!
x
The Mice

Friday, 1 August 2014

This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

Firstly...


Secondly what a busy week it's been...one Mouse has been nursing herself back to full health, another has been sunning herself champagne style in Cambodia...


And the other has been celebrating turning another year older...all depressing in one way or another but we made it through!!

When we haven't been drinking champagne and celebrating...the mice have mostly been...

Lusting after everything Finders Keepers...our new stop shop for the perfect wardrobe! We opened our eyes to the brand a few months ago whilst searching for wedding guest dress inspiration for a post back in June. Now we wonder how we managed to miss out for so long, with it's punchy colours, bold prints and fun carefree essence - it pretty much ticks all the boxes!



My favourite fashion style is all about over sized shapes, clean lines with dainty straps and low backs...and guess what? The super chic Aussies behind Finders Keepers do all that in an abundance!!

A small range is stocked on ASOS but you can get hold of the whole fabulous range here and if your order exceeds $250 AUD (£138) you'll get free international delivery. Sounds hefty but wait until you see what they do!

A few of our favs...


Dream On Jumpsuit, $159.95 AUD (£88.60)











Sleep Song Shorts, $99.95 AUD (£55.40)






Going loopy for the new craze Loom Bands...well if it's good enough for Becks and Kate it's surely good enough for us!!!

It started as a playground fad with every cool kid embracing the pastel plastic bands but since Kate rocked one on the royal tour it seems to have become a fully fledged fashion statement! 

Friendships bracelets made cool - the nine year me would have been jumping for joy...oh the hours us mice spent trying to sell our homemade bracelets to poor friends and family! Who would have thought the Beckham's and Camilla PB could have been potential customers?!






Right we're ready to take a long earned break for the weekend...but enjoy and make sure you take a moment to appreciate it as much as this little lady...




Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Best Dressed Wedding Guest...

If, like us, you're not feeling overly inspired by the summer fashion spread the high street is putting on right now, fear not it's not all doom and gloom.

We're in total agreement that it's not looking too inspirational at the regular hot spots - Zara is usually our fail saf
e option but otherwise after some rooting around we usually find H&M or Topshop hiding a few gems. Right now though, no one is ticking the boxes!! 
 
This became glaringly apparent while searching for the perfect wardrobe for my Italian getaway and, most importantly, while on the hunt for a summer wedding outfit. I hate the thought of arriving in the same dress as someone else and so usually try to avoid the wedding favourites, Coast and Reiss, and instead, I'm always on the look out for something a little bit unusual. 

I wanted something chic yet fashionable, summery but not too revealing and fun without being OTT! Challenge set, I went on the hunt.... 

I eventually found the one in the designer section of urban outfitters and as it was on the last chance rail, I took the gamble that nobody else at the wedding would have it! Thankfully I was safe, and all that scouting was worth it...



After such dramas, I think it's only fair to share the other wedding wear discoveries that I made along the way, especially in times of such limited inspiration! 

See out 3BM top finds below, happy shopping....


Reformation

Lucia Dress Colada, $258

 
3 Floor
Sweet Something Dress, £128


Reformation
Aloha Dress, $218
 

3 Floor
Mischief Lace Dress, £168


Ted Baker
Pin Tuck Tangerine Maxi, £208

 
Needle and Thread
Consellation Maxi Dress, £185


Finders Keepers

Strange Fire Playsuit, £132