OUTFITS | Catching the Light

  I hate bandwagons. With a passion. Yet here I am, on the lilac bandwagon, bandwagoning away happily. In my defence though, I've a...

Lilac-(2-of-9) 

I hate bandwagons. With a passion. Yet here I am, on the lilac bandwagon, bandwagoning away happily. In my defence though, I've always loved lilac, and my hair's been lilacy for quite some time. So yeah, leave me alone!

ASOS had their mammoth sale, maybe a month ago? I can't remember really, and it's not important. But what is important, is I hauled. I hauled real bad. I thought I'd keep it structured, I even made a plan: Only look at the sale items.

If ever there were a plan that was doomed to fail before it had even begun, that was it. I'm not sure if it's just me - and I really hope it isn't - but I find that when I go online to make a purchase, even though I know exactly what I want, I think: 

"Hmmm, I'm gonna have to wait ages for delivery. Why suffer all that pain for just one item? I might aswell see what else they've got."

Don't lie. You do it. I do it. We all do it. We're weak. We venture off on our merry way around the website, gaily adding things to our imaginary basket that we don't have to lumber around with us, trying to avoid knocking people over with it. No, we float around with reckless abandon knowing that eCommerce has been designed to make it easy for dreamy-eyed fools like you and I to part with our cash. Damn them.
Well it was on that very haul, where I planned to only look at the sale section, where the non-sale section - the wicked temptress - seduced me with her fluttering eyelashes and made me buy this perfect lilac number. At full price!

It's a chiffon multi-layered dress, and when I say multi-layered, I mean it's just two layers that gives the illusion you're wearing a crop top and a skirt in the same fabric and colour. When it eventually did arrive through the post, I knew immediately that it was the one. The one I shall be wearing all summer, should it ever arrive that is - hello hail in May, WHO INVITED YOU, PAL?!

For this outfit post, I paired my heavenly lilac number with a black cropped lace jacket. I love this jacket because, like the chiffon dress, it's flowy and unstructured, making them go perfectly together. 

The jacket is acutally quite old. Like, years old. I struggle to get rid of older clothes, and have a room of my house dedicated solely to clothes (and a huge floor to ceiling mirror!). Sometimes it irks me that I can't let go, but at other times I appreciate my mentality - you never know when you might need that old cropped lace jacket.

 Lilac-(6-of-9) 

 Lilac-(4-of-9) 

 Lilac-(1-of-9) 

 Lilac-(9-of-9) 

 Lilac-(8-of-9) 

 Lilac-(5-of-9) 
He made me murder a daffodil for this picture :( RIP.

Lilac Cami Layer Dress - FASHION UNION
Cropped Laced Jacket  - H&M Divided 
Mirrored Silver Tassle Ballets - ZARA
Purple Pink Textuered Iridescent Clutch Bag - NEW LOOK

I have to give special mention to this clutch bag, my sixth sense for iridescence was definitely on its game when I spotted this in New Look out of the corner of my eye. Imagine my disappointment when I homed in on it to see it was a clutch. WHY? I walked off crying at such a waste of shiny prettyness. I can barely fit my essentials into a clutch.

But then Sheenie snapchatted me a photo of her clutching the very same iridescent clutch bag from New Look and of course I had to give in to the shiny prettyness and just buy it - clutch or no clutch, I needed it in my life. Surprisingly enough, it's quite roomy for a clutch. So next time someone tells you pretty ain't practical, pull out your shiny, pretty, iridescent clutch bag with all your essentials in it and beat them around the face. Or just say 'I told you so', your call. :)

Lima is a Northern girl who chose life. Fashion and Makeup to her are just a little bit of fun, because life is already way too serious as it is. She's all about colour, because colour breaks down barriers, opens up the mind to new possibilities and makes everything feel a bit brighter.

You Might Also Like

14 comments

  1. meimeisays20 May 2015 at 20:02

    Great outfit! I love ASOS, it's the only online retailer I use, I can spend hours on it, adding everything into my saves :D

    meimei xx
    www.meimeisays.co.uk

    ReplyDelete
  2. Unknown20 May 2015 at 20:14

    I need that bag.

    Courtney from Two Looks, One London | Fashion, Beauty, Life... .x.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Abracadabra Girl20 May 2015 at 20:17

    Lovely post. Im actually loving lilac blush shades at the moment. k x

    ReplyDelete
  4. SprinklesofStyle20 May 2015 at 21:50

    I am loving this look - you look gorgeous! :)

    Layla xx

    www.sprinklesofstyle.co.uk

    ReplyDelete
  5. Unknown20 May 2015 at 22:07

    Great outfit!! and you look absolutely gorgeous!! love your style!!
    kisses, Natali

    100% natural & homemade cosmetics => sano sanisimo

    ReplyDelete
  6. Unknown20 May 2015 at 23:05

    What a lovely post - you have a fantastically funny flair! And I love lilac, I feel like it's a good year-round colour, not bandwagony at all! :p x

    Stephanie | ouistephanie.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. Sheenie21 May 2015 at 00:09

    WOW! And the unicorn clutch bag! Beautiful lady. xxx

    ReplyDelete
  8. Unknown21 May 2015 at 21:18

    Wow you're eye makeup is amazing! I'd love to recreate that for a festival! Lovely look too xx

    Erin | Erin and Katherine Talk Beauty

    ReplyDelete
  9. Carmen Varner22 May 2015 at 01:43

    It's not a bandwagon if you genuinely love it. It's just a regular wagon. I love your hair. :]

    // ▲ itsCarmen.com ▲

    ReplyDelete
  10. Gabrielle22 May 2015 at 15:06

    I love your pointed flats, they look so stylish on you! :)

    Gabrielle | A Glass Of Ice

    x

    ReplyDelete
  11. Shireen L. Platt23 May 2015 at 03:58

    I love your multi colour hair, it's gorgeous on you and I totally feel you on hard to let go of old stuff. I am the same but lucky for me I still fit into my clothes from many years ago. xx

    Shireen | Reflection of Sanity

    ReplyDelete
  12. Jodie24 May 2015 at 08:13

    💜 your pretty but practical clutch. Totally rocking the violet.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Jess D2 June 2015 at 11:51

    Girl you look so colourful.

    www.lookwhatigot.Co.uk

    ReplyDelete
  14. Unknown4 June 2015 at 07:03

    you are just stunning. Slyingggggg love the outfit as always! xxx

    ReplyDelete

Fashionicide 2023