2010 wardrobe essentials no. 1: the white shirt

Wardrobe essentials for 2010 by wonderlake featuring Sweetbox blouses

Items in this set:
BLACK PEACE NOW Ribbon Blouse w/ Jabot (White), $159
D&G SS0237TN5 WHITE COTTON -, 87 GBP
Vanessa Bruno Tie neck shirt, 85 GBP
Sharp Shoulder Blouse, $58
White Shirt + Bow Tie(2 patterns), $35

Hmm, the white shirt. This is not an item I have in my wardrobe already, infact I don't think I have any blouses... I think mainly because I'm a D cup, petite so it's difficult to find one that fits without gaping buttons!

Also I think I particularly don't go for WHITE blouses as they remind me too much of school uniform. I don't have any other white clothes so I imagine it would be a pain to launder them and not have them end up looking greyish.

Furthermore I like to wear c o l o u r f u l underwear, so I'd either have to look trampy with a jazzy bra visible under the said white shirt, or invest in white/ nude underwear which won't show so badly...

However I did quite like Kelly Reilly/ "Anna Travis's" white shirt style in 'Above Suspicion' which has been on TV these past few nights. Maybe if I actually had a job where it mattered what I looked like/ wore I might consider taking a few style leaves out of her book

Christmas presents

Jerry buys the best presents!

I was only just mentioning how much he hates my duffle coat... well, he got me a new one! From the Petite range at Topshop. Unfortunatley he got a size too small (better than too big right?) so he's hopefully exchanging it today :)

Earlier in the week I also saw a lady at the busstop wearing this, also from the Petite range ...

On the reverse it has a beautiful sailor square collar, like Japanese schoolgirls... maybe if they don't have my size in the duffle coat I could exchange for this ?

As I have some time off work I've also been tackling the pile of newspapers & magazines we have in the front room- going through them all for items & pictures to scrapbook. I came across this super sweet, and seasonal robin brooch (Yes I know that the picture is of one on a necklace!)

*wants!

Anyway here's my first ever Polyvore set, based on my new coat:

Christmas coat by wonderlake featuring Marni bags

Items in this set:
Bound Seam Duffle Coat, $160
VIVI, 350 GBP
Marni Medium suede shoulder bag, $1,295
Cobweb Knitted Snood, $32
Womens AE Fairisle Hat - Cream, $15