Money Supermarket Passion For Fashion

Recently I was contacted about entering the Moneysupermarket Passion for Fashion Challenge.  I did enter last year, but alas, like many others I’m sure, I was unsuccessful... But that’s not putting me off because I love doing stuff like this so here we go again.

There are three categories this year: Beach, Casual and Party, and three judges: Natasha from Girl in the Lens, Jen from A Little Bird Told Me and Olivia from What Olivia Did who will be judging each category respectively.  Each outfit must be complete for under £200.00 and you can find all the details you need here.

And here folks are my entries:

Beach

This one seems very appropriate given that I will indeed be sunning myself on the beach soon, so have had plenty of time to think about exactly what I will be wearing whilst lying on the beach soaking up the sun.

This my dears is my dream beach outfit:

Total: £163.00

Dungarees: Topshop (£38.00)

T Shirt: Topshop (£12.00)

Rucksack: Accessorize (£32.00) 

Sunglasses: Accessorize (£15.00)

Bikini Top: River Island (£20.00)

Bikini Bottom: River Island (£14.00)

Bracelet: Accessorize (£8.00)

Sandals: Topshop (£24.00)

I have a pair of dungarees to take with me on hols and I'm so excited to wear them!  Their such a good alternative to the standard pair of hot pants I usually find myself in, and they just look so damn retro.  However, as I have discovered whilst trying to find somoething to go under them it is particularly tricky to find anything that looks quite right, but I have discovered that a plain tee with rolled sleeves goes just perfectly... ahhh, I do love a good rolled sleeve so I do!

As I've said before, I hate flip flops so a pair of sandals is necessary, and these ones are just gorgeous, look at them... now look again... see their lovely aren't they!

Finally, as it's beach wear a bikini was not just nice but necessary, as is a pair of sunglasses, backpack to put all your beach essentials in and a token bracelet to give that beach hippy look.

Happy days!  I cannot wait to hit the beach!

Casual

I’m definitely more of a day time wear girl rather than evening stuff, so I’m more than happy to have had to plan an everyday outfit.

I am indeed loving the pinafore style that is everywhere right now, so I fidured I would plan my outfit around one of these little beauties, so...

Total: £131.99

Tights: Matalan (£3.50)

Pinafore Dress: River Island (£22.00)

Leather Loafers: ASOS (£40.00)

Blouse: New Look (£16.99)

Bag: Accessorize (£45.00)

Earrings: Matalan (£2.00)

Bow Brooch: Topshop (£2.50, sale)

Keeping it monochrome, keeping it on trend, but still keeping it exactly my style.  These pinafore dresses couldn't be more my style if the tried, I absolutely love them!  I prefer a plain style pinafore so you can dress it up or down as you wish depending on what you wear underneath, and in this case I have gone for a polka dot blouse.

Along with a pair of tassel loafers (these ones happen to be real leather so I think are well worth the money) and a little bow brooch which I would pin on the top button of the shirt, I think this is a very vintage look, sooooo perfectly me!  

To accessorise I have just chosen a simple pair of pearl earrings and a beautiful black and white bag, which I had previously been admiring in a different colour, but I thought this just matched unbelievably.

Ahhhhh, I want it all, bye bye money in bank account....

Party

Obviously, despite the fact that I love day wear more, every now and again I do love to get all dressed up and go into town for a few beverages.

Is it weird that when I go out I like to have a hint of a theme going on, most of the time I’ll go out and say to my friends “this is my X look”, bit weird I know... But in light of this...

This is my Sixties Look:

 

Total: £115.39

Dress: Miss Selfridge (£39.00)

Shoes: Debenhams (£24.00, sale)

Bag: Mango (£29.99)

Earrings: Dorothy Perkins (£6.50)

Eye liner: Rimmel Via Boots Exaggerate Eye liner: Black (£4.29, currently on offer)

Lipstick:Rimmel Via Boots Kate Moss Matte Lipstick, 113 (£5.49)

Nail Polish: Rimmel Via Boots 60 Seconds Nail Polish: Red Carpet (£2.99, on offer) 

Hairspray: Boots Tressmme Superior Hold (£3.13, on offer)

I saw this dress in Miss Selfridge the other day and I just fell in love with it.  Given my bob and flickety side fringe and my complete love of eyeliner, I figured this would be the perfect sixties look, and who doesn’t love the sixties!  Plus, given the monochrome colours its bang on trend for this season... look at me being all fashion forward (well trying anyway).

Despite the cold this outfit would have to be braved bare legged (or maybe given my daz white ones, with clear tights), because without this the whole look is going to fall apart... nooooooo!

To go with the theme I thought these super cute block heeled court shoes were needed.  I am not really a high heeled kind of girl, and plus they look perfect with my outfit as they don’t distract from the main piece which is my beautiful dress.  

A small patent bag to accessorise looks just right along with deep red nails to add a splash of colour with statement sixties eye makeup and nude lips I think completes this look.

I've deliberately not added many accessories because I really don't think it needs it, I'm keeping it simple, I'm keeping it sixties!

Oh god, I think I love this outfit... I hope you do to!

Let me know what you think, would you wear any of these looks and which is your favourite?

Peace and Love,