No New Clothes For Holiday

Posted on August 28, 2012 by admin

I have just returned from a weeks holiday in Tenerife. In the past I have been shopping before and during my holidays to buy a variety of different holiday clothes from bikinis and swimming costumes to sun dresses and sandals. This year I made the decision to pack light (well relatively speaking) and not to buy any new clothes for holiday. As I was only going to be there for a week and already have lots of swimwear, sarongs, summer dresses etc it made sense to save my pennies to spend on sangria and make do with the clothes I already have.

It is amazing how little clothing you actually need when the temperature is plus 30 degrees. I took just 4 dresses, a cut off denim skirt and a few halter neck tops plus bikinis, sun hat, sarongs and flat and heeled sandals which turned out to be more than enough. Having a smaller suitcase also made travelling much easier.

Anyway, here are a few photographs from my hols. It was great to be able to take pictures outside but I still haven’t mastered the settings on my light weight camera . I will get round to reading the manual one of these days.

Dress – Monsoon
Bag – Accessorize

Dress- Frank and Faith
Hat – Pachacuti
Bag – Oxfam

Dress – Komodo
Bag – Oxfam

Since I have tried to stop buying clothes and other possesions that I don’t really need I have found I get so much more enjoyment on spending money enjoying myself on a night out with friends or Mr Style Eyes. That said I do still buy the occasional piece of clothing either ethical fashion, vintage or charity shop but I think about it carefully and only buy something that I really love and that will last me for years. What do you think, do new clothes give you more satisfaction than going out and having fun?

I hope you are having had a lovely summer. For me it is not long until the children go back to school and everything returns to normality. I will have plenty to keep me busy as my new website is (hopefully) only weeks away and I can’t wait to share it.

Also thinking about arranging a fashion bloggers conference for next year if you might be interested in coming please comment below on whether you would prefer London/ Birmingham and weekday/ Saturday.

With warmest wishes

Ceri x

Camping and Camp Bestival

Posted on August 4, 2012 by admin

I have been a little absent from blogging for the last couple of weeks. On Wednesday 25th July, I was in London for the Ethical Fashion Forum Source Summit – The Tipping Point. It was a hugely interesting event and I met and heard from so many inspiring people. I hope to be able to blog and share some more about this soon once the videos and notes have been published.

I was then off in our old camper van at 8am the next morning and on our way to Camp Bestival in Lulworth Castle Dorset with some fantastic music including Rolf Harris (my personal favourite), Happy Mondays and Rizzle Kicks and lots of other entertainment.

After wearing only 6 items of clothing for the Six Items Challenge in July, I decided to have a go at packing lightly with just four outfits for a whole 8 day camping. I soon realised that this was a mistake as my choice of outfits didn’t really seem to work for the huge differences in temperature between day and evening. But never mind, I survived! I didn’t take to many outfit photos as I was suffering from uncontrolably frizzy and dusty hair most of the time and I didn’t take my camera remote so had to rely on the blurry efforts of the children and Mr Style Eyes. 187 Camping and Camp Bestival The picture above features my trusty green camping parka and zebra jumper from a charity shop. I never buy new clothes for holidays any more as it seems like a waste to buy new things just for a week or two of holidays. I try and make the clothes that I already have work for me. You can find a great selection of jumpers on www.style-is.co.uk.

This is me on a particularly hot and sunny day wearing hat by Pachacuti and top by Kuyichi.

We then went on to a fantastic campsite near Weymouth and although we didn’t have tickets to see any of the sailing events for the Olympics we had a fantastic time on the beach, having a go at sailing and lots of other sports. If anyone has any time off over the next week or so I would definitely recommend a trip to Weymouth, there is so much going on and surprisingly, not that many people there so plenty of vacancies in hotels and B & B’s and campsites.

I hope you are having a lovely summer and have been enjoying the fantastic weather. Despite having a fantastic time on my hols I am glad to be back to my comfy bed, own bathroom and hot shower. I can’t wait to catch up on reading my favourite blogs over the next few days.

With warmest wishes

Ceri x

Six Items Challenge – Week 3

Posted on July 22, 2012 by admin

Third week of the six items challenge and I will have to say I am getting pretty bored with my choice of clothes. Every morning when I open my wardrobe I am confronted by a rail of clothes that I can’t wear. Still not too much longer now and this week my new hat has arrived from Pachacuti ready for hols so I have been using it to add a bit of interest to my outfits.

I haven’t posted every single outfit this week as a few have been a little bit repetitive and I have had some fairly severe bad hair days.

My neckscarf/ accessory is from Round London.

This bag is from Oxfam Fashion – one of my favourite places to shop!

This neckalce is from ethical jewellery brand Made UK Everyone says the tights make me look like I have tattoos on my legs. I love this look but could never committ to having just one design on my legs. I would so change my mind.

This obi belt was handmade and is great for giving loose fitting clothes a bit of shape.

And here is my new hat!

Ands so on to the last week of the challenge. I am so pleased the sun has finally come out and really enjoying having dinner in the garden every evening.

Next week I am speaking on the visibility panel for the Ethical Fashion Forum Tipping Point Summit, it will bring together leading pioneers in fashion and sustainability from all over the world and across the entire supply chain to network, share ideas, learn from best practice, and collaborate. I can’t wait! Hope you have an amazing week.

With warmest wishes

Ceri x

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