Cheongsam : The Cheongsam Shoppe ( similar here & here & here)

Clutch : Heritage Refashioned ( get it here)

Shoes : The Tui Collection ( get it here)

Earrings : vintage ( similar here & here) 

Happy Chinese New Year to all of you.

I have been so busy over the last week with preparations for the New Year. Getting our favourite traditional new year goodies, buying cases of tangerines and of course putting a few outfit inspirations to share with you on how to dress for the Lunar New Year.

Keeping in mind that bright colours are favored, particularly red, yellow and metallics, this year I decided to put together an inspirational outfit video to share with you on how to mix and match items you may already have in your wardrobe to create a whole new look for the Chinese New Year. As always, keeping fashion sustainable, try and create new looks with items you would already have rather than dashing out to purchase a whole new wardrobe for this occasion. I wanted to style these gorgeous vintage clutches with my new year outfits and therefore had put together 3 outfit inspirations trending each clutch bag, of which it can be paired with both modern as well as a traditional Chinese cheongsam. Whichever tinkles your fancy. 

I love this purple based floral print cheongsam that ends slightly below the knee for that more conservative and elegant feel to this traditional style of dress. A modern take on a traditional outfit, this sleeveless number is non-crease and can easily be worn both during this festive period ( 15 days to be exact for the Lunar New Year celebrations) or even after for a dinner. Of course taking it up a notch, I decided to go bolder with this pretty Rainbow Candy metallic heels by The Tui Collection. The heel height is just perfect for the many house visits one needs to do over the New Year period but also detachable pretty bow at the back, elevates this traditional dress to a modern item. Since we are in the bold is more pairings, I went all out with the pairing of this vintage kimono fabric clutch with also a bow detail, therefore tying the whole look together with the bright colours of fuchsia pink and purple.

For those of you not really into Chinese traditional outfits yet either because you live in Asia or would likely be invited to an asian friends' home for celebrations, here are some inspirations of modern outfits you can work with for this festive period. Again as I mentioned, these looks can also take you outside of the Chinese New Year festivities. Let me know which is your favourite then.

Here's wishing all of you a blessed, prosperous and most importantly healthy Year of the Rat. 

Love,

Simone xoxo

Hi everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. Since launching my IGTV videos on a segment on "Ways To Wear......", some of you had written to me to get more ideas on how to keep fashion sustainable seeing that often, you would have a look in mind for an outfit but find it a little difficult to get creative on how to mix and match it to create different looks with that single piece. Therefore "Ways To Wear...." videos is my little take on how to keep fashion sustainable and for this week, I would like to focus on how one could trend different accessories to the same piece of outfit to create different looks.

In this post, I would like to focus particularly on styling various gold necklaces  to a single dress/ outfit to create different looks. If you had missed my previous posts, I had recently showcased " 4 Ways To Wear A Slip Dress" on Instagram ( check out the IGTV video here) as well as " Ways To Style A Maxi Skirt" ( see post here). With this button down dress, I wanted to showcase its versatility for various occasions simply by mix and matching sdifferent styles of gold necklaces to this outfit.

In this look above, I styled it with a long necklace for a Urban Chic vibe, but in the video attached below, you can also see how to style this dress with a chunky gold choker for a casual look or with a dainty gold necklace for a more classic look.




Here are some of my other favourite styles of gold necklaces trending for Fall / Winter 2019 :

Chain links is definitely in season and this delicate number has certainly caught my eye.

Lightweight Oval Ring Chain Necklace

I still like the seashell jewellery craze but taking it up a notch with a gold necklace rather than a resort style statement jewellery that one would find in the markets.

APM Monaco Seashell Necklace

Seeing Christmas is not too far off, perhaps a customised gold necklace to give your Best Friend / girlfriend?

Oak and Luna Customised Name Necklaces

I hope you enjoyed this styling on gold necklaces and do share with me in the comments below which is your favourite gold necklace style ( as seen the video ) or perhaps one you would like to see me style for future ootds?

Love to hear from you.

Love,
Simone xoxo