What I've been wearing lately

Hello lovely readers.

I know it's been a while since I have communicated properly and I have to thank all those loyal and interested readers who have stuck around. So I have been extremely busy with the first term of the school year. I have also recently returned back from the Philippines as well as spending the last 2 weeks at home in Nowra with my family and friends. Life has been good and they breaks off school have been magical but it also means that I will have to get back to the grind very soon.

I hope you have all been well. 

Just wanted to share with you a few recent outfit shots. I've been really bad at taking proper outfit shots since I have finally got an iphone. So if you follow me on instagram then you would have seen all of these outfits. Sorry bout that.....I'm no social media maiden so I'm still learning how to juggle all the networks whilst keeping things fresh and relevant. Anywhoooo back to the outfits yeah? What's your fave look?

Church Look:  Dress Kmart / Hat Thrifted / Glasses Big W / Shoes Rivers 

Casual Shopping: Vintage Blouse Thrifted / Shorts Target / Bag Thrifted / Shoes Kmart / Chain Thrifted 

Quad biking and Adventuring in Philippines: Top Kmart / Bag & Glasses Local Vendor / Shorts Kmart / Hat Von Zipper

Church: Singlet Target / Skirt Big W / Shoes Converse / Earrings Thrifted

School Easter Hat Parade: Dress Target / Shoes Target / Glasses Big W

Lunch: Shirt Kmart / Shorts Big W (these were full length pants but I cut them) / Shoes Kmart / Hat Thrifted

I have had a change in my travel plans. My mid year Europe trip has to be put on hold but that's okay because I plan to live there next year. So it's back to the drawing board and I'm hoping to get to New York for Full Figured Fashion Week instead so the possibility of meeting fellow bloggers is really exciting. 

Please bear with me. I plan to be better.

Big Love,

Falala Mele xo

Aussie Curves: Celeb Copy Cat Solange Knowles

Hello lovely ones,

How are you all? Well I scraped in with this weeks challenge Celebrity Copy Cat only just! And by just I mean on Friday I left Mildura to go Melbourne for a weekend. At this point I had a list of about 5-7 celebrities who I'd consider a super stylish lady . I had a quick scour through the internet for images of my most favourite ladies when it comes to person styling. The first person I typed in was Solange Knowles. Even though she is my most loved style icon at the moment I couldn't find any photos that I could use (each time I found one I liked I would run to my cupboard to see if I had something I could work with.

Flash forward 2 days in Melbourne with my lovely college girls and by the time I arrived home to Mildura I noticed that a lot of the women taking part in the challenge had said they were done and ready to post. It was 5pm and I still had NOTHING! So I began to sift through blogs when I found some photos from Solange's interview with the Time Out New York magazine HERE. 

There are many reasons why I adore her personal style. I love her choice of prints, colours, afro, box braids and her ability to keep changing things up. I can strongly relate to her approach to style being an opportunity to express yourself. Some days I like dressing a little old school, classic and clean and other days I am happy to cruise around in baggy jumpers and beanies. It's about being practical and showcasing a reflection of what is important to me in my life right now and being able to wear items that make me feel beautiful, alive and vibrant. DAMN if only I had a fro. I would never straighten it. Look at how fly she is!

Special thanks to my darling sister Pulu for allowing me to wake her up the afternoon after a sleepless 3 days in Melbourne. She was cold and tired and she still managed to get these shots. 

Thanks Theresa Jean xo

Skirt :Lilly and Lou $15 / Wedges: Target $35.00 / Pink Collard Blouse:  Vinnies $4 Cardigan $6.95 SES

What I wore: 

 All found in my cupboard :) Skirt is old I picked it up at Best and Less 2 years ago I think, shoes are new and probably still on Target shelves as I type and they belong to my sister. I was soooo tempted to go out and buy something new just to make this work but thankfully I had a lot of similar items to the styling of this shoot. My glasses were a birthday gift from my friend Moala but they were a opshop/thrifted find and my lip colour is called Burnt Orange and it's a range where I pick up most of my lip colours from. It's a matt colour and you can pick them up at most chemists for under $5. Hair was left natural like Solange. No real styling or hair products. I just washed it and clipped it back.

I currently can't get enough of collared blouses. I wear them all the time because it makes me feel a little polished.

Isn't the colour just so pretty? I have also been using my Burnt Orange colour a lot lately so I combined two of my have things into this look. Solange Knowles I love your style. Let's hang out when I'm in Brooklyn ;)

So my lovely ones. Who inspires your personal style?

Big Love,

Falala Mele xo