Sunday 10 November 2013

The Bluest Dress I Ever Had

In this post I told you about my shopping afternoon and showed you one of the spoils I brought home. I also mentioned that I was going to show you my other finds, and here they are:
This blue dress simply HAD to come home with me! It said "Meike" all over when I saw it at the shop, and although it does not look much on the hanger, I think it looks really good when worn. I have already worn it to work, but it is good enough for an evening out, too.
What you can't see properly in the picture are the earrings I am wearing. My Mum gave me these during our shopping trip, because they so perfectly match the dress: just one single glittery "stone" of exactly the same blue.

Here is how my dress is presented on the Hallhuber (the dresses' fashion label) website:
Even if I say so myself, I like it much better on me than on her! (She may be less than half my age, very pretty and with beautiful hair, but she is too skinny.)

Hallhuber is, by the way, a label where I almost always find something, and usually, those finds become firm favourites that stay with me for years, for instance the yellow dress.


My third new acquisition is the one I actually went shopping for: I wanted a simple, classic, no-nonsense grey pair of trousers fit for business, and I found this one at comma:
Comma is yet another one of those labels with a high potential for favourite pieces, such as the knit dress and this suit, or the silk skirt I wore to the Golden Wedding recently. With both comma and Hallhuber, I often browse their clothes racks at the shop and don't see anything I like - or if I do, it is too expensive -, but when I do find something, it seems as if it was made for me. And that is the only reason why I continue to look at their range of clothes; I don't mind at all what brand names I wear, but I simply know that some labels have just what I like (and I wear clothes found at the supermarket, too; that tells you something about how "label conscious" I am!).

Winter is my least favourite time of the year, but it is made a little easier and nicer if I know I have nice things to wear.

18 comments:

  1. Winter can only be tolerated if what you have to wear during it is both pretty and warm! Those look like they will work well.

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  2. You must have a wonderful wardrobe. I used to have smart clothes for work but nowadays I just slob around in jeans and jumpers.
    Actually, it’s time I replaced some of my trousers and jumpers. Perhaps I’ll have a go at catalogues. Peter Hahn sends me one regularly, but I find their clothes are expensive.

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    1. There are a few jeans and jumpers in my wardrobe, too, for those days when I can't be bothered, but most days I simply enjoy getting dressed too much to just limit myself to the basic choice.
      I think I've seen Peter Hahn catalogues and seem to remember their clothes are good, lasting quality, so maybe they aren't so expensive after all?

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  3. PS: I forgot to say how well the blue dress looks on you, it is seriously elegant as well as pretty.

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  4. Nice purchases, and I agree, the dress does look better on you. I really like your trousers too. Your legs look about twice as long as mine!!

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  5. What a wonderful blue dress! And it definitely looks better on you than on the model! You have a great figure to show off clothes.

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  6. The blue dress is fabulous, Meike, and definitely looks better on you than the designer's model! You always look so chic. xoxox

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  7. Fabulous :) and you're so tall and slim too -

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    1. That (fabulous) is what I thought, too, when I saw the dress in the shop :-)

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  8. I might as well add my two pennyworth to the 'like' camp. You have a very sure sense of what's good to wear.

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  9. I agree, I think the blue dress looks better on you than it does on the model!
    I always enjoy your fashion posts! :-)

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