MN Vogue - Vol 12

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Come join the fashion and beauty chat. All welcome. Previous edition here

Thanks Santa

Genius Anni, I was thinking ice cream cones but have wafers, waffle will work much better! Think this cake may end up costing me as much as buying one did last time ( which hurt)

Slightly involved, but if you simplified this looks like a nice princess castle cake

Sleep try
this
Make square or round Madeira . I used bought mini Swiss rolls for the towers. Ice cream cones for the turret/roof. You can buy ready made flowers and pink roll out icing from a cake shop. Just stand princesses on or around the castle. Quite easy.

Anyone looking for a navy broderie anglaise top:

cacharel

So the Gables have arrived! here
The yellow is not quite as canary yellow as I'd hoped but since they're on my feet I'm not convinced anyone will notice that much. I really like the shape of them. No good for anyone with wide feet I'd say. Hopefully did you keep the ones you ordered?
I also ordered this basic M&S cream vest - it has nice wide straps but I need to size up to a 14....

By the way, I'm not ignoring the cake discussion - I just am completely unable to contribute! I can just about bake banana bread!

shop I can do birthday cakes....but my banana bread had the consistency of a brick!

I have the Clarks sandals that Amber bought. Lovely, really nice actually.

Ok thanks so much dry and hopefully, will use those as my guide....not sure if I am more nervous now or reassured !

Liberty am about to email you

sleep did you have a look at martha stewart ? her recipes and tips on cake decorating are amazing,dont be nervous,if everything fails,primrose bakery is your savior..

Has anyone received their Hasbeens yet? I'm still dithering. Just wondering whether you've all fallen in love?

shop avoid pottery barn, overpriced and under quality. We had one local to us in Dubai.

Try the website made in design. We have just ordered so much from there! Some really lovely pieces and the service have so far been pretty amazing

Shop I like Chic Shack and Aspace for children's furniture. Pricey, and I wouldn't get much, but great for inspiration and picking up key pieces.

Thanks all - now.... let's be careful, all this talk of bedlinen and cakes is making this thread more MN Good Housekeeping than MN Vogue!

Calling all shortarses. What maxi skirt do you wear in the summer?

I have been looking for one that doesn't completely swamp all of my 5'4" but so far I haven't seen one that I like.

Linus I've discovered a blog called extrapetite.com. A go-to guide for shortarses petite ladies like us. I usually avoid maxis, but Banana Republic are currently doing a collection called The Milly Collection which is Hamptons-inspired loveliness and comes in petite sizes too.

Just so you know, currently 30% off + free shipping at J Crew with code SUMMERTIME

linus, stay away from pleated type skirts,I have the splendid tube skirt and I love it.lovely with simple tanks,

Thanks for that blog recommendation! I just want to find a skirt
I can wear on warm days when I don't feel like getting my pasty legs out.

santa even though I am a size 12/14 in skirts and trousers I can do a jersey pencil skirt if the jersey is thick enough but I am not sure a jersey
tube skirt will work.

I do have a lavender gipsy style skirt I bought many years ago at Zara in Barcelona which is fairly flattering, but I suspect Zara in Spain caters to Spanish women who are generally shorter (and thinner) than other European women.

its really flattering linus,its not a pencil type its a bit flowy .the fabric is not too thin,i tried many tube skirts before ordering it and i looked horrible in all of them.

I just googled it and it does look flattering. Where did you buy it?

I am already imagining myself swishing about in it tripping over it

I think Hopefully has the Splendid tube skirt? Or was it the American Apparel one...

Sounds nice.

Thanks for the code Grumpy! I'm still pondering work stuff.