MN Vogue Vol. 74

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Time for chunky knits, bobble hats and boots, please come and join in with all your autumn fashion - high end or high street, we love it all.

Love all the dress purchases Blingy shop Happy!

Happy your JN link is broken.

V good news about the mouse mara - phew.

My Baublebar order arrived, and I am expecting my replacement Monsoon dress soon. Out on Friday, Saturday and Tuesday so it will get its first wearing on at least one of those!

So help me out ladies. What tights should I wear with the new dress? And what shoes or boots? [[http://pin.it/tOarVIp
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Try again. Does that link to my shoes?

Oh I give up. I'm Shopafrolic on Pin and the board is IMW footwear (or something similar)

Happy not sure if it's also too cheap and nasty but asos had some nice wrap maxi skirts in a few colours, like this

shop Lots of options!
Dress down with opaques and Jagger boots/Pistols
Opaques and black SE Karen boots
Bare legs and your SE peep toe boots/Dune Cristina/Jigsaw red courts
You have loads of great shoes!

My Baublebar tassel earrings arrived and are exactly what I wanted! They are lovely quality, and they sent me 3 free gift bags and 2 free bracelets (I did order 1 bracelet, a Xmas present). I would definitely order from them again, wish they had a UK site though!

Ooh thank you blair didn't think about asos!

Not sure about the material of that skirt, think I'd need to see it IRL, but had a look at the rest.

Love the shape of this one, wish they had it in black

Totally love this but its OOS 😭

Ps love your earrings!

Great shoes Amber not too louche at all.

Happy great pleather dress.

Blingy nativities are deliberately written to make parents cry

So opaques if tights? No way can I do bare legs in this weather Blair

I would go for opaques shop but the more dressy kind not the thick cotton-looking kind.

blair I love those earrings. I really don't suit statement earrings unfortunately. Studs or small drop earrings are my friend.

Lovely heels amber, especially the colour.

i would wear opaques with it Shop and agree with linus that they should be the thinner dressier type, not the thicker cotton ones. I bet your legs are going to look amazing in that dress

blair those earrings are really pretty

shop tights or very very thin opaques! Preference is for tights but I get cold so I would probably go for opaques! My party is at home, so bare legged for me.

Happy love the pleather dress, no idea where I would wear it at this time of the year though!

Dry, dh was looked at me in disbelief and said "You're kidding me! Ds is only a [random animal] in the nativity play". I just gave him an evil look through the tears!

blingy surely by its every monther's right to cry at their child's performance?! DD is Mary in her nursery performance. Glad the dress fits.

Nice dress shop and it looks pretty adaptable / wearable. Think the tights / thin opaques sounds a good suggestion, especially with the jagger boots.

Glad you like the shirt mara.

That SP dress is nice amber, they do seem to have some nice styles and the prices are generally quite comparable with high end high st.

That was nice service from baublebar blair, little touches like that can really make a difference to your opinion of a brand.

What are you all getting your DH fit Christmas? My DH is notoriously difficult to buy for - he's not interested in clothes (I know!), not really into sport, likes tech / gadgets but seems to but what he wants himself and he won't say what he wants! All I've got so far is some chocolate liquors

Got the day off today, so heading into kingston with the parents, hopefully will get some inspiration!

blingy I am thinking either out in the evening with opaques and shoe boots or in the day with a slim fit jumper under it and tights and boots?

everyone my DH is doing up a cafe racer (old style motorbike) to take part in this (hopefully next year but project appears to be 'on hold' 🙄) - anyway I'll buy him a retro helmet to wear for it probably from here

Spotted this dress on NAP earlier - love it!

Ordered these glittery shoes last night.

I'm taking DH on a surprise trip to Milan a few days before Xmas (hoping he doesn't read MN). Also comedy tickets, DVDs/CDs and some clothes.

I don't have the crying gene, I never cry except when Joe McElderry won the X Factor at 40w pg. Heart of stone, me.

Hello,

MNV has made me chuckle this morning namely Happy's 'CHEAP AND NASTY' and blingy's 'random animal'

Completely understand school play happy tears, I even felt overcome with emotion this week walking through Burlington arcade where they had carol singers in vintage costume leaning out of the window above penhaligons serenading the shoppers, was all very Dickensian!

Have finished Christmas shopping, managed to get quite a bit for myself in the pre-sales too. In justification is all stuff I didn't want to risk selling out just to get a bit more money off.

Now that I've shed a few more kilos thought it was finally time to invest in some new trousers. At Marant got these faux leather leggings. Not on sale but the quality is fab, they really look like leather and didn't want to invest in real ones just now.

Also from Marant but main line pre-sale these wide leg wool trousers. Tried them on in store but they were too big and didn't have smaller so have just ordered online from matches - £12 for premium delivery within 90 minutes so they'd better be on time!

Finally jcrew pyjamas, I got these in green and navy plaid. Had never realised that Americans spell it 'pajama'.

Amber wow at Milano.

Everyone well done to dd getting the Mary gig! Have bought dh a dressing gown from liberty in a navy print and a black leather hermès card holder.

There's was a funny piece on Woman'#s hour about being Mary yesterday, well worth a listen.

I'm with you Blingy - started welling up when the head was introducing Foundation Stage show & thanking them for all their hard work. DD2's song was definitely more amusing than tearful though, lots of reindeer tail waggling.

Everyone This year I'm getting Dh headphones to his specification, but last year got tickets to the Crystal Maze which was great fun. I've also bought comedy & sports tickets in the past, think it's something nice you can do together.

Love the IM trews Mara, can picture you in them. And have PJ envy - madness in US spelling

I've been lurking more than posting recently - worst thing about being SAHM is missing out on Christmas party time. We are going to have a small gathering for NYE though so need to think of an outfit.

All Saints sale seems to have started, have got a couple of good things from there in years gone by.

Can't look at links as not enough coverage where I am.
But what the hell are 'more dressy opaques'? I never wear tights that aren't either nude or thick opaques. Can anyone link something for me?

Reckon 60 dernier is your boy Shop

Not thin but not thick but others will have more expertise!

Try 40 denier.

I can't wear opaque tights any more for some reason. I never feel stylish in them.

I am a dedicated opaques wearer and I would take "dressy" opaques to be ones which are slightly sheerer (but all of mine are 40-60 denier anyway, hate the thickness and feel of 100) and maybe with a very slight shine, i.e. less matte/flat looking? I've got some like that on today. All of mine are from M&S, and I think my favourite pair are called velvet touch.

Possibly these but who knows?! M&S do so many types and I didn't buy them this year

Shop I would recommend wolford perfectly 30s or velvet deluxe 50s if you want more opaque. I tend to wear the 30s with winter eveningwear as really can't do either nude tights or bare legs.

The IM trews arrived within an hour of ordering this morning, am so impressed with Matches. Hate paying delivery charges so doing premium felt very decadent but not as much as I hate waiting in for dhl. Have already tried them on and love them, something a bit retro about the high waist and pleats with prince of wales check. Will wear with black ankle boots and skinny polo neck tucked in.

Blair love your earrings btw!

I was crying at DD's nativity play this morning - she was back line of the chorus and we barely saw her (big school and they do Y1 and Y2 together so the Y2's had all the parts and the Y1's were all 'stars' ). It's the Christmas story itself that makes me cry and seeing little ones trying so hard and doing their dances and making mistakes, helping each other etc. The whole thing just makes me emotional and certain Christmas songs totally set me off especially 'Oh holy night' and 'when a child is born'.

Mara great buys, love the faux leather leggings especially. Good service getting delivery in less than an hour!

I want a party dress now too even though I have nothing to attend that merits one. We're having a couple of get togethers here at the house but I'd feel ott in a dress. Other plans are all 'post meeting drinks' etc rather then formal office parties. Actually just thinking I could probably justify a nice blouse....

I have bought DH new jeans, a toolset he asked for and will buy some Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille. I might book some comedy tickets too.