What are you wearing today? Melting into summer '22

[EllaPaella]

Hi everyone
I'll try and tag everyone shortly

[bendmeoverbackwards]

Thanks for the new thread @EllaPaella and love your black dress.

@OublietteBravo I really like your green Warehouse dress.

[toucaninjapan]

I missed posting here and seeing everyone's stylish outfits! Unfortunately we still have a pile of old furniture we plan to throw away right in front of my big mirror, but thankfully guys from the ward office are supposed to come next week to pick it up (finally!).
Today we went to check out one of the gardens near new home, you wouldn't believe that this little bamboo forest is actually in the middle of Tokyo.
Dress - Cecil McBee
Sandals - Next

[Sooverthemill]

Baukjen: she's done loads of videos ( love the ones of her kids saying ' mummy') but it's bow- Ken with basically silent j you kind of slide over it cute video . Dutch is tricky according to DH who is almost fluent in 6 languages including German/ Greek/ Italian/ French plus a few ancient ones ( sadly he's a classics grad from Oxford like most of the former cabinet but thankfully not at the same time). He's passed the language gene on to both DDs but not DS who can barely write a sentence in English tbh!

[HuntingoftheSnark]

@OublietteBravo I love that Biden blouse!!

Dress today is Lilly Pulitzer. Not sure if it's too short. I'm 53 next month. My mother (92) will be sure to tell me.

[HuntingoftheSnark]

Boden!

[Sooverthemill]

Very casual outfit fir a nothing kind of day. Will it warm up like yesterday?
tee: boden
shorts: Abercrombie and Fitch
sandals are my oldest Birkenstock
may add a sweatshirt if it’s cool

[userxx]

@HuntingoftheSnark

@OublietteBravo I love that Biden blouse!!

Dress today is Lilly Pulitzer. Not sure if it's too short. I'm 53 next month. My mother (92) will be sure to tell me.

Those legs are not saying almost 53!! Amazing outfit.

[faffadoodledo]

@toucaninjapan lovely cool looking spot and dress to match. Lovely. I feel you do a great job of seguing your western style with he expectations of Japanese style.
My son honeymooned in Japan and has really given me Japan envy. Want to visit! It's so hard picking what time of year though because it's such a long country!
I know people like to go for the blossom but tbh I feel there's so much more to see that that's at the bottom of my list of priorities. Can you advise?

[Rollerbird]

@toucaninjapan your picture looks like an advert!
So beautiful having that place on your doorstep.

[EllaPaella]

Agree @toucaninjapan very chic and stylish. What a lovely back drop as well.
These are two dresses I wore last week, two different days/evenings out. Colourful one from Matalan and the long black swishy one is Cos.
I bought a beautiful white beach dress from a local boutique on Monday as well when it was really hot weather and of course now it has cooled right down so I haven't worn it but I'll show you all later. There is a sniff of promise of sunshine in the air today.

[EllaPaella]

@Rollerbird I love the patterned Shein jeans btw

[Rollerbird]

Oh wow @ellapaella I'm off to interrogate the matalan website!
I've got a voucher I've not spent for there too!

[Rollerbird]

Nothing exciting today.
Off to see my friend and her horse
Jeans m and s
Shirt superdry
Sweatshirt Everlane
Converse

[OublietteBravo]

@toucaninjapan - wow! I’ve never been to Japan. I know DH would like us to go - his mother is Japanese (although she’s lived in Hampshire for almost 50 years - except for a brief 3 year stint in Connecticut). DS has indicated that he’d like to go to Japan to celebrate the end of his A-levels, so maybe we’ll go in 2024.

It’s actually surprisingly chilly this morning, although forecast to warm up later. I’ve actually had to add another layer to this outfit.

Top: M&S
Dungarees: Boden
Sandals: Next

[Cardigansalltheway]

Some great outfits. @Rollerbird loving your autumn preparations and @EllaPaella love the Matalan dress, fabulous colours.

A bit of a boring one for me today for house stuff, dog walking and food shopping. I suspect I'm going to get too hot it looks like it's going to warm up considerably.

Sweatshirt: ASOS
Jeans: M&S

[EllaPaella]

Here's the lovely white beach dress I bought the other day. It was £34 and feels lovely, cool and swishy.

[toucaninjapan]

@EllaPaella where's your denim jacket from? I've been admiring it for ages!

@faffadoodledo Ah please accept my apologies in advance if my message gets too long, I always get a bit enthusiastic with this subject.
I’d definitely recommend avoiding summer at all costs! Winter is okay, but spring and autumn are the best in terms of temperature, weather & seasonal beauty (I’m speaking about Tokyo here).
I’d personally recommend visiting during sakura blossom season tbh as it’s really something special. I know some people choose to come during autumn foliage season to see red maples, but after living here 10 years I feel that the best timing to see the leaves varies too much each year to predict anything (while with sakura you’d be sure to see beautiful blossoms if you visit around 1-2-3 of April) and you’d need to go to parks with maple trees specifically to enjoy the foliage (while sakura blossoms all around the city, you’d see it everywhere you go).
You won’t be disappointed by local food and service and there will be lots of fun places to visit for people of all ages. From Disneyland/ Totoro/ Moomin/ Harry Potter themed parks to temples and museums (I’d strongly recommend visiting digital art museums). Speaking of temples, many tourists love to go to Asakusa (probably the most famous temple in Tokyo), rent kimono and get traditional hairstyle done in one of the many shops around there and then stroll ancient streets while eating traditional Japanese sweets. You can also purchase an amulet at a temple and a fortune slip. I have a little funny story to tell related to temples, once my friend and I went to Kamakura, an ancient capital near Tokyo, to do some sightseeing. We ended up visiting a temple which turned out to be famous for divorces, apparently in the past, when women couldn’t divorce, they’d run and hide in this temple which will then force divorce upon their husband. My friend was laughing that we shouldn’t have come here, well fast forward one month, we both broke up with our boyfriends, met again and decided to go visit one Tokyo temple famous for helping with love matters. We went there just for fun tbh, but we prayed to meet the love of our life and each of us purchased an amulet. I ended up meeting DH-to-be in 3 days and my friend met her future husband in about a week, I think. I must admit I went back to this temple after having a not-too-friendly first meeting with future MIL, prayed that we have a good relationship and she started treating me like her own daughter and we are really close now. Might be a simple coincidence for all I know. 
I’ll include a couple of pics I’ve taken in Tokyo over the years.

[toucaninjapan]

Hope you ladies don't mind me spamming with a bit of photos as I had trouble choosing what to show!

[toucaninjapan]

[faffadoodledo]

Ah @toucaninjapan I shall squirrel away all of your top tips! Thank you x

Today I've walked the dog in my usual shorts combo and it RAINED on me. So I've changed into something g more suitable..
Me&Em techno trousers
Boden ancient Breton which matches beautifully and accidentally

[EllaPaella]

Those are amazing photos @toucaninjapan
Japan is the top of the list of holiday destinations for my husband and middle son. We are thinking maybe the year after next. Do you have any tips for rural destinations?

[Purplecatshopaholic]

Awesome Japan pics! It’s top of the list for me and my partner, must get planning! Poor PurplecatDog has a bug and is out of sorts - just been to the vet for tests and meds. Ker-ching (for them, lol). He is feeling very sorry for himself and snoozing on the rug at my feet, poor baby. My taking-dog-to-vet look today features a skirt from All Saints, Doc M sandals, and a slouchy jumper from Forbidden Tribes.

[Cardigansalltheway]

A v glam going to the vet outfit @Purplecatshopaholic love the skirt! Very best wishes to Purplecatdog for a speedy recovery, hope that he's ok.

[IvorCutler]

@Purplecatshopaholic you always look so effortless but really stylish and fun at the same time. Love your vet outfit.

@EllaPaella I have that cos dress but it looks much better on you! Mine is voluminous. Did you size down? I wish I had.

Sorry for weirdly entering the chat. I have had a drink and admire you all! You all look fab and are a diverse and interesting bunch. I poke my nose in every so often!

[Cardigansalltheway]

@toucaninjapan love your pictures and also your temple stories, thank you for sharing! @IvorCutler you should join in! As a relative newby who lurked for months, I’m very pleased I took the plunge 😊.