Sunday 23 June 2013

The Tale of My First Maxi Skirt

Firstly, are you my GFC follower? Google reader won't be available from July so switch to Bloglovin - check out the top of my side bar to find out how...

Secondly, I took photos outside! I had two "photo shoots" - one before watching World War Z and one after watching World War Z. (It is an amazing movie!) The photos were taken on my Mum's iPhone hence the low-ish photo quality but this is still progress for me, right?

Before World War Z ...
... After World War Z






I'm wearing:
Claire's purple flower hair clip [exact]
Gucci sunglasses [similar]
New Look black crop top [exact]
Cache Cache black bolero [exact]
brown/cream/gold beaded necklace from The Philippines [similar]
New Look blue maxi skirt [exact]
Kurt Geiger red patent flats with gold bows [similar]

Now about my first maxi skirt... My first maxi skirt was the purple version of this blue one. I bought it a week ago and I LOVED it. I never thought a maxi skirt would suit me but these ones proved me wrong. Today I decided to wear my newly washed purple version to work when... What the fuck? It's short! Reeeally short! Noooo! I was gutted. It had shrunk in the wash despite being labelled machine washable. I got an exchange and took this blue version because my size was sold out in the purple. I do love this blue one just as much but I still miss my purple one. (Don't worry I'll be hand washing this blue one in future.)

Here are a couple of photo fails of me in the purple version when I first got it...


This is a more accurate photo of the shade of purple the skirt was.

On another note, have you watched Man of Steel yet?! Henry Cavill is officially the: Best. Superman. Ever. (By the by, was I the only comic book geek one who noticed the LexCorp truck in the movie?!)


x Linda x

34 comments:

  1. Such a cool maxi skirt, I love them, all though I dont think it would look good on me...but you look great!!!
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  2. this is great :)
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  3. Must see WWZ and Superman very soon. How cool you have the eye of a comic geek like me :) And you do look wonderful in those shots. Like the blue color of your skirt and that top is great on you. Such a lovely lady! And I was so happy to see your comment on my blog. Really made me smile :) like that only bigger

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  4. The maxi skirt is gorgeous! I LOVE the bright color:)

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  5. Great look, this maxi skirt is gorgeous !!!
    Kiss Jeny

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  6. The skirt is lovely, you look awesome :) I want to see that movie too.
    Of coz I follow you on Bloglovin :)
    x,
    LaraLizard

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  7. Nice skirt!

    xx
    Christina Klein
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  8. omgggg that looks so cool!
    its gonna be common for me entering here <3 hope we could follow

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  9. I have a crush on your blue maxy skirt!
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  10. Man I must be doing something wrong. I don't look that uber stylish when I go to the movies. Usually just jeans, tee and sneakers. Wow you look soo stunning. Love your maxi skirt. I'm really glad you decided to take some pics outside. They look fabulous. I haven't seen Superman yet but I will watch it next week. Good to know it's great!! Now I'm really looking forward to see it :D

    xx

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  11. I found your blog ad you have a great style. Congrats.
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  12. Wow that's such a great color !

    I really like that you got it right the first time haha :D

    I can definitely learn from you!

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  13. Beautiful maxi skirt! Such a shame the purple one shrunk in the wash - hope this blue one doesn't, it's a lovely colour! :)


    Away From The Blue

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  14. Glad to hear you liked the movie - it looks so good! And love that maxi on you - so pretty :)

    Annie
    The Other Side of Gray

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  15. I love this shade of blue on you! You look so beautiful in this skirt!

    xo, Yi-chia
    Always Maylee

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  16. Cute skirt!! I am wanting to see the Monsters University movie -- still a kid at heart! :)

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  17. You look so stylish! I just love that maxi skirt and the bright blue color <3

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  18. pretty skirt...very stylish by my opinion..
    kisses V.

    livinginapinkcloud.blogspot.com

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  19. Love the cobalt blue color on this skirt! This is a beautiful outfit! I love it!!

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    stylishlyinlove.blogspot.com

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  20. You look really pretty <3
    Love that skirt!

    xoxo
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  21. I adore your maxi skirt!
    gorgeous look <3

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  22. Your maxi shirt is adorable ^^
    I love this blue

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  23. Once I got over how adorable your background was, I was all, daaaamn gurl over the dress, haha. :)

    Macie,
    Amen Fashion

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  24. The skirt is beautiful! The colour suits you! x
    Rougeberry Fashion

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  25. That combination of colours is one of my favourites and the skirt is beautiful, you look gorgeous!

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  26. Really love the look
    looking gorgeous!

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  27. Beautiful blog and Nice post darling...
    I like your style.
    I follow you and I hope you do the same ;-)
    Kisses
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  28. I love your skirt <3 That shade of blue is so pretty

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  29. I saw WWZ last saturday with my Mr and a friend of ours and we LOVED IT!!!! I'm not usually one for zombie movies or shows but I really liked this one..I think it was very well made and I liked the scientifical approach they took about the origin!

    I really like this mazi skirt!! I have a black one my Mr got me from H&M but I always feel fat in it, I'm so stupid haha this one looks really good on you and I prefer the blue version over the purple one =D

    xoRosie
    The Austrian Rose

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  30. such a beautiful skirt!! you look amazing :D

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  31. love your skirt! the color is so pretty!
    xx
    b

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  32. I love that skirt! Such a gorgeous colour and it's so flowy, gorgeous!

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