The less I have the more I want

An unexpectedly costly (but well worth it) holiday in Barcelona for the Primavera festival earlier this month has left my purse rather lighter than I would have liked, and just when the shops are filling up with summery loveliness to tempt me too. I’m making do with a cup of tea and internet browsing to fufill my consumerist needs instead. (I was going to make a joke here about window shopping – get it, window? like, on a computer? – but I couldn’t make it scan and also, I use a mac. Joke fail.)

I’ve suspected this for a while, but now it’s confimed: Matalan has grown up. Once favoured by mums everywhere for cheap bras and ill fitting jeans, a delve into their website shows just how much things have improved. Take these two dresses, for example; I love a good floral frock and these are no exception:

£25

£20 – cheaper than topshop and equally lovely!

Seriously, how good would these look with some pretty gladiators and a headband? (And a raincoat, if the current British ’summer’ is anything to go by)

In other satorial news, I’ve recently found myself inexplicably and strangely drawn to that most divisive of fashions, the jumpsuit (and also Zachary Quinto’s eyebrows, but that’s a post for another day). In my head, a black silk jumpsuit with killer heels and a lot of eyeliner looks like an amazing outfit, but in reality I imagine I would look like a dumpy extra from Ashes to Ashes.  I’m sure the perfect one for me must be out there, but my hunt so far has been fruitless. Watch this space…

~ by missbeliever on June 15, 2009.