A Love Letter to ASOS Curve

I don't think I've ever been so passionate about a plus brand than ASOS Curve. Recently in London and New York the team held a High Summer Preview and I was one of those people screen grabbing everything I wanted so I'm ready to pounce on the site once it all hits (some of it's already online) GOODBYE PAYDAY WAGE! The thing is with ASOS, they know what the plus size community are looking for. Literally, every single piece is amazing. It's fast, forward fashion and I don't feel like I have to wait ages for a trend to become accessible to someone my size. You know what's even more incredible? The Curve buyers. I regularly tweet the ASOS Curve team and they are more than happy to listen to my views or answer any questions I have. I've seen them interacting with bloggers on twitter and taking notice of what we like and dislike.

The fact that Curve have started holding these kind of events for bloggers and magazines is just amazing. It gets us excited about the new season and they aren't showcasing a bunch of frumpy and boring clothes. Everything they produce - I want to wear! The colours, materials and copies of catwalk pieces make them my favourite destination for plus size fashion. Honestly, my wardrobe is probably 70% ASOS and 30% Simply Be. These are the only retailers I feel at the moment and creating cool pieces for the plus size community. I've chosen some of my favourite pieces from the lookbook below but I just wanted to say thank you to the ASOS Curve team for making such amazing pieces for us and knowing exactly what it is that we want to wear.

Mixed Print Bomber Jacket £45

Denim Dress £40

Cutwork Embroidery Top £30

Dungarees £38

Floral and Stripe Shirt

Lace Dress

Embroided Dress - Snapped from Bethany's instagram

ASOS High Summer selection - Snapped from Gabi's instagram

Can I just bring your attention to the yellow maxi dress? Incredible.

Bravo ASOS Curve, Bravo.

My Avenue 32 Wishlist

If there's one thing I enjoy other than physically shopping, it's window/online shopping. There's no better feeling than adding some items to an online basket whilst waiting for payday to arrive (this is my current situation). I was delighted when the people over at Avenue 32 contacted me to ask if I'd put together my own wish list from the site. Similar to Net-a-Porter and The Outnet I spent a good while browsing the site and checking out their many designers. You'll find main stream designers on there such as Giles Deacon, Felder Felder and Calvin Klein plus lots of incredible jewellery designers like Maria Francesca Pepe, Lara Bohnic and Zara Simon.You know what a magpie I am for jewellery and Avenue 32 has an incredible range from statement art deco to fine, delicate pieces.

I've put together my wish list below, be warned this isn't a website to visit without (a few) pennies in the bank. My favourite pieces include the Giles jacquard full black skirt and the doll print scarf. These would look amazing with a white slogan tee and a pair of creepers. A girl can dream right?

This is a featured/paid post via Forward 3D. All text is my own and images used are via www.avenue32.com

Where for art thou, Spring?

It might be cold and I may still be walking to work with mascara streaming down my face because it's so windy and my eyes constantly water but today I decided to whip out a brand new pair of floral trousers from Very in the hope of Spring making a swift return. I actually think it may have worked as the sun has actually appeared this afternoon. I'm ashamed to say yet ANOTHER pair of printed trousers have made it into my wardrobe but I couldn't not pop these into my basket while browsing the site last week and at only £25! I went for a monochrome shirt and these gorgeous purple pointed heels for yet another pop of colour with them.

Shirt: Simply Be

Trousers: South at Very.co.uk

Shoes: Love Label at Very.co.uk

Black gem rings: ASOS

Bangles: Nelly.com, Accessorize and Mel's Boutique

Necklace: Nelly.com

REVIEW: Simply Be Military Jacket

A few weeks ago the lovely Hanna emailed me to ask if I wanted to review the Military Jacket for Simply Be with her and a couple of my other favourite bloggers and of course I jumped at the chance. Simply Be sent us all this lightweight camouflage jacket and it's safe to say I love it. What with this horrendous cold weather it's perfect for layering up underneath a big winter coat and keeping you warm.

With a button fastening and two large side pockets, the jacket also comes with a drawstring waist so if you want to give yourself more shape and clinch in the waist you can. It's a perfect length and I'd go one size up and wear slightly oversized . I wore mine with a floral shirt to tackle some clashing prints and my amazing Chloe jeans (also from Simply Be).

Jacket: Simply Be

Floral shirt: ASOS

Jeans: Simply Be

Shoes: Topshop

Chanel necklace: Costume from Portobello Road

Bracelets: Nelly.com, Accessorize, Mel's Boutique.

Head over to see how Naomi, Hanna and Sian wore theirs.

Smartening Up.

In my quest to start wearing things that are in my wardrobe and remain unworn, I picked out this Simply Be white shirt this morning which I bought well over 2 months ago and was still sitting in there with the tags on! I've raved before about how amazing I find Simply Be jeans and I'm wearing some boyfriend ones with the shirt today and a floral blazer from River Island. Office chic shall we call this look? I'm rarely seen in a shirt so this makes a nice change, and of course, some sparkle was added in the form of these lace up diamante Topshop pumps.

Blazer: River Island

Shirt: Simply Be

Boyfriend Jeans: Simply

Shoes: Topshop

Necklace: Zara

Rings: Primark and Kenneth Lane

Payday Treat

This gloomy weather is having a serious effect on my outfit choices lately. All I want to do is keep warm and throw on layer upon layer. Well, not today. I needed to add a little sunshine to my outfit and this was done through my new neon and lace top from ASOS Curve. There's nothing quite like a flash of neon to give an outfit some life. I was actually reading one of Monica's post (Monica writes The Elgin Avenue and is one of my favourite bloggers) and found some inspiration through one of her outfit posts. 

Blazer: Issey Miyake

Lace and Neon Top: ASOS Curve

Jeans: Simply Be

Necklace: New Look

Bag: Vintage Chanel

Scarf: Alexander McQueen

I've posted about these beautiful heels before. I found them at a car boot in Battersea where I visited for the first time with the lovely Jazmine. I love the gold elephant details on the heel and pointed toes. A perfect heel height for someone who avoids stilettos too!

In regards to the title of this post, I was a little naughty today. When I say a little, I actually mean VERY. I've been eyeing up the Brian Lichtenburg 'Homies' jumpers for ages and today (I mean, it IS payday) I purchased one from Browns on South Molton Street. I fear I may regret this with a 2 week holiday to San Fran, LA and Vegas still to pay for, but hey - a girls got to treat herself every now and again!

I've had the same jeans on...

... for not quite 4 days but 2 days now. You know when you're looking for the perfect skinny jeans and then you find them and decide to buy them in every colour? Yeah, that. These babies are from Simply Be and are the Chloe Stretch Skinny Jeans, probably the best fitting jeans I've ever owned. True to size, a perfect fit in the leg and great for a person who rarely wears jeans but is going through a 'jean phase' at the moment. I hate wearing black, but I LOVE these so added some sparkle to them today with a vintage sequin top (an NYC buy which you read about here) and a printed blazer from ASOS.

Blazer: ASOS

Sequin top: Vintage (Beacon's Closest, Brooklyn)

Jeans: Simply Be

Converse trainers

Necklace: New Look

Panther rings: ASOS (set of 3)