Get into the Halloween spirit

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"There is a magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight."

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Next Monday is already Halloween. The day of carving pumpkins, wearing costumes, eating sweets and trick-or-treating. At Halloween, which is celebrated in even more countries, many decorate their houses with pumpkins, bats, witches, skeletons, ghosts, cobwebs and headstones.

Online stores are celebrating too. On DressLily for example there is a „Happy Halloween Sale” which ends on 1 November so you have still time to catch a bargain. The items on sale are not just for Halloween, they offer many clothes and accessories with reduced prices.

For getting into the Halloween spirit I made a wishlist with clothes, pillow cases, costumes and tattoos decorated with Halloween-symbols. Buying them for this year is unfortunately not possible because of the postage but it is great for getting some inspiration or maybe for next year.

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All the items above are from DressLily, an international online fashion clothing and accessory store. They not only sell clothes but also bags, shoes, jewellery, different accessories and even wigs. Their aim is to provide costumers „stunning, high quality fashion products at down to earth prices”. They offer a standard free shipping but there are opportunities to pay for different postages to receive your items faster. If you found something that is after your fancy, take a look at the DressLily coupon codes on RetailMeNot for more savings.

Do you celebrate Halloween? What kind of costume will you wear this year? Tell me about your habits or let me know your favourites from the picture in the comment section below.

 

Lots of love,  
E
 

Different from the average - Plus size clothing

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  "It's not about the size you wear but the way you wear your size."

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If you are different from the average, it might be difficult for you to find the perfect clothes. If you are short, you’ve probably find yourself in the situation that pants, maxi skirts and maxi dresses are too long for you. Or the opposite, if you are tall, you’ve probably faced the problem, that the same clothes are too short for you. Both make shopping challenging. About naturally small size people I will talk in another post but today we are focusing on plus size clothing. Almost every online store that I visited lately have a section exclusive for plus size women and there are even stores that specialised for selling only that kind of clothing. That makes it easier to find the clothes that fit and are definitely in your size.

Also FashionMia offers you the „Plus size” option where you can find amongst others some plus size tops for women. These trendy plus size tops look great and you don’t need to worry about that they are too small. They usually start at sizes 10-12 and the biggest size varies by the items but it goes up to size 22. I collected some of my favourites but if you are interested in finding more plus size fashion tops, just visit their online store.

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Are you different from the average? Is it easy for you to find clotches that fit? As always, feel free to leave a comment below.

Lots of love,  
E
 

Falling leaves, pumpkins and sweater dresses

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  "Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." (Elizabeth Lawrence)

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Every season is special and has its own beauty. There are little miracles that can happen only during those months. Autumn has colours that none of the other seasons have. It is about colourful, falling leaves, funny or scary pumpkins, cosy clothes and nice boots.

Sweater dresses are perfect for this season. Depending on the weather you can wear them barelegged, with tights, knee socks, leggings or even with skinny pants. Pair them with ankle, normal or over-the-knee boots, you can’t go wrong. Sweater dresses are great because you can dress them up or down very easily. If they are shapeless just add a belt to them. Choose a thin belt or a big statement belt to achieve different looks. Wear them simple or add some jewellery, everything is up to you. Wether they are tight or loose, they are definitely cosy and look great.

I collected some nice sweater dresses for you from StyleWe. Some of them are plain-coloured, other ones are patterned. Yellow is for example a great autumnal colour.

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If you click on this link, you will find some lovely dresses. To see all the sweater dresses they offer, just choose „Sweater dresses” on the left. If you like what you see there, visit StyleWe also on Instagram and Twitter.

Do you like sweater dresses? How do you like to wear them? Which one from the picture is your favourite? As always please feel free to leave a comment below.

 

Lots of love,

E

Colour psychology with evening dresses

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  "Every woman should own a long evening dress to make her dream. (Catherine Malandrino)" 

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Long evening dresses have their own beauty and they always look gorgeous. They can be worn mainly at special occasions like a wedding. There are different syles and silhouettes so you can find the one that you feel great in. Try to choose a dress that suits not just your sense of style but also your figure and you will shine.

The colour of the dress is very important. Black, white and nude are always a good choice but there are other  shades which remain classic by evening dresses. Just think of the colours blue, red or burgundy.

To choose the right dress, you need to take account of your eye, hair and skin colour. The dress that looks great on a blonde, whose skin is snow-white doesn’t necessarily suit a brown-haired, suntanned-skinned girl.

However there is surely one colour that you like to wear and you know that it suits you every time you are wearing it. Maybe that will be the right shade for you when you are looking for the perfect evening dress.

Did you know that the colours even have a psychology? It is not for dresses but it might be something that you are interested in to read. So let’s have a look at some colours and their meanings.

   Black: power, elegance.

   White: innocence, purity, cleanness.

   Grey: balance, neutrality.

   Red: energy, love, passion, desire.

   Blue: trust, loyalty.

   Purple: wealth, spirituality.

   Green: growth, health.

   Yellow: optimism, warmth, happiness.

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A classic black or white maxi dress is always a good choice but in case you would prefer some more colour, on the picture above I collected some beautiful women dresses for you. I found the clutches browsing in the section of gifts for Thanksgiving Day. I hope you like them too.

 

Do you like to wear long evening dresses? Which dress is your favourite? What is your favourite colour? Let me know in the comment section below.

Lots of love,

E

Two sweaters and a pending shipment

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  "Happiness is... receiving what you ordered online." 

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A few days ago I received my order or rather a part of it from Nastydress. Unfortunately just a partial order was shipped out but more about it later. First I want to show you the two sweaters which arrived on that day.

A cloud and star printed pullover. The moment I saw this sweater on the homepage, I knew that I’d like to have it. It seemed to be so fluffy on the picture and as I opened the package it didn’t disappoint me. It’s a cosy, cuddly sweater which is true to size but its colour isn’t grey like it’s mentioned on the site, it’s rather a light brown but it still looks good. I've had yet one problem with it: the yoke on the textile was sewed wrong and therefore you can’t make it nice flat. If this would be for example an office outfit, it would bother me but not in this case.

 

A dolman sleeve sweater in colour purplish blue. I've always liked dolman sleeves which is the reason I chose this. It’s true to size (one size, XS to M) and its colour is like shown on the picture in the online store. 

Overall I can say that I am satisfied with these sweaters. They had a processing time of 3 business days which means that the items were shipped out within 3 days. To my order I also added a jacket which I really wanted because my own leather jacket started to peel off. That should have been sent out within 7-15 business days.

A few days after placing my order I received a message from the store that my order was sent out. I was really happy about it till I saw the details: my package was sent out without the leather jacket. They put the label „pending shipment” to the item but I didn’t get any information about what it means or what will happen next, whether I will receive the jacket later or not.

I contacted one of the staff of Nastydress who told me to choose a new item. I picked another leather jacket but it wasn’t sent out either and the item went out of stock therefore I needed to change my choice again. Later I got a nice respond which said that my new choice will be sent out within a few days. I will update this post later and I hopefully can add a review about this striped sweater and skirt twinset that I selected instead of the jackets.

Well, stay tuned. I will definitely update this post.

 Till then feel free to leave a comment below. Tell me what you think about my new sweaters and about my experiences.

Lots of love,

E