Shoes: Irregular Choice Santa's Ninth
I've been dying to show you this full outfit as it's definitely become one of my favourite's of all that I've ever worn on the blog. It all started last year with the beautiful 'Alpine' print at Lindy Bop. It was love at first sight, but given that it was pre-Christmas, money was tight and I couldn't buy it right away and it sold out. I'd really wanted the Gilda design with button front and collar. They did have the one that came with the jacket left in my size, so as I'd had my heart set on wearing this print last Christmas, I bought that. It was beautiful in the flesh, but not a great fit on me. The dress was too tight on the bust (to the point I couldn't breathe and half my boobs were hanging out), but a bigger size would've been too big at the waist and the jacket was actually a little large (and very boxy) on me and because they came as a set, you couldn't do anything about that. The dress itself looked stunning (though indecent because of the fit) but see when you put the jacket with it, WOW! It was like super, super, amazing. However because of the fit issues and fact I just don't suit jackets, I returned it. I even bought the skirt (was desperate for something) in the same print later and it drowned me (so I returned that too), but Gilda never came back. Until this year (well last year)! I snapped it up right away to save for this (last!) Christmas. When I'd wanted to wear it in 2015, I'd just bought the
Rudolph furry shoes and thought they'd be perfect together, but I had to wait and see what 2016 would bring and along came Santa's Ninth.