Toile de Jouy!

Dress - Courtesy of Bernie Dexter, get it here!
Shoes - Betts
Fan & Parasol - Ebay

As a lover of novelty prints, it should come as no surprise to you that I love anything in a toile pattern. In fact, the bedspread that is on my bed at the moment is in white and blue toile! Toile is just one of those fabrics that looks beautiful in any color and on anything, be it a dress or a chair. I am especially fond of the pattern that is on this Bernie Dexter dress because it depicts beautiful illustrations of 18th century gentry and reminds me of one of my favorite films, Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. I am not in the least ashamed to say that I've seen this film at least one hundred times and own the sound track!

One of the reasons I love the film is the fun and modern take on the story, and of course the wonderful costumes and cinematography. The pattern on the dress shows beautifully garbed ladies drinking champagne while sweet puppy dogs sit attentively at their dainty feet as handsome courtiers play music to them. All of these things bring to mind the scenes from the film, depicting the frivolous pass-times of the court of Marie Antoinette!

Mothers Day Weekend

Dress - 20th Century Foxy via MisKonduct Klothing
Parasol - Ebay
Flats - h&m

This weekend I spent time with my mother consuming an absurdly delicious amount of sugary sweets, with lots of pancakes, ice cream, and macarons. Needless to say, I will be happy if I don't eat anything sweet for a while!

Winter Light

Dress - Courtesy of Bernie Dexter
get it here or here for a long sleeved version of this dress in the same print!

This morning we took these photos as the sun was rising to capture the beautiful winter light! I was a bit sleepy still (as you can probably tell!) but it felt absolutely amazing to be up to see the sun rise. Waking up this early is something I plan on doing more often this winter as it is such a magical time of day!

To compliment this beautiful winter morning I wore this very frosty wintry dress by Bernie Dexter. I originally wore the dress with an angora sweater but it was so warm in the sun that I ended up taking it off!

Since this is such a winter appropriate dress I plan on getting a lot of wear out of it while its cool, pairing it with white tights and beaded angora sweaters. I have a feeling that when it gets hot again I will be reaching for this dress once more to wistfully remember the cold.

All at Sea

Hell Bunny - via Emerald Swamp

Because I just can't help dressing to a theme sometimes, I of course had to take a sailor dress with me on holiday! Looking at these photos I already can't believe how much colder it is now, even though we only took these a week ago! This week I have been busy searching for some nice cardigans to wear and the perfect winter coat. Hopefully I'll find something soon!

I've also been trying to get my head around finding the best time of day to take outfit photos now that the light has changed with the season. I have so many absolutely stunning Bernie Dexter dresses to share with you too, so more of that soon!

Bella, bella Antonella!

Dress - courtesy of Bernie Dexter, get it here!

As far as I'm concerned, no wardrobe is complete without a gingham dress! Like my grandmother says, gingham always looks classy and will never go out of fashion. I absolutely agree with her and am determined to own as many gingham dresses as possible. So, when Bernie Dexter very kindly sent me the Antonella Dress I was delighted to have another gingham dress to wear! Simple and wholesome, this dress is made of the softest, thickest cotton and has the most adorable lace trimmed ruffles on the shoulders.

Yesterday we went and explored a little communal vegetable garden near our house. Although I have never actually seen anyone working in this garden, everything is lovingly tended to and all of the plants were heavy with fruit. There were tomatoes, zucchinis and eggplants ripe and ready to be picked and flowerbeds full of fragrant basil. My favourite feature was the adorable owls that were scattered amongst the vegetable patches to deter rodents from nibbling on the veggies!