The Hat Dilemma

The other week I was shopping in M&S. If you live outside the UK and are not familiar with Marks and Spencer's it is basically a shop that sells everything and tends to be followed by the words 'good', 'old' and 'reliable'. It's not exactly fashion-forward but they do great underwear and sometimes you can find some really nice clothes hidden amongst the 'reliable' styles.
While I was browsing last week I found some great cloche hats for £15. I love hats and the cloche is one of my favourites.


The only problem is cloche hats tend to be worn with 20s and 30s style ladylike clothing - just google 'cloche hat' and you'll see what I mean. I don't want to look like a wannabe Angelina from Changeling and nor do I want people to think I'm on my way to a costume party. I would love it if I wore flapper dresses everyday, but sadly real life gets in the way.

Looking back at Proenza Schouler's A/W 07 collection I have confidence that cloche hats can look equally fabulous with modern clothes. But what if I wanted to scruff it up a bit with jeans?


Playing around online I put together a 'cloche friendly' look, but I guess I'll never know if they work with jeans unless I try.



What do you guys think? Also how hot is the Topshop bag - I'll be checking that out in store.

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Chubby Is In

As you know fashion doesn't 'do' chubby. But the Chubby coat is big news this Fall. Remember Carine's pink Chubby that she wore to all the Fall shows? At first it was slightly amusing but as the weeks went by and the coat stayed on it started to look kind of perfect. Carine is always ahead of the game, because the Chubby was everywhere...

Wear Chubbies with skinny pants and statement heels to really nail the look. And if like me you don't like the idea of wearing fur (not that I could afford to anyway...) look for Chubbies in knit styles like Margiela's.
What do you think of the look? Wearable or best left to Carine?

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