High Tea

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Dress: Anthea Crawford embroidered organza

Sandals: Bare Traps leather & embellishment

Bag: Adorne vinyl with silver hardware

Necklace: Karen Walker silver & cameo

Bracelet: Karen Walker silver & cameo

Hinged Bangle: Wallace Bishop silver

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Enjoyed a wonderful Christmas celebration with a dear friend last week in our own inimitable, anglophile style: High Tea (with darling rose-covered cups & individual three-tiered stands!) at the newly refurbished Pig & Whistle at Indooroopilly Shoppingtown. It may have been a heatwave outside, but inside we could pretend that it was going to be a rather quaint White Christmas... well, ice-cold Rosewater Lemonade notwithstanding.

For the occasion, I wore a pretty special embroidered floral organza fit-to-flare dress with modified sweetheart neckline, tulle underlay & sparkly tie belt from Anthea Crawford; silver leather sandals with stacked heels & embellished t-bar detail from Bare Traps (purchased this time last year from the Simona Ricci store at Mt Ommaney... also good for beautiful patent leather Vera May handbags) for a smart-casual twist & shiny vinyl handbag with "riveting" (sorry but I love a pun!) design on either end from Adorne.

When it came to jewellery, I decided to go all-out: a silver necklace with blue & white "girl silhouette" cameo with matching bracelet from Karen Walker, gifted by a dear friend who is sadly no longer with us & a chunky hinged bangle from Wallace Bishop to "even up" each arm & complete the look.

Scroll down for a little peek at the delicious fare:

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