New Year's Eve

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Dress: Anthea Crawford velvet burnout

Heels: Nine West suede, patent

Clutch: Blue Illusion tweed, faux pearls, clear beads

Necklace: Gift, silver beads, agate beads with agate pendant

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Happy New Year 2020 to all of my lovely readers! I can hardly believe it's time to say those words again as, quite frankly, 2019 went by so quickly that it actually seems like a bit of a blur. It was a difficult year in a lot of ways (a sentiment shared by many it would seem) but also a wonderful one, not least because we celebrated my younger brother Louis' marriage to the lovely Jennie in March. I don't believe in making fanciful New Year's resolutions, as though somehow the ticking of a clock from one moment to another at midnight on the 31st of December would have the capacity to enforce changes in habit, circumstance or behaviour but did, as I always do, make a commitment to, in the words of Cinderella, endeavour to "Have Courage & Be Kind" in all situations going forward.

To ring in this new decade, I wore a gorgeous deep purple spotted velvet "burnout" wiggle dress with ruffled neckline & hem from Aussie label Anthea Crawford, a pair of black suede stiletto mules with patent straps from Nine West, a black tweed envelope clutch dotted with faux pearls & clear beads from Blue Illusion & a chunky silver & agate beaded necklace with large agate pendant that some dear friends gifted me earlier in the year to complete the look.