Gift Wrapped

 

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Dress: Romance Was Born x Disney Cinderella twill

Heels: Jo Mercer leather, laces

Bag: French Connection vinyl

Bracelets: Jeweled Bazaar faceted beads

Facemask: Oroton woven hemp

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Getting my pre-Christmas decorating, wrapping & arranging all wrapped up today & thinking back to before the borders were opened when shopping & socialising took on a more peaceful, leisurely pace & there was time to stop for a quick "happy snap" underneath this giant light-up present box at Indooroopilly Shoppingtown! For the occasion - a little window shopping before heading to a festive party - I'm wearing a gorgeous & rather voluminous mini dress from Romance Was Born's recent Disney Cinderella collaboration, a pair of black leather lace-up heels from Jo Mercer for a modicum of height, a boxy black vinyl handbag from French Connection to carry all the essentials & finally, a stack of faceted bead bracelets from the lovely Jeweled Bazaar boutique on Etsy. Obviously the other important accessory of note is the facemask - which looks to become de rigeur again in 2022 - which is the black woven hemp option from Oroton & actually stays quite cool despite the rising summer temperatures & humidity levels. 

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Keep scrolling to see the true colour of the AMAZING print, taken from the 1950 movie credits...

Mother Of All Birthdays

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Dress: Aje cotton

Heels: Jo Mercer leather

Bag: French Connection vinyl

Hinged Bangle: Wallace Bishop silver

Hinged Bangle: Oxfam Shop silver

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Sharing all the pictures from a leisurely birthday lunch celebrating our wonderful matriarch. As usual, we dined at one of our favourites, Hunter & Scout in Graceville & relished the opportunity to spend some quality family time together in this busiest of festive seasons. For the occasion, I wore the funky & fabulous Pelicano Citrus Bloom Ruffle Mini Dress from Aussie designer label Aje with its vibrant large-scale floral print, cool & comfortable cotton fabrication, deep v-neckline, leg-baring hem & bonkers oversized ruffle (the best feature if you ask me!) as well as a pair of chunky black leather heels with oversized buckles from Jo Mercer for added height, a boxy black vinyl handbag from French Connection to carry all the essentials & finally, for that modicum of daytime shine, a thick silver hinged bangle from Wallace Bishop & matching thin silver hinged bangle from Oxfam Shop that I've now had for more than twenty years & love as much as the day I bought it to wear to my year 12 formal.

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& now for a peek at the presents...