Here Comes The Sun

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Dress: Anthea Crawford textured jacquard

Heels: Betts for Her floral satin platforms

Clutch: Betts for Her floral satin

Necklace: Thousand Island Dressing silver & faux pearls

Bangle: Thousand Island Dressing silver & faux pearls

Bracelet: Sea Wish, Coolangatta silver, gold & diamante

Ring: Vintage, gold & diamond

Scarf: Katies cotton

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Bringing the sunshiny vibes in this lemon & white floral textured jacquard dress from Anthea Crawford with draped v-neckline & pleated waist detail, mixed with a pair of sky-high floral satin peeptoe platforms & matching envelope clutch. Pattern mixing for visual interest is one of my favourite & well utilised styling tricks & these two seemingly divergent prints - one in yellow & one in green - worked harmoniously due to their shared bright palette. 

When it came to jewellery, I inadvertently repeated the "2 matching pieces" thing, donning a thin silver choker with pearl ends & diamante tips, as well as the matching bangle. For the other wrist, I chose a statement, chunky silver & gold flower bracelet with diamante tips to match those on the bangle & necklace & for my pinky finger, a thin, gold band with diamond chip tip - tiny yet full of sentiment, as it was given to my Mother by my Father when they were both very young. See below for a close-up of most of the aforementioned pieces:

In this ever-changing weather, it never hurts to bring a scarf or wrap along to ward off the chill of the air-conditioning, so I decided to "up the ante" in the pattern-mixing stakes by choosing a gorgeous cotton option in a monochromatic chevron print, complete with lemon yellow tassels along the edges. I think it just adds that little extra element to the overall look that really makes it "pop!"

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