Derby Darling

 

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Dress: Anthea Crawford crepe, mesh, guipure lace

Heels: Wittner patent leather, matte leather

Bag: Swinging Chicks Shop via Etsy velvet

Belt: That Shop patent leather, elastic

Bangles: Gift, Dinosaur Designs resin

Rings: Gift, Dinosaur Designs resin

Headpiece: Target satin, mesh, grosgrain ribbon

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So excited to begin sharing with you all of the beautiful ensembles that I styled up to attend events for this year's Spring Racing Carnival, starting with Derby Day. Traditionally the day for a monochrome colour palette, I've "tweaked" tradition just a little bit by adding a pop of light pink colour to the mix to really take the whole look to the next level. I started with this stunning black crepe shift dress with black mesh yoke detailing & white floral guipure lace trim from celebrated Australian designer Anthea Crawford, cinched it with a retro-inspired wide black patent & elastic belt from That Shop & added a pair of white patent heeled slingbacks with black matte lather pointy-toes & a black & pink striped strap across the foot from Wittner & a black velvet knot bag from a little Spanish boutique called Swinging Chicks Shop via online emporium Etsy to carry all the essentials (seriously... this thing is like the TARDIS of handbags). To complete the look, I then added some funky resin jewellery pieces from Dinosaur Designs - a pair of chunky pink bangles & a trio of rings shaped like coral - & finished with a seriously statement-making headpiece made from satin, mesh & grosgrain ribbon that I picked up from my local Target store of all places for under $30 that looks a million bucks... hence why I keep storing the rather cumbersome item year after year...