Winteryfying Summer

Hi my dears.  How was your Halloween?

I was visited by some pretty scary characters!  They deserved a good rummage in my treats stash.

A few posts ago I wore a coral top, here, and from your comments I was reminded that I am not just a One Coral Top Wonder, that I have a similar coloured top that I wore during the summer months.  Thank you for reminding me, my darling reader Laurie, for when deliberating on what to wear for my Girlie Cuz meet-up, up popped the idea of taking that summer top here and wintryfying it. 

And I expect this is what this trans-seasonal dressing thing is all about. Taking winter clothes and de-layering them in spring. Taking summer clothes and making them somehow a bit warmer in autumn. 

So that is what I did.

My summer Peacock coral top with Rita black jeans and Clarks snakeskin textured courts (word blanked out as some of you have a thing about that reptile); an old but still-loved East necklace to link in the black.

Then I layered on the Primani with scarf and biker jacket.

And thus, my summer top that I had hereto thought belonged exclusively to white jeans, I now find works with black bottoms and a light scarf and jacket.  Intensifying the colours around the top transforms it from summer through to winter.  Season switching really is that simple.

I can see this random summer buy as being something I can wear pretty much all year round, merely switching darker and lighter colours on the bottom half and following through with similar footwear, and layering.  

I can see it with stone coloured ankle trousers next spring.  (Won't that colour combo be gorgeous?!)

 Yes, I'm starting to see quite a few possibilities for this style of top and this colour. 

A coral fluted top is not just for summer.

Do you have items in your wardrobe that you bought for one specific season then magically you discover, with a bit of experimentation, that they actually work all year round?  I bet you're much better at this stuff than me.  Why am I always one of the last to get the memo?!!



But oh my darlings, I'm not a big fan of clocks-back time.  Just look out the window.  It's pitch black and it's only 6pm.  Ugghhh.  And the dark makes it somehow colder than it was on summer time just a couple of days ago.



Now, to take your mind off the scary wintry scene outside my window (and the scary sight of me on your screens!), I'll leave you with a shot of my glittery pink/brown nails.  Again!  Yes, you could say I've become a little bit obsessed with them.  If friends don't mention them within a few minutes of meeting, I can't hold back and just have to point their eyes in the direction of my sparkly fingertips. 

I am a girl possessed!

Queue the scary music ...

A la perchoine.