Sarah's Blog

A freelance journalist from Sydney, Sarah lives in South East London with her husband Dave and three children, Phoenix, Cassian and Leon. She likes raspberries, stars, lilies, butterflies, Blondie, Jack Bauer and the smell of coriander and garlic when it hits the pan.

She loves motherhood and sings a mean nursery rhyme but can’t help but wish that wearing Louboutins to soft play wasn’t considered bad form. Her favourite online stores are NetAPorter.com, Waterstones.com, SpaceNK.co.uk, & Plumo.com.

A Whole New Wardrobe

Published on Friday 19th March 2010

Five years? Really? Apparently so. Apparently it’s been 5 years since I walked (some would say flounced) down a rainforest aisle in my Alan Hannah dress. Five years!! Somehow, in the near-constant fug of pregnancy and broken nights (we now have three adorable, hectic children) 5 years have marched by and left their terribly unstylish footprints all over my face.

Large sunglasses and a good serum will go a long way towards masking the damage and to be honest, I’m not all that bothered since I’ve spotted, in this state of affairs, a shopping opportunity (seek and ye shall find - and if you don’t find, invent). The trick, I‘ve decided, is to draw attention away from the face with a whole new wardrobe. Oh, and not to eat too much. So that the fabulous wardrobe looks fabulous on me, and not just on the hangers.

(These macaroons are surely exempt from such considerations though – wheat bloats, but these are made from almonds; besides, surely nothing so pretty could possibly be thigh-swelling?)

I think I might be having a bit of a moment with printed tees, with this horse print one currently on an almost constant wash-dry-wear cycle (am loving it with leather pencil skirt, opaques and patent ankle boots until the weather hots up) and a slouchy swan print top pulling double duty as tee and derriere-disguiser when worn with skinnies or Black Rats.

My feet are longing to see the light of day after a long winter in boots and, with my pedi at the ready, I’m giving some serious thought to clogs. I can’t quite bring myself to love Hasbeens (I think it’s the Sarah Jessica Parker connection... I have an uneasy relationship with Carrie Bradshaw) but, on the whole, I’m loving the whole clog-inspired thing.

Kurt Geiger has proved to be my new distraction, with so many gorgeous shoes to choose from that I’ve still not actually managed to make checkout. I’m really rather taken with the Fashionistas but wish they were available in a brown or neutral … The Krista is also speaking to me, as is the Nadetta.

How fortuitous, though, that the clog trend has just happened to coincide with the wedding anniversary for which the traditional gift is wood. I mean, maybe I don’t have to decide on just one pair of shoes?

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