Laura's Blog

Laura is SheerLuxe's Site Co-ordinator & Product Editor.

Never without her mischievous little dog Nala and a pair of French Soles, she loves sipping cocktails, Thai food and all things fashion. When she's not dreaming of new Phillip Lim collections, she's scouring the online high street for Lim lookalikes.

Laura can be found shopping online at Anya Hindmarch, Austique & The Real Flower Co.

Thigh High

Published on Monday 31st August 2009

I seem to have woken up every morning over the last two weeks and had a serious falling out with my wardrobe - I am just so over my summer clothes!

Friday night was spent manically packing up the house for the big move this week (eek!) and being ruthless in the clothes department with what I need to keep and ditch. My theory is if you haven’t worn it for two years then it’s time for it to find a new home. One black bag for the charity shop later and my wardrobe was looking a bit sorry for itself...

And there was only one way to make it feel better: Shopping! So, Saturday afternoon was spent creating my capsule wardrobe for A/W 2009.

However, sadly moving house also means shopping this season is a little bit more conservative so I’m thanking the great British high street for coming up trumps with some winning pieces.

At a recent Net-a-Porter event Natalie Massanet told us that this season was all about the thigh high boot. My first thought? Awesome! But it quickly changed to how? At my height!

But after a bit of persuasion from the queen of fashion on how to wear this trend, I began to come round to the idea. Plus Pretty Women is one of my all time fave films so if there was ever an opportunity to recreate Vivian's (Julia Roberts) style, this season is it.

So, Chloe and Louboutin out of the budget I set on my quest to find this season's must-have and these Britany over the knee boots at Topshop are just the trick! The platform at the front is perfect for those, who like me, are not winning in the height stakes and paired with some leggings (or treggings) gives an extra few inches to the legs.

A win-win situation!

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