3 Ways to Wear... The Vertical Striped Black and White Shirt

  Charlotte (her blog is A Blonde Mess) gave me the idea to do this post just over a month ago when she commented on this post, about my recent Forever 21 order asking how I'd wear this shirt. I really love the shirt, I haven't actually managed to wear it out yet though. So, having made this post now - hopefully I'll start wearing it! Unfortunately I can't seem to find it on the Forever 21 website anymore, I'm guessing it was popular and sold out as it's a great, cheap alternative (at about £10) for this Topshop shirt, now also sold out online, which was £30.

   Here are 3 ideas of ways to wear the shirt, I tried to make each of them quite different.

Way 1: With Denim Hotpants

    Probably the outfit best suited to summer - you could pop some tights under the shorts and maybe throw a leather jacket over the top to make it suitable for spring! (These shorts are VERY short, I know, but your only young once! Haha!)

Necklace - eBay

Shorts - DIY

Belt - Primark

Lipstick - Maybelline Extreme Moisture in Royal Red

Way 2: Under a Dress

   This is pretty suitable for the weather right now here in England I think. It's also a little bit quirky and cute! 

Dress - H&M

Belt - Primark

Bracelet - Miss Selfridge

Necklace - Forever 21

Way 3: Under a blazer

   A really simple way to dress up this shirt a little. I think this would look great for a drinks or a meal out.

Blazer - Primark

Shorts - Forever 21

Bracelet - Miss Selfridge

Ps. My new blog design will be up in the next few days! I got my boyfriend to help me bleach my hair yesterday - think it might need a bit more lightening at the front / re-toning as it's too warm for my liking, but at least  I am rootless now. Still waiting on two of my giveaway items to arrive. They should arrive by tomorrow so fingers crossed I'll get the giveaway set up this week!

18.3.12

3 Ways to Wear... The Vertical Striped Black and White Shirt

Yesterday's Forever 21 Order... Opened!

    Very impressed by the delivery service from Forever 21 - came about 28 hours after I ordered it! I'm pleased with the quality of the products too.For some reason I expected the shirt to be less cotton-y and a more linen-y texture from the picture (not sure why!). But it is a very light cotton, so perfect for layering. Here I have worn it over a long black H&M top / dress, as the shirt is slightly sheer and it's too chilly out not to wear something underneath! For just under a tenner, I am more than happy with this shirt!

    I love the necklaces too - they seem very good quality for the price. I can't say that Topshop jewelry I've bought before, which is often more than double the price of these F21 pieces, has looked any better than these two necklaces! To be fair, I did pick some of the cheapest pieces on the website (some other items are probably similarly prices to stores such as Topshop), but again, for the price they are excellent.

   So, here are my purchases opened / tried on. See yesterday's post for a link to the products on the UK website. Hope you all like the pieces as much as I do!

 

17.2.12

Yesterday's Forever 21 Order... Opened!