A Winter Party Outfit with Lady V London*

Lady V London are consistently a favourite company of mine, super inclusive sizing and always bringing out new styles and patterns. A lot of plus size babes love the vintage life, I'm not super into vintage designs, but I cannot resist a good Lady V London dress, worn my own way!

When Lady V London asked me what my faves were from the new collection, it was a hard choice, the new Lyra prints are stunning, and I haven't tried one of them yet, but the Phoebe dress* in fuchsia and black was too cute to resist. I've had a few pieces from them, but never a longer sleeved style, and this might just be my favourite yet.

It nips you in it at the waist with a faux waistband in the same fabric, has cute ruffles at the shoulders to give the sleeves a bit of something extra, and best of all in my opinion, the dress has an underskirt with it, hemmed with net! It gives the dress a really lovely fullness to it, and you could easily add a full tulle underskirt underneath it too, if you really wanted to give it some volume.

On me the dress sits just below knee length, I'm 5ft 11 so on most it would be more of a true midi style. The sleeves come to just below my elbows and it has a round neck that isn't too low. I got my usual size, and it fits perfectly on the waist, but there is room in the shoulders/bust area. If you are bustier than me you should be just fine with your usual size.

In true 'Kitty' style, I opted to pair it with my trusty pleather jacket and biker boots, a faux fur collar, and some mesh striped leggings. I also couldn't resist my Quay Australia rose gold sunglasses to hide my terrible eye bags. Which I then promptly dropped on the floor and scratched, so gutted!

Vintage dresses can be worn so many different ways, I like to make mine a bit more rock and roll, whilst still keeping the vintage silhouette. You can get the Phoebe dress in a variety of patterns and I think I am totally going to need to add more to my collection. It's the perfect style for winter parties, the longer sleeves keep you that bit warmer, whilst still looking lush.

What are your favourite styles from Lady V London?

Much love,

Kitty

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*denotes an item that was gifted for review purposes. In no way does this impact upon my opinions which was entirely my own.

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Plus Equals Win!

Recently I was immensely lucky, and I won a £100 Plus Equals voucher via an instagram competition they ran! I was so excited, and I also immediately knew what I was going to spend that voucher on.

This magnificent faux leather jacket. I'd seen it before and fell in love, but just couldn't justify buying a third faux leather jacket, even if it is totally different to the others I own. This jacket retailed for £100, my voucher was for £100, it was meant to be.

Plus Equals sell up to a size 26 and are a vintage shop that specialises in plus size. I don't think I've ever seen another store offering vintage plus sizes, and especially not such unique upcycled and reclaimed pieces.

This jacket features a white panel along the inside of the collar and it fastens over to the left side rather than in the centre. The white sections have black ink splatters, and the rest of the jacket has predominantly white splatters, with some red. It also features rose gold hardware, which is a trend I am really late to get into and am now totally sold on.

Probably the coolest thing about this jacket is that the sleeves zip completely off, making it into a waistcoat. It makes the jacket so much more versatile, perfect for when the days start turning to autumn. I love a sleeveless cover up, I actually just cut the sleeves off a denim jacket I'm modifying because I love the style so much.

This jacket is all kinds of punk rock cool, and I am so happy I could add it to my wardrobe. Plus Equals have so many unique and unusual pieces, if you want a really stand out piece definitely check them out. All their pieces are one offs, so you know you aren't going to bump into anyone else rocking the same thing!

This is absolutely one of the coolest things I own, so thank you Plus Equals! 

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

PS. My sunglasses are by Quay Australia and I got them on ASOS. They are sold out, but they tend to release this style in other colours each season.

Swimsuit Impossible : Plunge Bra from Navabi

OOTD : Candy Strike

So before I get on with the actual blog post, I wanted to tell you guys I've been nominated for a Navabi blogger award! You can vote for me (or all your other faves) here.

It is so sad when a truly innovate and wonderful independent plus size brand closes it's doors. When Candy Strike announced that they were doing one final run of their dresses before closing, I was gutted and had to order myself the dress I had been lusting after. I hope one day they will be back, but in the mean time they have a small etsy store with some t-shirt designs here.

Dress - Candy Strike

Pleather jacket - Matalan

Leggings - ASOS

Boots - Demonia

Flower crown - Crown & Glory

Necklace - The Serpent's Club

Rings - BloodyMary Metal

You might have noticed by now that I have a bit of a thing for moths, so this dress was an easy choice for me. I went for the pink version of this dress, and I am so thrilled with it. It is so soft and comfy. Patches my old lady cat is obsessed with it and won't stop sitting on me! I'm 5ft 11 and the length is great on me.

I wanted to give the dress a more 'rocky' look, so paired it with my pleather jacket and favourite boots. I so love contrasting really girly looks with rock and roll twists, it's so perfectly me!

I think someone was thinking of me when they made this.

I had to share a close up of this gorgeous necklace from The Serpent's Club. I was lucky enough to win a voucher on their instagram and I knew immediately what I was going to get. Opal/opalite is one of my favourite stones, and this skull carved from it is lush. All rings, save for the two with black stones on my ring fingers are BloodyMary Metal. I wear all of these every day and even sleep in them. Love!

Who are your favourite independent plus size brands? I am always looking to support more!

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

Check out my last outfit of the day post here.

Sugar, Darling

Bardot Top - Asda, last summer

Pleather Skirt - H & M

Hi tops - Converse

Lilith Necklace - The Serpent's Club

Eye shadow - Sugarpill

Lipstick - Barry M

Today's outfit is inspired by one of my favourite plus size fashion bloggers, Nancy Whittington of Sugar, Darling? Hence the blog title! She posted an outfit post featuring this skirt and I just had to have it! She recommended sizing up, I did, and she was so right, you need to size up for it to fit just right. The pleather is such an awesome look, I felt like I should be in Cry Baby with this outfit. It begged to be paired with a bardot top, and I picked this one up in George last summer for about £2!

I love seeing other plus size ladies wearing clothes I like. One of my most hated things on websites is just seeing clothes on a mannequin rather than a real human! I think Nancy and I have quite a similar body shape, except that having seen a recent post of hers where she wears a maxi dress I also own, that is a midi dress on me, I'm a good 6 inches taller hehe! I had no idea H & M had a plus size range, so I'm glad she featured them.

A less grumpy looking face to finish off the blog. Wearing my hair with this crimped look has become a new favourite for me. I sleep with my hair in plaits and just undo them in the morning. Because of my chronic head pain I can't wear my hair up, so anything I can do that is different and involves my hair down is awesome by me!

Much love,

Kitty xxxxx