A Right Royal Handbag Giveaway!



Concept and clothes by My Passport To Style, design and photography by Roaniad Levesley



I had such fun putting this Right Royal Handbag Giveaway shoot together, with talented Fashion Promotion student Roanaid and the generous support of some exciting brands, such as Redfoot Shoes, Tights Please, find Me A Gift and Cloth Magpie that I'm sure the lucky winner will enjoy! Hope you had a giggle at our Right Royal Christmas fashion shoot. Thanks to the Harris Museum in Preston in Lancashire who provided the venue for the shoot.
All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this yummy red satchel and contents, is to live in the UK and enter your email address in the right hand margin of my blog and sign up to blog posts, find my stack of letters below and your there!

 The giveaway will be drawn on the last day in January 2012 at random and contacted via email.  Big sorry to any lovely overseas My Passport To Style readers and followers, but I will be making it up to you in the New Year with another great giveaway! If anyone would like to check out our new FB page go to My Passport To Style Fashion Blog and watch out for the rest of the photos from the shoot that we will be sharing!

My Passport To Style | Alphabet Chic

U IF FOR .........

unusual pencil shaving necklace!

A Pair Of Shoes That Are Lickable!

The must have shoe for this festive season, red candy cane stripes!!

Tis The Season Of The Glam Slam!

 BEWARE THIS IS A SHINY HIGH SEQUIN ZONE!!!





 

Sequins glitter and sparkle if your going to do high glamour you need to add one at least one of these festive finishes to your party look to look blingtastic.

If your lusting after some  high voltage glitz but prefer a more dressed down approach, then you won't be disappointed with the latest in casual sequin attire, check out my top picks below.

 Will you be wearing your sequins dressed down or going super glam to your Christmas party?  

Super Glam Team Picks

Dressed Down Sequins Team Picks

* All items shopstyle, contact me for further details, all pumps featured Redfoot *  



Ladies Join Todays Fashion Debate!



created by Maison Roger Vivier



I was shocked to discover that this cinderella style shoe, sold for over $26,000 dollars, it's not that I object and it's intersting that clothing is now being viewed in the same category as fine pieces of art, but being completely objective for just on minuite, if money were no issue would you pay what is the equivalent to one persons salary for the year on any shoe or even on this particular shoe?! I would love to know your opinion, late the great shoe debate commence!

Eco Fashion Tip Of The Day | Shrinking Your Laundry Can Save You Serious Money!

How many times have your dyed your white underwear a lovely marshmallow pink? Me too, but there is one way that you can turn washing machine drama to your advantage, if your lusting after a soft pure wool sweater this November but monies tight , scour your local charity shop, designer wool sweaters in extra large sizes are usually the ones that get left on the rails, so take your pick, put it in your washing machine on a cotton wash, anything over forty degrees and you will probably find that your sweater has shrunk at least two sizes smaller than the original garment. I have a whole wardrobe of designer woollies that have been shrunk to fit using this easy method! You can even turn a wool cardigan or dress into a boiled wool jacket or dress, which looks almost like felt, by washing large items on a hot cycle twice and then reverting to a cool wool wash for future washes to maintain the size and shape you want, happy shrinking!!

My Passport To Style | Wardrobe Workout Aviator Style

Aviator jackets are versatile to wear, but when it come to hairstyle that's where the compromise stops. Dramatic big collar style Aviator jackets work best with sharp and sleek hair, as this is a look that is all about high impact lines, so if you wear your hair in a bob, pony tail or pixie short you will be able to rule the runway in style. If you have long hair you need to create a more scaled back look, like this smart country casual look by Mulberry.

My Passport To Style | Heritage Happens!!

Susie On The Ralph Lauren tweed run

I was thrilled to find this post by top UK blog Style Bubble, which made me feel less alone in my obsession for finding fabrics with heritage. To be honest with you, my non fashion blogging friends don't really get why a smelly piece of tartan in a vintage shop can send me into raptures and have started to make their excuses early if they think I might be about to go on the hunt for a new piece to add to my ever increasing musty pile! I do think though, there is something really special about wearing clothing made from cloth that has been woven by hand for years in the same way, it's not about snobbery it's about knowing that fabric connects you to the people who wove it and story behind it. I am am the proud owner of a poncho that I made from a treasured piece of Harris Tweed I found on one of my heritage fabric hunts.  

Susie On The Isle Of Lewis wearing Harris Tweed hightops

My Passport To Style | Is Working From Home Killing Off Our Sense Of Style?

I was out with Granny who was scouting for a new silk scarf when she recoiled in horror at two young women dressed in fleecy pyjama bottoms and dressing gowns at the cash point late one Saturday afternoon. I could understand Grannies shock and dismay as a women who comes from a generation where changing 3 time during dinner was not uncommon. The PJ incident got me thinking about fashion, style and comfort, I have always believed that comfort is important, which Granny of course totally disagrees with, but as more and more women a) blog me, b) work for themselves me and c) entertain at home again me also! The lines between lounge wear and work and evening wear become very blurred and the question of who we are actually dressing for raises itself.

If we spend a large part of our working day working from home or even studying, then it follows we don't need to impress anyone, which means we can get away with zero effort. The thing is though dressing up makes me feel better, more alive and confident, I choose brighter colours and bolder prints when the weathers manky or I have a important call to make and it works to give me the boost I need. If you only ever make an effort when your meeting other people then perhaps you're not really valuing yourself and how you feel. I have decided that choosing the clothes I wear for the day carefully, is part of an important ritual in my life that has gained more significance the more my life revolves around my own home not less. Lets face it we are not short of plenty of fashion and style inspiration on the blogosphere!

 Is dressing for yourself when you work or blog from home important to setting yourself up for a positive start to your day and your work?

My Passport To Style | Exposes The Myths Behind The | Hourglass Figure

With Marilyn firmly on every one lips and some may wish on their boyish hips. I have to share a dark secret from deep within the depths of my stylists wardrobe, ok so I am being a bit over dramatic, so probably best to just spit it out.

 I recently went to offer someone style advice to a client and as a matter of course, told her that she was an hourglass, she looked totally shocked and then said 'well why do I find it so impossible to find clothes to suit me?' I sat her down over a strong cup of sweet tea and gently proceeded to tell her that an hourglass figure is not the golden gateway to a life time of effortless dressing despite the inflated myths circulating. Yes we all want a curvy hour glass figure which means in basic terms encase you're wondering, your shoulders and hips are of equal width and you have a definite waist that goes in. The truth is however that hourglasses are a hard body shape to work, they can look super boxy in a blink of the eye, particularly the short waisted variety, that's me!

Boyfriend style jackets are out, as are many casual looks, basic t-shirts cuts and sweat tops that are a staple of many of our wardrobes don't do much either, unless layered with a fitted open blazer or long line belted cardigan. So you can see the style dilemma, casual is hard to carry off for us poor curvy gals, but fine if your movie star from the 50's with great pointy breasts, skinny belts are a must, my casual look is a clean cut romper suit, worn with long line cardigans fastened low down to help lengthen my torso, a denim pencil skirt, fitted shirt dresses, that gently hug my curves most of which can be dressed down with high tops, pumps and shoe boots. The finale word? Yes I may lust after boyish hips but when it comes to full on glamour, well we are the go to girl!

Marilyn Monroe does casual dressing!




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