on the outside

image: anne bernecker

excellent outerwear + leather mini + tote

i want: an embroidered blouse

images: fashionmenow, pinterest, anne bernecker

I love these 70's embroidered blouses.
As perfect with slip-on vans and a tan in the summer, as with denim and leather in the months leading up to it.
Natalia Vodianova's beautiful (and most probably, vintage) number is my favourite, with Isabel Marant's  tunic a close second as a dressier, evening counterpart. 
These three (1, 2, 3) are the closest to make the grade so far, all free people, and all hideously over priced.
I'll have to keep looking for something vintage (and affordable) to fill my bohemian cravings.

i want: a suit

It's probably Celine, it's probably the weather, it's probably winter grooming laziness. But whatever it is, I want a suit.

Not a sexy suit, per se, I don't think south east London is quite ready for a le smoking situation, but something simple, probably black and impeccably fitted will do.

I think the trickiest thing is finding the perfect trouser, not to skinny not to loose and an appropriate length, because women can, and often do, tower above 5ft 8 (ahem high street retailers!)

Above are some of my favourite suits and suit-wearers: Kate moss donning shine and adidas gazelles, Christopher Kane's perfect fits with a twist and Bianca Jagger looking impossibly perfect in white.

Wish me luck!