A Perfect White Skirt For Summer – clothes for tall women from Long Tall Sally
A summer essential. First, and most important consideration when wearing any white skirt is to avoid that Jennifer A / Lady Di moment… is it lined? Thankfully, this one is lined with a nice soft cotton, so there’s not too many see-right-through-it incidents, and the day I forgot I was wearing purple knickers when I changed into this skirt the underwear went thankfully unnoticed by the public at large. The length is, if anything,...
Clothes for Tall Women? I give you – Long Tall Sally. *nods*
The one and only problem I have with being tall (I’m a pretty happy 6’) is finding clothes to fit. And it’s not just the height thing, either – I’m not a nice evenly spaced stretched-out medium person. Oh No. I have the back length of a 6’2” person, and the legs of a nicely above average 5’10”. Oh, and I’m also of above-average hip-and-boob-age. As you can see, clothes shopping is generally a disaster. Nothing fits up and down...
Kickers shoes. Kicking.
I have to say, when my first child was growing, I insisted on going to a ‘proper’ shoe shop, and only buying one brand of ‘proper’ shoes. But now I’m a wise old mama of four, and I know that there are more than one type of shoemaker, and more than one brand does it ‘properly’. And actually, what you want in a shoe is a good spacious fit, sturdy build, and something good looking enough for the...
Boys Jeans. Good ones.
I consider myself to be a minor expert on boys jeans. I am, after all, the proud owner of three boys. Three boys of the outdoorsy/skateboardey/building-dens-in-the-woods-ey kind. (I’m not actually sure small boys come in other varieties, tbh). So – jeans are, of course, essential wardrobe fodder. but they need to be decent ones. The denim needs to be soft enough to be comfortable, but thick enough to withstand some...
Frilled skirt – pretty pretty.
I had to show you the actual pic of the skirt from Vertbaudet, because getting my girl to model it is impossible. She’s got three big brothers see. So while she adores all things pink and sparkly and fluffy and pretty, she’ll generally be found modelling them whilst handling a sharp shooter, sniping the ‘Emenies’, or bombing (BOOM!) the bad guys. Consequently, I get pictures like this… Oh. The skirt. Yes....
Spotted! New Bread & Jam Dresses!
We LOVE IloveBreadandJam. We do, we do. And the new season’s patterns are wonderful – go take a look. Personally, this Henny penny flavour is tip top fave, and I’m waiting for Pink’s size to come back in stock. £25 will snag you on of the Bread & Jam gems – and do go have a mosey round the site it’s just lovely.