How to do Rugby to Night.... The winter equivalent of Beach to Bar. Being from Rugby town I should be good at this by now, but as Saturday crept up I still had little to wear!
Stephen Bayley once said:
"It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating. There is something arousing about this declaration that she is prepared to sacrifice function for form."
However, Bayley, I ain't really feeling your theory for this event.
So I questioned how to be practical and warm in rain but transform it quickly enough in a walk from the stadium to a bar. After numerous suggestion's of Ralph Lauren polo's - cute but not dressy, and being told by a Jack Wills hater (apparently there are some?! ha) not to wear the gilet, Festival wear came into my head
The favourite look of layering and stacking up accessories that Kate Moss and Lily Allen share at such events, is always a nice look as well as warm.
I felt a little old for my age worrying about practicality and I'm the first person to tell my mum in the owrds of Lo (Laguna Beach...old school) life's a fashion show... but shockingly from a class survey during a group exercise, it came out that nearly all of the FM students go for comfort in day wear, while using a key item to create a statement piece. After that I didn't feel quite so bad.
The cute little fur shrug I felt would definitely be a staple piece for my wardrobe - should really be getting an airing. But then which jacket... I was definitely putting too much thought into this.
In the end, all this thought for an outfit that got soaked, for a girl who had one of the best kind of nights - having a vino with the besties watching x factor! Brill.
Over and out with a pout x x x
