Budget Fahion: So Pink it Makes my Eyes Hurt

(Wearing: Primark top and clutch, vintage skirt and necklace, Pierre Hardy shoes)

I decided to start a series on 'budget fashion' which kicked off with yesterdays post, will continue throughout this week and then crop up every now and again as a permanent feature on the blog. I like a bargain as much as the next person but you wouldn't always know it. I don't like talking about money, as a society we generally don't discuss salaries. You see a designer item and presume the wearer paid a fortune for it, but it is not necessarily the case. One the other hand you can see someone in a beautiful outfit which may look very expensive but in fact it was not.

Appearances can be deceiving.

I didn't wear this outfit especially for this post, it was just something I wore and afterwards I decided to save it for this series of posts. This is a fairly on trend outfit, the combination of neon top and pleated skirt would please Vogue I am sure. I have seen beautiful Equipment neon pink shirts and the prettiest Whistles pleated skirts, an outfit which would cost you around £300. My Primark top (bought on the blogger meet up) was £8 and my vintage skirt 99p plus £1.50 postage from eBay. I didn't buy then because they wear cheaper versions of the 'trends', I bought them because I liked them best. In fact I bought the skirt last year when the pleated skirt was but a mere sketch in Whistles eye. The top caused much deliberation, I wasn't sure if I wanted neon pink or orange, if I wanted a shirt or a t-shirt. I certainly didn't buy one in every colour just because they were so cheap, it took as much deliberating as a £200 Equipment one would have cost. I would hate to buy something that I would never wear.

The clutch I bought last summer to take on holiday and the necklace another eBay vintage find, I think both were around £4-5. So there you have it sometimes my outfits are expensive, sometimes they are not. Here I am wearing an outfit that cost around £100 - yes including the £700 RRP Pierre Hardy shoes. Like I said I love a bargain.

Pearl,

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