STRAPLESS AND STRAPPY DRESSES...

This is what I wore when I went away recently...

This is one of my best loved dresses.  It's from Quiz Clothing (my favourite fashion shop) and was a present.  I love the dippy hem, train effect.

This is another of my Quiz dresses, bought in the sale for (I think) £15....might have been £25, I can't remember.  The lining was very short and made of cheap, knitted nylon, so I added a deep, black lace frill (cut off an obsolete River Island skirt) to make it look better. 

This is from Dorothy Perkins' Izabel London range, which is always worth looking at.  A snip in the sale, at £10, it is not worth the £40 it was originally priced at- the skirt fabric is a cheap nylon.  But it looks okay on, and that's the main thing.

I do like strapless and spaghetti strap dresses as I'm quite big built and find thick straps make my shoulders look heavy, as do cap sleeves.  I've also got an impressive cleavage, so like to show it off!  I prefer dresses that don't have to be pulled on over the head, as I have big hair and like it to stay that way.  I also go for things that are easy to get on and off- I don't have servants, and can't be doing with fiddle-farting around getting dressed or undressed.

I might have studied fashion, but I have my own individual style, and do not follow trends slavishly.  THE LADY IS NOT FOR TURNING!

I actually studied fashion because I HATED what was in the shops, not loved it, and thought I could make a difference.  But my college course did tend to push me towards copying, and I'm as surprised as anyone that I went on to work as a commercial designer!