One Maui X Primark Tee Worn Two Ways

If you have been following No Debutante on social media you may have noticed that I have a current obsession with Maui X Primark. Well, it's kind of current, more of an ongoing obsession ever since Maui first collaborated with Primark last year. I finally got to take my Spring Big shop at Primark and believe me I did not come home empty handed (more on this in a blog post very soon). Coincidentally, I had previously taken some personal style pics of me wearing one of the Maui X Primark purchases from last year at the beginning of the month, so as an ease you in gently, to my current Maui obsession, here are two ways I have worn one of my Maui t-shirts lately. 

Cute nineties tee and pinafore layering or clashed  up prints? Which is your favourite? xx

All clothing from Maui X Primark, Topshop, Converse, American Apparel, Underground Shoes & H&M.

All styling and Photography by No Debutante

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ND xx

Oversized Jumper Obsession

The weather is cold and this calls for big, cosy oversized jumpers! I used to be an oversized cardigan obsessive but that drafty, open fronted oversized cardigan needs to step aside for the full coverage warmth and coolness of the oversized jumper. A great purchase for the winter months but a fashion item that will continue on through the summer worn on those cooler summer nights and a festival must have this year. Get yours and make it an extra large, if you cant wear it as a mini dress then its not big enough! 

Here's a few ways No Debutante wears her oversized jumpers over these cold, winter months and expect to see more personal style outfits featuring these oversized knitted beauties over the next year! Remember an oversized jumper is not just for the Winter!

All clothing from The White Pepper, Converse and Primark

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ND xx

With The Lights Out, It's Less Dangerous....

There is only one outfit to show you today, it's late summer grunge featuring a plaid shirt, blue braided hair, Converse, a flowing maxi skirt and a crop top.....Perfect for late summer. It's cold and rainy here in Bristol today, not quite crop top weather more winter coat! Autumn has definitely arrived! Brrrrr!!

Thanks so much for joining me today fashionistas. I shall be back very soon with some more personal style posts and fashion fun! Please feel free to leave comments and don't forget to follow No Debutante on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.

ND XX

Crimson Punk

Vivienne Westwood never fails to adorn her collections with plaids and tartans which always manage to stay contemporary with a nod to heritage styling and punk, to me Vivienne is the queen of mash up British styling with tailoring to die for! I can only dream of having Vivienne Westwood's talents but she will always be a massive influence on me as an inspiring designer with boundary breaking antics. I have always had a soft spot for tartan and plaids  and thanks to Westwood, it never fails to feature in each fashion season in one guise or another. 

Today I am wearing two tartan items from my own wardrobe, this is how I am wearing mine at the moment, there is a cute, sporty element to these looks with only a suggestion of tartan. You can go all out in a tartan coat or dress or just add subtle tartan panels. Whether it's heritage styling, punk or grunge, anything goes. Get inspired by Tartan especially in crimson reds for the Autumn season.

All clothing from Topshop, Primark, 8ball, American Apparel and Converse.

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ND xx

True Blue Baby

Not content with having blue hair, it looks like No Debutante is loving blue everything! Today's post is inspired by this recent blue obsession.

The first Double Denim outfit was late 80s early 90s inspired, a vintage Wrangler jacket found in my loft which I actually wore during the 1990s, worn with my favourite Topshop Mom jeans, a Breton tee which I've had forever and my trusty Converse and frilly ankle socks.

In the second outfit I am wearing a  laid back and slouchy, crop top and maxi skirt, pretty much the whole outfit came from Primark at one point or another. 

I am not a slave to labels, I wear vintage, thrifted, hoarded items, high street, I don't care, I know I can make it work without splashing out too much money! Sure, I get inspired by the latest catwalk and designer pieces but I usually prefer to recreate outfits that inspire me, this could be the latest looks from London Fashion Week, someone I saw on the street or a vintage style icon from a film, a music video or from a Pinterest image. I just like what I like and dress how I want and if you like it too, then that's cool! 

All clothing from Wrangler vintage, Converse, Vivien Of Holloway, Topshop, Asos and Primark. 

Thanks for checking in with No Debutante today, see you all very soon for more Fashionista fun. 

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ND xx

Late Summer Grunge

It seems I only have time for a weekly blog post these days, I am trying my hardest to find more time to blog but I am no longer kidding myself that a daily blog post is possible. I also have no time to attend fashion weeks (as much as I would love too) like all the other bloggers seem to manage, but I am happy being a mother, an alternative looking mother I guess, but a mother with a massive fashion obsession, who loves to blog!

At the weekend I attended my friends Sarah and Paul's festival style wedding and met a lovely lady from my new favourite on line shop The White Pepper, who introduced herself to me after enquiring if my dress was from The White Pepper, which indeed it was! (The outfit post will follow in the next few weeks!) I had my photo taken for The White Pepper Instagram but amongst the wedding fun and chasing little Sylvie around the festival site, I didn't really get a chance to chat too much. I would really love to do a collaboration with them! Watch this space. 

 Today's personal style post features my new favourite jeans, the Mom jeans, from Topshop. I am really happy to have found a pair of jeans that I love and haven't had to be cut from 1950s patterns for me to even give them the time of day! Don't get me wrong, I love my modern vintage jeans too but sometimes a contemporary item is needed to keep things current. Since I have been running, I have managed to gain a flatter stomach too which just makes me even happier! Not bad after three kids....eh?

The grunge look is still working for me and looks to be hanging around for another season, as my hair colour gets brighter (check out Instagram / facebook to see it now!) and long hair for girls and boys, Dr Martens and plaid shirts have become even more popular rather than a seasonal fad. 

It was a hazy morning when I took these pics, which kinda adds to the mood, I think. I dressed my Mom jeans with a plaid shirt, crop tops, Converse and Dr Martens, with hair worn long and centre parted or up in a messy topknot. Which is your favourite look?

Thanks so much for reading my blog today and don't forget to check out No Debutante on Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook for daily fashion updates and inspirations! 

ND xx

Lush Tartan

Firstly can I say a massive thank you to everybody who has liked my No Debutante Facebook page, I had an overwhelming response from Facebook friends alone and there's me thinking I'm just blogging away by myself! I am so happy! Thank you Thank you!

If you would like to check out my Facebook page either click on the Facebook badge to the right of the blog page or click here. I only launched the Facebook page yesterday so it is definitely in need of more content but I do promise to upload all of my Instagram personal style pics on a regular bases, add many more images and inspirations and link all my new blog posts to the page. Next step for me? Twitter? Nope, No Debutante isn't even a tweeter yet, all this to come very soon. Why has it taken me so long? I guess it is having the time and the idea of how I want the Facebook page to work for the blog, I seriously wish I could blog so much more too but three kids and a job makes this impossible. I am in a happy place with my blog though, I know my audience and I hope you all know me by now?

Another lovely story, this actually happened to me today..... An old lady who lives across the road from me, whom I had never spoken to in the 10 years I've lived in my house until today, gave me a parcel with some cute retro hand knitted cardigans for my daughter Sylvie and also gave me some original 1940s nylons sent to her from an American friend during the war. She wanted me to have them because she loved the way I dressed! Mary is 83 years old. It was the nicest thing ever!! Thank you Mary!!! Today was a good day xx

Today's personal style photographs features my lovely Tartan skirt from Topshop. I spotted this little tartan number a few months ago but had no idea how I would wear it (like most of the clothes I buy to be honest, but this random purchase buying seems to work for me). I decided to go for a grunge look but it ended up a bit more 1990s Britpop than grunge, in a skinny tee, Converse and pigtails, a little bit like the girl band Lush, I thought. I still wasn't too sure about the look the day I wore it but I am quite happy with the results looking back at the photographs. I then became over confident with the tartan skirt in the second look and wore it with a crop top and an unbuttoned sleeveless denim shirt with creepers and a quiff / bouffant which was much more of a Rockabilly Modern Vintage look in the end. Apologies for the poor quality pics on this outfit, I was in a hurry to go out and party for my bro and Naomi's birthday and time is precious for this fashionista!!

All clothing from Topshop, Super Lovers, Converse, Underground and Primark.

 

Thank you so much for reading my blog and I shall be back very soon with some more personal style pics and other fabulous fashion moments.

ND xx

How I Wear......Circle Midi Skirts

Hey Hey! Bloggers and Fashionistas. Hope you had a great weekend? Mine, of course, was rammed with events including a 40th Birthday Party, a wedding party in another city, lots of catching up with old friends and a fun filled time at my club night Bang!! Yes, I am tired but there is always time for a bit of blogging!! 

Today I am sharing my love for Circle Midi Skirts. I have always loved them and for Christmas my lovely husband Phil bought me one from my favourite vintage shop Vivien Of Holloway, which you may have seen me wear on my blog before. Since then I have found a second skirt, this time in tartan and from the Topshop concessions label,Loving Youth. I got it for about £11 in the Topshop Spring sale, MEGA BARGAIN! 

My only dilemma was how I would wear my Circle skirts? I have circle skirt dresses which are very glamorous and 1950s retro but I want to wear my circle skirts during the day too, dressed down. So, in my aim to make all items of clothing work for any occasion, I have Modern Vintaged the Circle Midi Skirt up in a dressed down style. On these occasions my chosen footwear is a trusty ol' pair of Converse with a sleeveless shirt tied at the waist or a crop top, I found this is the best way to emphasis the waist with these Midi Skirt beauties. Do not forget to emphasis the waist! A circle skirt will emphasis the hips and bottom so you need to nip in the waist to make the look more flattering, a tucked in top would work for the less brave! Now go out there and get yourself a Circle Midi skirt, they are all over the high street, so no excuses!

All clothing from Vivien of Holloway, Topshop, H&M, Converse and Primark.

Thanks so much for following and reading my blog and I hope to be back tomorrow with more fashion fun!

ND xx

Rock Around The Clock

I am finally catching up with my personal style pics and I am proud to say I am now only a month behind! The idea that I could be blogging about the outfit that I have just worn has seemed an impossibility to me up until now, it would have helped if I hadn't taken so many daily photos of literally every outfit I have worn over the past few years of blogging but I have calmed this down now and with double outfit posts (to help catch up) I can actually see a light at the end of the tunnel! My plan is to keep writing weekly personal style posts but to have more time for other current obsessions and fashion favourites. 

My Pinterest boards and Instagram photographs are way ahead of my blog, obviously this is because they are both so instant and no writing and cropping is involved but I would like the blog to try and keep up as I love writing it and don't want to have to leave it behind!

Today's outfits are both Modern Vintage, the first rockabilly outfit was worn on a lovely day out in Bath, UK with some of my bestest friends and it features mix prints and layering, I do like a double collar! The hair is styled into a victory roll with plaits. 

The second outfit features some colour blocking worn with a maxi skirt and a Land Grrrll head scarf. For Victory!! Frilly ankle socks and Converse finish both outfits.

 Which is your favourite outfit? Do you follow me on Pinterest and Instagram too? Are blogs getting left behind?? Share your thoughts xx

Thanks for reading! I shall be back very soon with a No Debutante collaboration with my good friend and fellow blogger Dilly Foxtrot Investigates on her new creative venture! Watch this space!!

ND xx

A Rad Plaid Fad

Hi Kids, thanks for joining me on this short 'n'sweet No Debutante personal style post.

Today I am loving my plaid shirt, my triple pink victory rolls and my frilly Meadham Kirchhoff  X Topshop ankle socks and I'm feelin' Rad. 

Have a fantastic day!.........I told you it was short'n'sweet!

All clothing from Primark, Dr Martens, Meadham Kirchhoff x Topshop, Converse and denim shorts customised by No Debutante. 

Thanks for checking in and hello to my new followers xx

ND xx