Dotty about Dunnes…. July 24, 2010

I am a major fan of Dunnes-I think they are as cheap as Penny’s but find the clothes are much better quality. I also love that they do other lines, such as Savida and Gallery that are slightly more expensive that their main line but the clothes are stylish and really great quality. Their Savida line is a particular favourite of mine.

I have noticed that Dorothy Perkins and Dunnes sometimes stock the exact same items-I was in Dorothy Perkins recently and saw a really cute sundress with butterflies on it, for around the 60 euro mark .That was a little too much for me to pay, at the time but I thought to myself that I would wait till it came down in their sale. A week later, I saw the exact same dress for 35 euro in Dunnes! This isn’t the first time that I’ve see the exact same items in both stores, with Dunnes always being much cheaper than Dorothy Perkins. So if you like shopping in Dorothy Perkins, have a look in Dunnes Stores to see if they have an item you like for a cheaper price before buying .

Anyway……I was out shopping early this morning and nabbed myself this lovely cropped cardi in Dunnes Stores.  I had just nipped in looking for one specific item (which I didn’t end up getting as they didn’t have it), and was on my way out the door when this cardigan caught me eye on the Savida sale rale. I went over for a look, and found that it was only left in one size (mine ) and was reduced from 25 euro to 5 euro.  

It is a lovely knitted cream cropped cardigan with cute navy polka dots all over. It has elbow length sleeves with ruching on them also. It is great quality, and would look fantastic with a dark pair of jeans, and a plain navy or white tee underneath. It was such a bargain-especially as I know I am going to wear it loads.

Is it possible to be in love with a dress…. because I think I might be with this one June 26, 2010

I recently realized that, while I love all things fashion-related just as much as love all things beauty related,  I don’t blog about fashion-ny things as much. So, I’m going to try rectify this as soon as possible. I saw this dress on the river island website and fell in love with it. It is definitly on my to-buy list. As far as I can remember, it retails for £36.99 pounds which when converted to euro in-store, it will probably retail at 60+ euro!

Anyway, that rant is for another day….

I really like the floral trend that is everywhere this summer and think that this dress is, as Goldilocks would say, is just right! It’s not too patterned and has a lovely sophisticated, vintage feel about it.  I really like it’s length too. I like Maxi dresses but the majority are sometimes too long, that the hem ends up being dragged along the floor and gets ruined, when you wear it. I don’t think that this would happen with this dress.

UPDATE

I spotted this in River Island recently during one of my treks to the shops and was majorly disappointed!!! When I tried it on, the material was extremely clingy with lots of lycra which wasn’t very forgiving. Also, the material was COMPLETELY  transparent under the lights of the dressing room. It would require some sort of slip (shudder the thought of going back to those days) underneath, if you didn’t want your underwear on display or weren’t comfortable with baring all. I promptly put it back on the rack!