INSPIRATION: Forever Royal.

That’s it. This is our second post on the colour purple and I have a feeling it isn’t going to be our last. There’s just something about this colour this season. I’ve seen lots of reds and bright pinks in store, but purple is something people usually miss.

I remember in high school, all the girls who were in the purple “house” were so proud to be so - now I know why. The renown royal colour stands out among the crowd of your usual suspects.

Last time we had three purple items in stock. This time, two. A lovely purple knit with a unique front panel contrast knit and an amazing lace kaftan which we will blog about shortly.

Find them both in our store

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INSPIRATION - It’s all beginning now, baby blue

The Queen’s Jubilee was a few weeks ago but it seems like the big fashion houses are still celebrating ROYALTY with many collections taking on the baby blue colour that looks so fabulous on Marie Antoinette, another famous Queen. We just watched Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette the other day and the baby blues were just so delicious we were delighted to see the colours splashed all over the runways!

Whether it be a sweet powder blue dress (POWER DRESSES, phroarrrr Chanel!), delicate suits (a la RN) or just a hint of the colour peeping through (like Balenciaga), we think this colour is really going to take off.

We have three baby/powder blue items in our store, so get hopping and save thousands:

a) Pussy bow shirt

b) Blue and black knit

c) Blue coat

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INSPIRATION: POWER DRESSING in RED

While the seventies was a decade to let everything loose, in free-flowing crochet dresses and flares, the 1980s saw clothes get tighter, skirts shorter, jackets wider and pants get lycra-fied!

It was a period of excess and it certainly showed in the fashion of the times. More and more women were entering the workforce and dressing the part. Female silhouettes were heavily exaggerated by designers like Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and Armani, with strong, broad shoulders featured on blazers and paired with impossibly slim fitting trousers and skirts to show their power and equality with men.

This week we have an amazing 80s dress that has just the right degree of crazy to its proportions: fitted skirt and wide pleated batwing sleeves , we can totally see Florence Welch belting out a ballad in this and some sky-high stilettos! What’s says POWER more than fiery red, right Kanye?

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INSPIRATION: ORANGE YOU GLAD YOU FOLLOW US?

Fanta-stic! Oh we’re full on puns today! If travelling teaches us anything, it’s that we’re generally seasons behind on trends! Not here at Honest Folk! We know when somethings going to be big and we’ll try to preach it to anyone that is willing to listen!

Resort 2013 has just been released and the big fashion houses are big on brights! Don’t shy away from them this winter! Embrace! Jason Wu, zero + maria cornejo, Reed Krackoff and even men’s Prada has been showering us with this gorgeous deep bright orange!

We’ve found this gorgeous bright orange anorak/parka for you guys! It might not be spring or summer here but it doesn’t mean we can’t follow trends, right gals?

xx

INSPIRATION: ORANGE YOU GLAD YOU FOLLOW US?

Fanta-stic! Oh we’re full on puns today! If travelling teaches us anything, it’s that we’re generally seasons behind on trends! Not here at Honest Folk! We know when somethings going to be big and we’ll try to preach it to anyone that is willing to listen!

Resort 2013 has just been released and the big fashion houses are big on brights! Don’t shy away from them this winter! Embrace! Jason Wu, zero + maria cornejo, Reed Krackoff and even men’s Prada has been showering us with this gorgeous deep bright orange!

We’ve found this gorgeous bright orange anorak/parka for you guys! It might not be spring or summer here but it doesn’t mean we can’t follow trends, right gals?

xx