First off, our tremendous bad for MAYSAA getting overwhelmed by traffic.  We sort of passed out with so much love and attention, but now we’ve had our smelling salts and come round, we’re back on our feet.  And because of that dizzy spell we’re extending the sale another day!

And so to my last pick of the sale.

No.1 Stripe Cropped Cardi

It’s deliciously comfortable, made out of cotton modal, and a great coverup for warm weather.  The fact that it’s cropped means you can wear all sorts of fancy stuff underneath and have it peek out.  I love it, a lot.

Was £24 NOW JUST £15 get yours HERE

No.3 Pleat Front Wide Leg Trousers

Reaching a momentous moment right about now.  3 days left of the MAYSAA SALE and half way through my creme de la sale. These palazzo pants, a.k.a. Pleat front wide leg trousers are in at number 3 (I feel like I sound like I’m on Top of the Pops, like).  These are a couple of sizes too big and rolled up for styling effect.  Wearing different sizes gives a whole new ‘hang’ on the body.

Was £39 NOW ONLY £29 and you can find them HERE

No.4  Open Front Jumpsuit Maxi Dress

Want a jumpsuit and a dress, how about a dress that thinks it’s a jumpsuit. Deal?  I remember being sat at my desk sketching out a jumpsuit and then erasing lines until this appeared.  Suitable for equator-weather-friendly layering. The skirt is lined an’ all.

Was £65 NOW ONLY £45 get yours HERE

No. 5 Jersey Maxi Dress

So please excuse technology for not allowing me to post this yesterday, but here it is.  The LAST 5 DAYS of the MAYSAA SALE and me picking between my ‘children’ for favourites.  I’ve had to console myself by thinking not which is my favourite? but what do I want to wear today?

The first is one I wore yesterday, I wore it yesterday because I’d been inspired by a wonderful girl I’d met at the Reflections event.  She looked stunning in it, and my head was telling me ’see this is why you design’.  Because the first thing I noticed was that she was (and she is) beautiful, the second was ‘holy crap that’s my dress’. (see how pretty)

p.s. I think I’m still on a 90’s kick judging by the colour editing.

I was sure I’d posted this, even now I’m almost certain I did, and yet for all my searching I couldn’t find it anywhere.  Seems strange that all this happened nearly a year ago.  Anyhow, these were taken behind the scenes shooting for Safiyya, where- being short of another model- I was persuaded to stand alongside a stunning and tall (in comparison to me at least) professional model and pretend to know what I was doing.  I was watching it air from behind a pillow, whilst being somewhat berated for my fake plastic smile.  But at least the clothes looked stunning.

WARDROBE//

From top: Maysaa kimono wrap maxi dress £45, Maysaa Jersey insert satin hoodie £35, Maysaa jersey polo neck maxi dress £35,  Maysaa chiffon scarf snood £19, Maysaa basics long sleeved polo neck £15, Maysaa pleat front wide leg trousers £39, Maysaa basics long sleeved crew neck £12, Maysaa polka dot trousers (coming soon)

Accessories from Poya Boutique

My very first article is in Hanger magazine A/W2011 (Out Now!), it was a pretty scary process being so in control of the content and at the same time having no control over how it was put together.  I’m yet to see it in print and hold it in my hands, but I hear it’s waiting for me in my home away from home.  There are (as ever) photographs that I didn’t put forward, but I still have a lot of affection for, so you’ll be slowly getting the pieces from my cutting room floor (or more accurately ‘folder’).

Silk crepe print skirt // Maysaa (preview)

Chiffon scarf snood, £19 // Maysaa

And feel free to hype it on Lookbook

What I wore today, if today were yesterday.  Too cold for one layer, but too hot to bother with a jacket?  Chuck on a plaid shirt and you’ll be fine.  It’s a lighter weight version of denim i.e. it goes with pretty much everything with one notable exception… don’t try the evening wear with plaid shirt look without much rigorous testing.

plaid shirt// asos.com

jeans// topshop

t-shirt// Tarik Jeans

amazing pendant// vintage (will post soon)

Mid way through a box of samples, please excuse the mess I caused.  I am but a style hungry mess machine when faced with a new arrival of samples.

Notice anything different about these pictures?  I acquired a 50mm lens for my camera, and a tripod… can you see where I’m headed?  A self portrait with a distinct lack of mirror.  I was testing the lens for a ’self shot’ photo story to go along with a ’self written’ article for Hanger magazine (I’ll let you know when it’s out).  Apparently this lens makes me all emo, but hey, what can you do.  Go listen to Eels and cut some impractically long bangs that’s what.

p.s. After writing this, I actually did go listen to Eels.