Weekends and Pretty Dresses

I've not updated my blog in a couple of days as I've been away on a girly weekend but I'm back and what a lovely weekend I've had.

A friend of mine is gettng married in August and as one of her bridesmaids I was invited to join her and the other maids on a trip to London to try on bridemsmaids dresses. Luckily for me she is thinking of getting dresses from my favourite dress shop in the world.........Vivien of Holloway.

Vivien of Holloway sell 50's clothing - tops, skirts, trousers and dresses. The items they are probably most well known for are their pencil dresses and swishy circle dresses. They are based in London and have recently opened a new shop on Holloway Road - this was where we were heading on the first stop of our girly weekend.

I never used to wear dresses and instead wore trousers all the time. It is still rare I will wear a dress during a normal day, which is something I really want to work on but these days I love wearing a dress for nights out and occasions like weddings. I think this is because I have finally worked out the best style of dresses for my shape and this includes the lovely circle dresses made by Vivien of Holloway.

I was very lucky to have recieved a gift voucher for Vivien of Holloway from my husband for Christmas as part of my presents so I had that to spend and I'd been saving up some cash in case I saw something I really liked. I'd already been eyeing up a possibe purchase on their website - it was just a case of what it looked like on me.

 

The sweetheart dress is part of the new spring fabrics range and comes in either red or pink. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it but wasn't sure if the print would be a little too much for me. When we approached the shop they had it in the window on a mannequin and it was as amazing as I thought it would be. As soon as we got in the shop I tried it on - it looked perfect, I was totally sold. 

Vivien of Holloway is a very popular shop and for the first time ever they recently had a sale of surplus stock. The sale was originally for a few days only and was due to end before our trip to London, I was gutted as I couldn't make it down due to being at work (boo hiss!). Then just two days before our trip they announced they were extending the sale for another week - this made me very excited as maybe I might pick up a bargain.

Upon arriving at the shop I headed straight for the sale rail as any self confessed bargain hunter would do. There were a few dresses in my size all with £25 off so I decided I would use the money I had saved to get one of those but now to decide which one to go for..............in the end I went for this one.

So as you can imagine I am a very happy lady today as not only did I have a lovely weekend with some of my favourite ladies but also came home with two new pretty dresses. I'm not brave enough to post a picture of me wearing them just yet but who knows I might do later on.

Now I just need an event to wear them to! I hope you've all had a good weekend.

xSx