Outfit post c/o Westfield London

On Wednesday, I was invited to Westfield London for a 'How to dress for your body shape' shopping project. A project involving shopping? Just my sort of project and when I heard the other participants were Mademoiselle Robot, Alex Loves, Sherin from HiFashion and Nastaha from Girl in the Lens it was a bit of a no-brainer. I never expected to be treated to a shopping spree, but that's exactly what it was. Dream event.

We met in Bimba & Lola, the first UK-based shop for this luxe Spanish brand with beautiful shoes, accessories, bright basics and neutral, vintage-inspired dresses and blouses. I fell in love with their bags, some metallic pastel pumps and their brilliant customer service. The lovely people at B&L had given us £50 to spend there, so I chose a huge coral-coloured scarf printed with tigers and vintage ladies which I'll debut on here soon.

Next, it was on to French Connection for a snoop around and to pick my favourite piece. If I'm honest FC has never been a usual stop-off on my shopping trips, mainly because I'm scared of their sizes and their prices, I don't think I've ever spent £125 on a dress in my life. I found a pretty blue lace skater dress that fit just a little too snugly (wedding dress diet is ON) and with little more than a wave of a wand, the dress was mine. The photographer also took photos of me looking at things. It was a bit awkward. See above.

And finally we took a trip to Topshop where I was looking for the right jacket to pair with my dress. I decided on a slightly cropped faux leather number and a set of four amazing skull rings, all courtesy of a very kindly gifted gift card.

My post with tips of how to dress for my body shape will be up on their site very soon, but I thought I'd share the outfit here first. Thanks to Isa and Dearne for a wonderful evening!