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Silver Sequins for Spring

tres coolNow that some cherry blossoms are out and it looks like we might’ve turned the page on winter here in London (perhaps a tad optimistic), it is time for my favourite wardrobe staple, the silver sequin skirt to sparkle in the sunshine, instead of hiding beneath a winter coat.  I actually read in a magazine a few weeks ago listed under fashion don’ts: ‘sequins after the holidays’.  Wha?  Sure, you should only wear your reindeer sweaters (if you must) in December, but sequins?!  What sort of bitter, self-loathing, style-free person packs away their sequins with the holiday decorations?  Not me.  Instead, I’m skipping out into the sunshine, wearing a sequin-sloganed sweatshirt (because what goes better with sequins than MORE sequins, amiright?) with a sequin skirt, and frankly, I couldn’t feel better.  If post-Christmas sequins are wrong, I don’t ever want to be right.  That is the liberating part about style after 40; I don’t care what the magazines say to wear or not wear.  I will wear whatever my little sequin encrusted heart desires.  And right now, it is this outfit.  It has all of my favourite elements: wearable and walkable Rockstud kitten heels, a sweatshirt, my beloved skirt, and one of my studded cuff bracelets (which I almost feel naked without).

I know lots of you are still buried under a foot of snow, but what are you looking forward to wearing when it melts away and the crocuses start shoving their bright little faces up out of the ground?

hermes collier du chien cuff

blonde silver sequin
tres coolSkirt: Malene Birger (similar here) Sweatshirt: H&M (similar here) Cuff: Hermes Shoes: Valentino
Sunglasses: Karen Walker Watch: Cartier Roadster Photography: Lottie Anderson

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12 Comments

  • Reply
    Stevie Wilson
    March 2, 2015 at 7:32 PM

    love your shoes! I have been trying to scout that style out. Love the skirt. I don’t wear silver but I wear gold and I would wear gold or bronze!!

    • Reply
      Lisa
      March 2, 2015 at 9:16 PM

      These shoes are RIDICULOUSLY comfortable, so I wear them a lot. Thank you, Stevie! The skirt comes in gold for the new season; the one I have in silver is from winter. It is nicely made and has a good bit of stretch in it. I think you need a gold sequin skirt! I can see it working well with your jewellery.

  • Reply
    Ria
    March 3, 2015 at 11:09 AM

    Love it! I really adore your shoes and skirt! They look awesome!

    • Reply
      Lisa
      March 6, 2015 at 8:46 AM

      Thank you, Ria!

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    Lisa
    March 3, 2015 at 11:31 AM

    Thank you, Ria!

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    Little Red
    March 6, 2015 at 5:26 AM

    I’d need to get a whole new life in a new place in order to get away with wearing a sequin skirt. It would look so out of place here in DC among my friends.

    • Reply
      Lisa
      March 6, 2015 at 8:45 AM

      I think a silver sequin skirt is always a statement, even if you make it casual with a sweatshirt. I have a long black sequin skirt (the one I mention in the other post on Sequin skirts) that I wear very casually, with riding boots and a long belted cardigan over it. You might be able to get away with that in DC!

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    Emma Peach
    June 1, 2015 at 8:54 PM

    I love your outfit, I think it’s fabulous! I don’t care for fashion “rules” either, and like you I won’t be wearing any tassled garments any time soon. I’ve still got a suede cowboy-style jacket in the wardrobe at my mum’s that serves as a warning to never go back there…ditto the hideous perm!

    Emma xx
    http://www.style-spash.com

    • Reply
      Lisa
      June 1, 2015 at 9:06 PM

      Thank you, Emma. Oooooo, a suede cowboy jacket serving as cautionary tale! I can just picture it, probably rust or brown? Sequins trump tassels in the rock-paper-scissors land of fashion, in my opinion. xx

  • Reply
    Suzy Turner
    April 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM

    Your outfit is totally ‘tres cool’ Lisa!! Like you, I don’t believe in packing away the sequins! Bah Humbug to those that do! And besides, what’s more gorgeous than the sequins sparkling in the sunlight, right? B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L!!!
    Suzy xx
    http://www.suzyturner.com

    • Reply
      Lisa
      April 11, 2016 at 4:50 PM

      Thank you so much, Miss Suzy! Sequins make the world go round… xx

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