The nautical look is a summer wardrobe staple with cool stripes and fun iconic symbols. Many designers for 2012 have used elements of this classic look in their Spring collections, but it’s all about mixing it up and not going for the obvious to keep it fresh.
Look for sweet nautical print dresses with little anchor prints or wave patterns. Opt for the classic navy, red and white hues but rather than go for a classic striped Breton sailor top, choose a vertical striped dress with cute details such as the Olivia Rubin dress shown below.
1) Striped dress – Olivia Rubin 2) Stack Heart Rings – £10 Maggie Angus 3) Anchor Earrings – £14.00 Maggie Angus 4) Vintage Large Red Clutch – £20 Rock my Vintage 5) Bourne Adele Peep Toe Blue Snakeskin Sandal – £167.00 Spoiled Brat
Adding a nautical theme to an outfit with accessories is a great and affordable way to update your look. Look for deck shoes in most high-street stores or customise a tired old top with sew on anchor patches or rope patterned belts available at most haberdasher stores.
At Maggie Angus, we’ve got plenty of jewellery pieces for Spring that will add a quirky hint of sailor chic to your wardrobe. The Nautical Charm Necklace with a navy anchor charm, red mirrored acrylic heart and sweet peace sign is a fun and original piece that has a fab retro hint about it.
1) Stripe Nautical Top 2) Nautical Charm Necklace – £23 Maggie Angus 3) Seagull Earrings – £12 Maggie Angus 4) Navy Shorts – £32 Miss Selfridge 5) Navy Boat Shoes – £22 Topshop
Hope you like these looks.
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Anna x
Check out these wonderful photos taken by esteemed Art Director Caroline Cocquet-Smith (formerly of Red magazine). Shot on location in Malaysia, they perfectly sum up our Spring/Summer 2012 collection of tropical jewellery. Let us know what you think!
Tropical Hibiscus Necklace in Gold £29.00
Sailing Boat Necklace £27.00
Don’t they just make you wish you were on holiday now?!?!
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Anna x
It may still be cold outside and Spring seems a million miles away, however fashion has well and truly leapt into the new season. One of the hottest looks to shop for this Spring, is Lace. This pretty and feminine trend can includes Broderie Anglaise to sheer netting in sweet whimsical sorbet colours to bold reds and oranges.
(l-r Valentino, Miu Miu, Elie Saab Couture, Giambattista Valli, Dolce & Gabbanna & Chanel).
The catwalks for Spring/Summer 2012 were alive with lace, especially on dresses in pretty ’50s and ’60s silhouettes. Maggie Angus’ favourites include Louis Vuitton’s whimsical laser cut floral dresses and skirt suits with delicate appliqué embellishments in gorgeous whites, pale pinks and blues. Valentino and Miu Miu also went for full-on gorgeous lace dresses and Erdem and Giambattista Valli presented beautiful separates good enough to eat.
Maggie Angus Lace Bracelet – £26.00, Maggie Angus Lace Earrings £15.00
If your budget won’t stretch to top designers’ frocks why not add a touch of lace with new pretty lace earrings and bracelets in pearlescent white, ice blue or candy pink. These cute jewels are great to wear now regardless of the temperature and can be worn everyday, day or night and are completely unique. The biggest decision you have to make is what shade to go for.
Let us know what lace pieces you’ve seen that you fancy this Spring/Summer 2012.
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The swinging Sixties are back in a big way this autumn/winter 2011, with cool kooky geometric patterns, pinafores, shift dresses, peter pan collars and presented in burnt oranges, mustards or strong monochromes.
Designers such as Prada and Burberry demonstrated that we shouldn’t shy away from colour this season and in fact fully embrace it mixing hot hues. Also simple silhouettes are important when it comes to this season’s shapes and it’s the small details that really make this look a success with things like Peter Pan collars – as seen at Whistles on cute shift dresses – or huge buttons on your coat. Maggie Angus has a collection influenced by the Sixties called ‘Swinging Sixties’. It has a bold ‘Quant-like’ flower power pattern and digitally printed on to a sleek bib necklace, bold circular ring or sweet little flower earrings. We’ve used this season’s hottest mustard shade alongside monochrome black and white or sweet light teal blue.
Necklace £29.99, ring £12.00, earrings £12.00 click here to see collection >
Wear these over a plain shift dress and you have a great look to wear all day and night. Groovy baby!
SPECIAL OFFER
For one week only (4th-12th October) we are offering customers who buy either the blue or mustard coloured bib necklaces (featured above) a FREE set of earrings worth £12.00! To take advantage of this offer, put one pair of ‘Flower Power earrings’ in your shopping basket and a ‘Flower Power bib necklace’ and then type in the code Maggie60s at checkout and we’ll deduct the cost of the earrings. It’s that simple! Head to the collection now here >
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Maggie Angus clan
