I love Pearl Lowe

I have loved Pearl since reading an article several years ago when she first found success with her gorgeous dyed lace curtains. I became interested in her life as described in her book All that Glitters and as a fellow musicians wife identified a lot with her moments of feeling alone and insignificant. When she started designing for Peacocks I was ecstatic and bought several of her dresses. Most I cannot bear to sell but this one didn't suit me as well as the others.

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The inappropriate jumpsuit

Jumpsuit. I imagined I could do all kinds of adventures in this. I once wore it (with the essential heels) for a gorgeous pub trip. Then my companion suggested a walk on the coast path. Hmmm. Not the ideal outfit, but I succeeded! The jumpsuit was however much happier when it came with me to a vintage fair in town the following week and we found it a lovely faux fur Italian coat companion.

 

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The coral christening dress

 

I am lucky to have four beautiful little nieces. I wore this dress to the christening of the third last spring. I love it as it reminds me of a similar dress my mum used to wear when she was around my age. Plus it has a cute bow on the back!

 

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One sunny day sundress

 

One day, last summer, it was sunny. It was hot. I went to the beach. I wore this dress.

 

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The Milan Maxi

Having to develop a range of sleeping positions on a 36 hour coach trip to Milan is no excuse for not wearing a pretty dress. This little darling kept me warm enough as I snuggled up under blankets and was perfect (if a little crumpled) as I stepped out into the sunny Milanese morning! En route it met lots of lovely people with me including a Hungarian animator and a crazy little lady from Rimini and still managed to look fab later in the week (after an iron) with my Italian suntan.

 

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The Bestival Peacock

 

The dress up theme was Wildlife. I had a last minute opportunity to go to Bestival so I bought this ASOS dress to go with a peacock feather hair creation and peacock print necklace. Not as much effort as most but cute all the same. This dress had a fab night, dancing (a lot) losing its friends, riding festival taxis, wandering and falling asleep in magical gardens and finally sleep walking me home. Back home in reality I decided it was probably a little short for me, besides I'd bent all of my peacock feathers...

 

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The Parisian Polka Dot

So I took a solo coach trip to Milan, a ridiculous 36 hour idea anyway but made worse by Queens Jubilee London traffic causing the coach to miss the once a day connection in Paris. Arriving at 2am alone in Paris... Hmmm. One nights accommodation in Paris paid for by coach company...Hurrah! The serendipitous 23 and a bit hours were spent in my favourite haunts such as Shakespeare and Company where a singer and piano player entertained as I perused the beautiful books, lunch overlooking the Notre Dame and an afternoon at the Pompidou Centre. Here I developed a devious plan to escape having to meet for coffee with an over friendly and persistant gentleman...Hurrah! Only to spot him later in a nearby street....Hmmm. Diving into a lovely little secondhand shop to hide I spotted this little beauty...Hurrah! I arrived in Milan happily the next day and wore this in the sun. I wore it again a week later on my return to the UK. It rained.

 

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