5 Ways to Wear a Maxi Skirt

Hello lovelies! Today I am bringing in a new feature, which I mentioned in my vlog post, involving different ways of wearing a garment. For my first '5 Ways to Wear' I have chosen the maxi skirt as it is something that has taken over my wardrobe this year and I love wearing it and pairing it with different tops to get a different look. I hope you like how I have styled my maxi skirt!

1. Crop Top: First up, and an ultimate favourite for me, is the crop top. I think wearing a high-waisted maxi skirt with a crop top is great for short people like me because it gives the illusion that you are taller and slimmer. I know some people aren't too sure when it comes to maxi's/maxi skirts because they are short, but I honestly think that if you grab a high-waist maxi skirt which just skims the floor then it will suit anyone and make you look taller than you actually are. Having the little gap between the top and the skirt is also sexy and feminine.

2. Shirt Blouse: Second up I have paired my maxi skirt with a sheer shirt blouse. This is an outfit that I often wear, along with the chunky necklace, as it is comfortable and easy to wear and looks elegant and effortless. I usually wear a black and gold belt with this outfit aswell to tie it all in and if the weather isn't great you can wear ankle boots with this outfit too - just because the weather isn't great it doesn't mean that you can't wear a maxi skirt.

3. Tie-up Maxi Skirt: The third variation is tieing up part of the maxi skirt to make it slightly shorter and to get this drapping effect. I have to admit, I have only worn my maxi this way once because you have to tie up part of the maxi skirt with a hair band and then safety-pin it up to make sure it stays put. You can see how I styled it (with the shirt blouse, above) here.

4. Wear as a dress: My forth way of wearing a maxi is by wearing it as a dress, giving a midi length hem. Excuse my cat in these images, she decided she wanted to get involved in the photos today! Haha! So anyway, I have basically just pulled the maxi skirt right up so that it sits just above my chest and put a belt around the middle to add shape. I've always been a bit worried about midi length hems on me because I am quite short, however with this maxi skirt I think it really works and will be a style which I will wear more often.

5. Jumper: Lastly I have gone for wearing a jumper with a maxi skirt. These images aren't the best, especially with this jumper as it is quite long so I have folded it up, but if you get a jumper that sits on your hips it will work perfectly. This outfit would be great for the autumn or chilly nights and it just adds a different look to a maxi skirt. One thing that is very important, I think, is tieing a belt around your waist just to show the shape of your figure, because wearing a jumper with a maxi skirt can make you look a bit frumpy if you're short like me, so having the belt just allows people to see your figure.

I hope you like my 5 variations and maybe try a few of these out! Please let me know what you think and if you would like to see more posts like this. Another one will be coming soon so keep a look out!

139. Have faith.

Jacket:  New Look

Top:  Max C London

Maxi Skirt:  New Look

Shoes:  Primark

Hello beauties! How are you all today? I'm still having to wear clothes with no tights or socks due to my tattoo, which by the way kept me up all night because it is so itchy where it is healing, so I put on this maxi skirt and top and chucked my hair up, but quite like the casual, laid back look. What do you think? (And I'm not going to lie, I love that you can see my tattoo throught the slit in my skirt!)

I popped into town for a catch up with two of my lovely friends today, which was so lovely as I haven't seen them in so long! We also did a cheeky bit of shopping which is when I bought this jacket from New Look. I saw it in the baby pink colour at first and really liked the style but not the colour, but then low and behold I saw it in black and just had to get it! It is really light weight and casual so will go with everything. It's a bit like having that favourite blazer or cardigan that you wear with everything, I can tell I'm going to be wearing it a lot!! I also bought a really sweet little woven bag from New Look and a vintage floral dress from Urban Outfitters which I am in love with! (Sorry Leigh :P ) I'll show you the goodies I bought tomorrow and some wants that I have my eye on! :)

Don't forget to enter the giveaway below for your chance to win a handmade skirt and collar, both made by me, and spread the word too!

133. Electric Dreams

Top:  New Look

Necklace:  Urban Outfitters

Skirt:  New Look

Bag:  New Look

Shoes:  New Look

Hello lovelies! I will warn you now, there will be another outfit post later on tonight of today's outfit to catch up with the back log from the weekend! This is what I wore to work on Sunday, hence almost everything being from New Look. I went for a really simple, laid back outfit but I really like the casual look. Plus I bought this backpack from New Look on Saturday and wanted to wear it and thought it would look best with a more casual look. What do you think? I wore my hair in a topknot aswell to keep it out of the way, and it's nice to wear it up once in a while :)

I have had such an unexpected/busy weekend! My brother went into hospital on Thursday night and had to have a little opporation which was kind of scary, but he's all ok so it's fine :) Then my Dad went away to Paris from Friday to Sunday, I had work 9-6 Saturday, 2 parties to attend Saturday night, worked 11-5 on Sunday and then had to pick my Dad up from the airport on Sunday night! Then I slept for 13 hours because I was just so tired! Haha! It feels like I haven't even had time to think! So now I am looking forward to (hopefully) a relaxing week spending time with friends and my boyfriend :)

Hope you've all had a lovely bank holiday weekend! Mine was not how I planned at all! But all's well that end's well :)

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99. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Top:  New Look/DIY

Necklace:  New Look

Skirt:  New Look

Ring:  Primark

Unintentionally wearing all New Look today eventhough I don't have work.. That's the trouble when you work in retail and have such good discount, your wardrobe ends up being full of pretty much the whole shop! But I have learnt to steer away from doing that too often now.

Anyway, as you may or may not have seen below in my post from yesterday I slashed the sleeves of this top last night, inspired by Sonia over in Dozen Dresses, to give an old, boring top a make over. I've paired it with my black maxi skirt, tights and boots to keep it simple and then accessorized it slightly with my chunky gold and white necklace, my gold feather ring and a grey belt to match the grey top. A very simple outfit but I think with the necklace and the slashed sleeves it adds some edge and I would also wear this outfit with my black wedge boots aswell to make it a little different.

I have been taking photos of things I like or find inspiring or things I've been up to over the last couple of days ready to do a 'what I've been up to' post on Friday/Saturday. I'm really enjoying doing it actually and I think it will give you followers a more personal take on what I get up to from day to day. I have to say it is very hard not uploading the pictures straight away as I have some really cool images I want to show off! But hey ho, you can all wait until the end of the week to see them!

Anyway, enough of my rambling! I hope you're all having a lovely Pancake Day! What do you put with your pancakes? I've heard some people have ice cream with theirs but I've personally never tried that myself. If you have is it good? Also, one more thing, I only need 2 more followers until I reach 100 and then I will hold my first giveaway! So spread the news if you want to see what prize I have in store!