Frocks & Frou Frou

Singlet: JayJays (www.jayjays.com.au), re-mixed with lace from Clegs (www.clegs.com.au)
Belt: Jag (www.jag.com.au)

Trousers: Entitled (www.entitled.com.au)

Shoes: Diana Ferrari (www.dianaferrari.com.au)

My first foray into remixing lace tees was such a sucess I thought I'd try it again with a rarely worn black singlet.

I quite like the effect of the lace straps, but I wonder if the frill around the neckline might be a Bit Too Much.

Top: Target www.target.com.au - remixed

Skirt: Basque Woman @ Myer www.myer.com.au

Shoes: Zensu www.zensu.com.au

Forever New (www.forevernew.com.au) recently opened a great big store in the middle of Melbourne City, and over the weekend I headed in to have a bit of a looksee.

It's a brand that goes up to a size 16, and I can just about squeeze into most of it. At the moment the range is ultra-pretty with eye-watering quantities of lace and frills. I love it, though I can't pull it off (sob!)

I tried on half-a-dozen tops, and dismissed each and every one as being too frou-frou, and finally decided that I would take matters into my own hands:

Bolstered by my success with the Ikea skirt, I popped into Lincraft (www.lincraft.com.au) for 2-bucks worth of lace, then hauled out my trusty sewing machine, and sewed it around the collar of a target t-shirt, and voila!