Top: Bonds
Skirt: Asos
Shoes: I Love Billy
This outfit really needed something else to make it sing – a belt maybe? Or a necklace? – But I was so delighted at finally, FINALLY managing to find a mustard-coloured t-shirt, that I wanted to show it off straight away.
I’d more or less given up hope of finding one, after scouring all my usual “basics” haunts both online and in the shops.
I spent an entire day trying everywhere in Melbourne’s CBD that I could think of, and I found a few mustard tops, but they all had writing on them, or buttons, or pockets, and I just wanted something really, really simple.
I’d decided to just throw in the towel, admit defeat, and maybe have a stab at dying a plain white one when I stumbled across this super-soft t-shirt in the Bonds department at my local Myer. Huzzah!
I went just as splendidly with my new Asos mod-check midi skirt as I’d hoped.
The skirt’s not perfect – I was wrong when I said it was the same shape as the fit-and-flare skirts, it’s much more of an a-line shape and isn’t nearly as full at the bottom. The fabric’s a heavy fabric, halfway between a jersey and a woven knit, and a bit bobbly. It looks suspiciously like it might pill in time, but so far so good.
The print’s not as clean-cut as the pictures make it seem, and there’s an odd little hiccup in the print just around my hips where the fabric looks like it’s skipped a bit, so the squares are squished flat, and the lines are a little out of joint. It annoyed the crap out of me when I first noticed it, but it’s not a deal breaker. It’s also not lined, whatever the description says.
Anyway, I bitch and moan, but I could have sent it back and I didn’t, so I obviously quite like it.
Glad you found your mustard top- Ill leave it to you! Tried on a yellowy/mustardy shirt in target today- made me look ill!!
I do like it with your skirt material though! So will there be shortening of this skirt?
I was soooo close to it Shelly! I took it to the alterations place at the same time as that burgundy skirt, and she pinned it up to the shorter length and I suddenly thought “Whoops! No, it looks better long!”
Thanks for the links, I clicked through and bought a pair of emerald green boots. I am so happy!!!!
LOL, yay! I’m glad. They do some great designs there!
Oh gosh, I think this looks just about perfect!
Thanks Erin!
The length of the skirt wouldn’t have been good on me, but I really like it! Those shoes actually made me gasp!
I think a long necklace and a brooch might have made the outfit perfect:=)
I was SO close to getting it hemmed shorter, but decided not to at the last moment. I think I like the longer length. I have plenty of brooches that would work though – must try that next time!
Love this colour combo 🙂
Thanks Naomi! 🙂
I adore the shoes. Next time my husband goes to Australia I need to put this on a list for him as a gift to bring back for me.
bisous
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne! I’d been looking everywhere for mustard shoes when I finally found these. They’re pretty cheap quality, but SO cute! I’m just trying to wear them sparingly, so they last for ages!
I don’t think you need to add anything to pull it together – that colour is great on you, perfect with the skirt, and I LOVE the shoes 🙂
Thanks Catherine. Me too! I had to get them resoled, because they were pretty slippery, but it was so worth it!
I’m obsessed with those shoes! They’d also look great with some cropped pants or skinny jeans 🙂
LOL, me too! I haven’t tried them with trousers actually – I’ll have to give it a whirl!
Hi. I’m new to reading your blog and I love it. Thanks for the great outfit inspiration. Also today in Target I saw a mustard top with a Peter-pan collar and I thought of you.
Thank you, Melissa! I’ll have to check it out at Target… I LOVE a good peter pan collar!
This is my most favorite outfit that you have ever posted. The colors, the cut, and the length are all so perfect.
Thanks Katie 🙂