Pinstripe

Pinstripes are normally seen on men's suits, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a pair of pinstriped wide leg ankle length pants with a matching boxed top at a shop called Nosbyn while travelling in Vietnam.

Personally I find this outfit professional looking for work as the material gives it formality and the design was simple and comfortable, however others may disagree ...ie. family members of mine, when I got home from work they thought I was in my PJ's. lol

Top & Pants: Nosbny Boutique 

Shoes: Nine West Black Kitten Heels.

Asymmetric

N&M Pattern Printed Top | H&M Black Asymmetric Skirt | Nine West Zelexa Wedges

Another work OOTD. I tend to find a lot of clothing from overseas  as it fits me well and they always have my size (especially Asia, or USA cause only a minority is petite there). 

The brand N&M is based in Vietnam, their designs are very simple and great for the working environment hence I tend to visit every time I return. The top I'm wearing was about $15AUD, which is a little pricey when converted to VND, but again its a staple item in my wardrobe for those warmer days in Melbourne and I've warned it for the past 2 years. 

Lacy Navy

Forever New Navy Lace Dress ($40) | Nine West Zelexa Wedge ($60) | Love Bracelet 

OOTD for work:

Forever New navy lace cap sleeve dress was a gift from Mum, seeing as it was only $40 she decided that I'd like it, I did say thanks, but told her not to get me anymore, because not everything she buys I'd wear. I must say cap sleeves aren't suitable for all body types especially those with broad shoulders ;)

These wedges were also gifts from my Mr. the good thing was they had these on special in my size (5)!! hehehehehe I chose them, he paid for them and I love them, so versatile and painless for long hours of standing and walking. All ladies in the office must have a good pair of wedges if you want to look feminine and at the same time withstand them all day. 

Persian Print

Pink An Phuoc Shirt ($20AUD) | Zimmermann Brocade Dress | H&M Blazer ($50AUD) | Windsor Smith Heels ($25)

I work at least 6 days a week and sometimes all week, so this is one work outfit of the week. I intended to post up daily OOTD, but with time constraints I am lucky to even upload one post a week, I would love to be more consistence.

I am petite so I love my “An Phuoc” shirt, which is fitted for Asian bodies, the gold & black Zimmermann persian print strapless brocade dress was a gift (and I love it, though I personally think strapless anything is unflattering on anyone skinny as me, hence to hind all the boniness - the pink shirt brightened up this dress and covered up my cleavage so it's appropriate for work), H&M Blazer to keep warm due to the change in Melbourne's weather, and to finish off, these black strappy Windsor Smith with it's golden heels synchronized with this dress colour (last size 35 on special hehehe). 

Wool 'n' Lace

Portmans Dress | Geiger Tyrol Cropped Wool Jacket | Zara two toned sandal heels

DFO Portmans always have great bargains, I bought this black midi lace dress + slip for only $30AUD last week. But if I had to review this dress I wouldn't recommend it to anybody, because:

• material is very tough - hard to move in
• the arm pit and shoulder cut is too large, it makes the dress look un-proportional (even my seamstress mother was in a pickle when I told her to fix it for a perfect fit, she said she didn't want to bother because it was more time consuming to fix then buying a different $30 dress, she told me to return it). I had to roll/scrunch up the sleeves to make it look fitted
• hem was sealed tight - easy fix would be to cut the dress shorter, remove the seal... so I can walk freely without looking like a prissy bowlegged chicken. 

Austria's Geiger Tyrol boiled wool cropped jacket with pearl buttons (I love vintage pieces) - this added some texture and brightened up the blackness. This was an incidental finding, I was actually looking for merino wool socks and stubbled upon this on eBay, which cost me $40 with shipping, but I'm happy with the purchase cause its well fitted, comfy and really warm. 

If you love genuine Zara shoes, check this eBay seller out: hoicompany2010. I got my two toned Zara sandal heels from them for only $59AUD with shipping. 
These are pretty comfy but this style runs half a size bigger then expected