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Boohoo Plus NYE party outfit

By Gem - 20:30:00
Dress: c/o Boohoo Plus - Shoes: New Look - Clutch bag: Vivienne Westwood I was completely terrified by this dress. I've never worn anything tight in my life and I've never even tried on a body con dress. Us plus size girls are always told to avoid them like the plague, only wear flattering things and don't wear things that cling to all your...

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Esprit New Year Wishlist

By Gem - 23:12:00
I'm not going to make any bold and unrealistic goals for the new year but the one thing I've promised myself that I'll achieve is looking a bit more polished in 2015. I've become stuck in a style rut and I've really not been making the effort recently. I'm just throwing on dresses that I know fit me well and are work appropriate...

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Budapest Christmas Markets - Hungarian Christmas

By Gem - 11:56:00
One of the main reasons I visited Budapest was for the Christmas markets. I wanted to visit one on the continent but Germany can be very expensive because they use the Euro there so I settled on Budapest as a cheap alternative. There were plenty of other reasons I visited Budapest including the hot spas and historical sites but the markets were lovely...

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Trying to relax at Christmas

By Gem - 14:57:00
The words Christmas and stress seem to go hand in hand for me at the moment. There's social events most nights, presents to buy, I've got a cold and I'm really looking forward to a whole day off with nothing to do. There isn't just one super cure for a stress free and relaxing Christmas, but there are a few simple things we...

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#SimplyBeReal - My fashion nightmare

By Gem - 16:15:00
The Simply Be campaign named #SimplyBeReal has made me chuckle a few times already when I've seen posts about it on twitter. Illustrators have been recreating the 'real moments' women experience in everyday life. Fashion doesn't always to go as planned and I've had a fair few fashion disasters in my life so I had a hard time narrowing it down to one moment to...

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St. Stephen's Basilica - Budapest (& my apartment)

By Gem - 17:00:00
One of the highlights of my trip to Budapest was visiting the Basilica. It was named after King Stephen I, the first King of Hungary who brought Christianity to his country who was canonised after his death. A slightly bizarre feature (to someone from non-Catholic country like myself) of the Basilica is the saint’s mummified hand on display in one of the chapels, which is paraded...

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Festive party look - JD Williams/Joanna Hope Blurred Spot Jersey Dress

By Gem - 11:26:00
Dress: c/o JD Williams - Necklace: gift from Sarah - Bag: old from Miss Selfridge If I was going to design my ideal dress it would be sit just below the knee (why is everything so short now at the moment?), it would have sleeves and I wouldn't need to wear a slip under it to be more modest. This Joanna Hope dress...

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Budapest at Night

By Gem - 09:54:00
I have to apologise in advance, you are going to be so bored of Budapest once I've finished with it. I've got about six posts lined up about it and I might even attempt to make a blog about my trip there with tips for people going there for the first time. I arrived back home from my holiday in Budapest on Thursday...

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