December 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty

New Glasses and a New Skirt

I’ve been after a leather pencil skirt or at least leather look for ages.

I used to have several, then I put on weight and none of them fit, so I sold them many years ago, and then I had none.

I’d been looking for the perfect one at the right price to no avail and then I spotted this gorgeous high waisted leather look pencil skirt on the Oasis website and snapped it up immediately. I had so many ways I wanted to wear this skirt that I did have planned a whole “5 ways to wear a leather pencil skirt” type post, similar to the black and white stripes one I did earlier this year, or I’d considered doing a “how to wear a leather pencil skirt for work, rest and play” and resurrecting a very old series from the early days of my blog.

In the end, though, it turned out I was too lazy to do any of those things and I was really keen to show off my new skirt, so you just get a regular outfit post. I’m not discarding those ideas entirely, and when I get chance to take photos I may well do a more interesting styling post. I bet you can’t wait.

This outfit could be called “how to wear a leather pencil skirt to work”, as with glasses, a roll neck and court shoes it looks almost professional.

Striped Polo Neck Jumper

This particular leather pencil skirt look falls on the couple of days a month that I wear glasses. I normally wear the sort of contact lenses that you sleep in, but once a month I give my eyes a break and wear specs for a short while.

Recently I realised that I owned 4 pairs of prescription glasses and 3 of them were Cats Eye shaped. The fourth were an old prescription, so I was pleased when Specsavers got in touch and asked if I’d like to choose a pair of glasses from their range. I get my contact lenses from Specsavers anyway, so I get free eye tests from them. I actually also get to choose a free pair of glasses from their under Ā£45 range as part of my contact lens package, but with a handy voucher I was able to choose something a little fancier.

Specsavers have some really gorgeous retro cats eye frames in at the moment, but I resisted the draw as I was looking for something still vintage looking, but maybe a bit more understated. In the end I settled on these frames from Max&Co, and I absolutely love them. They make me feel quite cool, without being too flashy!

New Specsavers Glasses

leather pencil skirt

 

As you can see they are excellent for staring accusingly at that darn photobombing cat that invades all my photos here. The reflection on them also means it’s harder for you to see that I managed to have my eyes shut in almost every photo Mr Chick took of this outfit. So I’m chalking that up as a win for the new glasses. Thanks Specsavers! Like I say, I’ve been an actual paying customer of Specsavers for years, and I was super impressed with their range of glasses, so well worth a look if you’re looking for glasses with a retro feel.

Another thing I bought recently that I’ve been desperately wanting to show off in an outfit post is these fabulous tights. I do love a funky back seam.

A few years ago I had some Pretty Polly tights with a jigsaw backseam that I miss a lot. I headed to their website to see if they had anything similar, and managed to snap up these key detail backseams in the sale (I also bought some Christmas tights, but it’s probably best if we don’t mention that).

And yes, I know, it’s annoying me that they are slightly wonky in that photo too, but I’m not going back out to take them again.

Leather Skirt and Polo Neck Jumper

Key back tights

So there’s a nice Monday morning outfit post for you, in a new skirt, new glasses, new shoes and new tights, I might have been on a bit of a shopping spree lately.

I think I have redeemed myself with the roll neck though as I’ve owned it since somewhere around 1997. Much longer and it’ll be vintage and I’ll have owned it from new, which is a little distressing.

ā™„ Leather Look Skirt – Oasis ā™„ Roll Neck Jumper – Miss Selfridge, but veeery old ā™„
ā™„ Glasses c/o Specsavers ā™„ Shoes – Miss KG ā™„ Tights – Pretty Polly ā™„

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15 Comments

  • Rachel April 4, 2016

    Adore those tights!!! Great outfit, your skirt looks awesome ā¤

  • Suzanne April 4, 2016

    Very bombshell! I love it!

    The stockings are fantastic.

    bisous
    Suzanne

  • valerie hansen April 4, 2016

    Your skirt is darling and I love those tights! Very chic and gorgeous!

    Valerie
    xo
    MapleLeopard.com

  • Ashley April 4, 2016

    Wow these tights are positively FIERCE! Love the leather pencil skirt — so edgy and classic at the same time!

    Xoxo,

    Ashley || Sed Bona

  • Z's Fashion Craze April 4, 2016

    Your Skirt Looks Completely Awesome. Love From Fashion Craze

  • Gemma April 5, 2016

    Love the leather look pencil skirt and the tights are fab. Have a great day! Gemma x
    http://www.jacquardflower.uk

  • I know the ‘owned from new and now it’s considered vintage’ feeling! Such a weird one. A poloneck is a classic, though, it’ll never look dated. I like the outfit! (And really need to get some new glasses myself…)

  • Ev April 5, 2016

    Love this skirt! šŸ˜‰

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  • Jessica April 6, 2016

    For some reason my first thought was Sexy Velma. In a good way! In a good way! I think it’s the turtleneck and the glasses. But moving on, that first photo is beyond fabulous, with the heels and the stockings. I would love to find out how to wear a leather pencil skirt for work, rest, and play, by the way!

  • Gemma April 6, 2016

    I love the glasses, love the sweater, love the skirt, and LOVE the tights! Perfect outfit!

    Gem x

  • Ann April 6, 2016

    Love the tights, Gemma. xxx

  • Alice April 6, 2016

    Oh wow i looove this look! Especially the tights! Glasses are such a cool detail! xo

  • I love so many things about this post: the skirt, the tights and the photo-bombing cat šŸ™‚ Thanks for linking-up for Lovely Ć  la Mode!

  • jennifer April 18, 2016

    i love this skirt …bcz i love pencil skirt…
    This outfits are look so gorgeous…
    lovely wardrobe tight and fitness looks…

  • JENNY April 19, 2016

    Your black Skirt Looks Completely Awesome.!!…

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