While I was at plus north I spotted a few dresses from Excite Clothing that made my heart jump. I ordered 2 dresses on the Sunday night and they came on Tuesday now that's fast delivery!
The first was the animal print midi dress, I loved this and the £12.99 price tag made me love it even more! The dress is available in 8 prints online here.
I got both dresses in a 22/24 and I found the animal print one to be a little big after I had worn it for work all day but I hope it will re shape once I've washed it. The material of the dress is quite thin so it will work for summer and winter, as it was chilly I wore this to work with my thick cardigan. As it gets colder I will probably add my faux fur and winter boots.
Now the dress I really loved and wanted to put on as soon as I saw it was this neon animal print midi. This is the same size as the plain animal print but the fit is perfect as it has slightly thicker material and it didn't stretch after a days wear.
Out of the 2 dresses this is my favourite I love the attention grabbing print and the super bright colours! This dress certainly makes you stand out from the crowd and you all know how i like to do that.
I think everyone should own this dress it's perfect and it made me feel amazing :)
If you haven't checked out Excite Clothing before now what are you waiting for?! Get over there and get yourself a bargain.
So straight on from part 1, we got to Plus North a little earlier than we needed to but that gave me chance to chat with the lovely Chloe. She hadn't even finished setting up her stall before I'd picked these 2 beauties and decided they had to be mine!
Lisa and me spent a while chatting to everyone and generally having a giggle then it was time for me to get my model on!
I was kindly given a bra and knicker set from Panache to wear under the outfit I would be modelling for Simply Be. Here it is,
Excuse the tape on my leg i had my tattoo
finished last week and I'm wet healing
Now lets talk about my outfit from Simply Be, it was amazing I loved it so much and I really don't think that Simply Be could have chosen an outfit that was more me! Here is a pic i took when i got home so you could see the outfit,
The top and skirt are both Anna Scholz for Simply Be and are a size 24, they are made from a thick jersey type material with some stretch. The skirt has the most amazing zip that goes all the way up the side so you can choose if you want to show a little more leg. The top is available here and the skirt is available here.
Everyone got together and waited for the catwalk to start, there was a lot of nerves and excitement as we waited to go on. Everyone looked so beautiful and it was great to see all the different shapes and sizes rocking it down the runway! I want to say a big thank you to Simply Be for giving me the chance to get my model on and being such a fab team to work with :)
I didn't get any pictures myself but here are a few taken from some other lovelies.
Photo taken by the very talented @nickyrockets
Taken from Lollylikes instagram
Taken from Panache instagram
I loved how the top and skirt looked like a dress and when I told people they were really surprised and the fact you can wear both together or separately just makes the outfit even more perfect!
Simply Be were very kind and let all of us keep our outfits which was amazing. I loved mine so much I kept it on for the rest of the day.
The rest of the day was spent chatting, looking at the great companies stalls and some major whooping at the other catwalk shows! Along with some time in the photo booth of course!
Me and Lisa
Me,Lisa and the lovelyCharlie
The other catwalk shows from Excite clothing,Curvissa,Yours and Evans were fab and everyone looked so amazing! Again I didn't manage to get any pics but here are some fabulous ones
Photo from Yours blog taken by Kittie Jackson photography
I met so many amazing people far too many to list them all here! But it was great to meet new people and finally meet others who I had spoken to for so many months online.
I really did have the best time for more pics check out the #plusnorth has tag on instagram, i cannot wait to see all the picture from the event!
If you didn't go to plus north this year you missed a truly amazing day and I can't put into words how much fun you would have so make sure you come to next years.
Bring on plus north 2014!
As i said in my plus north post i was lucky enough to meet some of the excite clothing team, they were really nice and very happy to chat. In our goodie bags we got a discount code for 20% off and i knew straight away what i was going to buy. I had my eye on this dress but by the time i got home it was out of stock in my size. As you know from previous posts i love leopard print and had already picked this dress out as a winner, so i added it to my basket and was super excited for it to come.
I ordered the dress on sunday night and by tuesday it was here, i'd not picked express delivery just the uk saver which was a complete bargain at £1.95. I couldn't believe it came so quickly, i tried it on straight away and the fit for me was great. I sized up to a 24 and i needed to, so if you are planning to order i would size up one or two sizes if you can depending on material and the fit you want.
The dress was £25 for with the discount it came to £20 which is a really great price!
So here is it on
I love how swirly this dress is !
I wore the dress out to dinner with a cardigan in case it was chilly in the restaurant and a giant bow headband that i found tidying my dressing room but i have no idea where its from sorry!
I really love this dress its really comfy and comes with a detachable silky ribbon to bring it in at the waist. The bottom half of the dress has two layers to add to the swirly effect, I'm 5 4'' and the dress was short on me not so short that you couldn't wear it with bare legs or tights but if you are taller or like a longer cut dress then bare this in mind.
If you can't already tell i love the dress and the service from excite was great so what are you waiting for have a look at their website but make sure you leave some of the pretty dresses for me!
Hi lovelies this post will be text and picture heavy but i had such an amazing day i want to include as much as i can. First of all i would like to thank Toni and Becky for organising such a great event it really was amazing and i had the best of times!
Everyone at the event looked amazing i have seriously never seen so many gorgeous ladies in one room! I really wish i had talked to more of you but sometimes i get a little socially awkward but now I've seen you once there will be no stopping me next time, prepare to have your ears chewed off :)
First off here's what i wore
I wore a dress from tesco i bought it quite a while ago on one of my many lunch time shopping sprees. Its a 22 and was £16 a complete bargain if you ask me. The tights and shoes are primark and the glasses chain is from asos. So many people asked about it I've seen a few tweets since and it seems I'm bringing the glasses chain back lots of lovely ladies buying them.
I went to the event with lolly likes and as she was modelling in the simply be catwalk we were there a little early. We helped out a little by sorting out the ballons for the table and i discovered that i simply can't tie knots and at the age of 25 whats happening to me?!
Here is a picture i took of the venue
It was so pretty the building was gorgeous as you can see I'm not the best photographer, that coupled with the fact was far too excited to remember to take pictures means i don't have many i took myself.
Once the event started my first port of call was the photo booth, what a great addition ! I didn't want to get out of it here are the pictures from the mighty boof!
As well as the photo booth there were some lovely ladies painting nails for a donation to charity, id done mine the night before so i didn't have mine done, a lovely table full of brownies, macaroons and cupcakes from the lovely people of fat cow moos. I didn't have a cupcake but i did have a macaroon and a few pieces of brownie and they were amazing if i though i could have got away with taking the plate with me i would have done!
Her is lolly likes enjoying her cupcake
The lovely Rivkie from SLiNK magazine was there i bought issue 6, which I've not read yet because i don't want to finish it and have to wait for another issue, we also got a copy of issue 5 in our goodie bags which I've already read and i love it its a great magazine so if you haven't read it before now get yourself to the website and by a copy what are you waiting for?
As i wandered about and i saw the Excite clothing stand and i had to go over. Im always looking at the pretty dresses on the website and I've had my eye on a few as you have probably seen from previous posts. They were really nice to talk to and i loved seeing the new styles they had. Ive bought a dress from them with my plus north discount i know it will be the start of many more (i'll post about it soon).
My next stop was Chesca they had some really lovely things, very elegant especially this dress which looked amazing on the mannequin! Again it was lovely to meet them and i can wait to see the collection aimed at the younger audience they spoke about.
Simply be has a sample sale with some great pieces including bags, but I'm pretty sure if i'd have returned home with yet another bag my hubby would have been questioning my sanity!
Here is the video go the fashion show this is from sarah who has a great you tube channel found on film.
After the fashion show Kim from tesco talked to us about the plans for the True range and the other plus size brands they are now working with. I can't wait to see what they have in store for True i love the range and have a few dresses from it. Nikki from metail also let us know about the online fitting room which is just a great idea, to be able to input your own details and have a 3d version of you to try on clothes online, how amazing?!
I did buy some lovely jewellery from the lovely Chloe of life's big canvas. She does great pieces usually only a few of the same design so your not going to see hundreds of people all wearing the same as you, which is great. She also sells the necklace separate to your charm so you can get the best fit and length for you. She is a lovely lady and it was great to have a chat to her. Here's what i bought
What an amazing brooch
Unicorn!
Evans were there too and it was really nice to meet them me and Lisa had a chat to them, we spent so long talking we were almost late for the fashion show as we didn't realise the time. So if i had to squeeze past you on the stairs I'm sorry ! I was measured by the evans team who told me my shape was busty which id already guessed, they are offering clothes to match your shape and or busty girls i think this is amazing as i'll no longer have to size up to fit the girls in :) Ive seen a few of the busty dresses on the website and can't wait to give one a try.
We also got a great goodie bag with discount codes a ann harvey scarf and some we love colours tights which i tried on as soon as i got home and am deeply in love with.
So i think that just about sums it up i really did have a great day if you would like to see more pictures from the day have a look at simply be's pictures here and the lovely Rebecca's pictures here.
I really enjoyed meeting all the ladies i did you are fabulous, and to the ones i didn't have chance to or was to shy to speak to heres to next time!
