nicola st. louis: Pastel power: Day 1

White leather biker jacket – Miss Selfridge

Pink sequin skirt – Topshop Unique

Snakeskin boots – Zara

Grey T-shirt – Miss Selfridge

Oversize clutch – Martin Margelia for H&M

My first attempt.

I’m a sucker for a sequin and this skirt ticked all my boxes.

Oversize, pale pink Paillettes on a pencil skirt (blimey!! Try saying that when you’re drunk...not that I ever am….) in my favourite mid calf length

…and how much you say??....In the sale??.. reduced from £250 to….What?? £40??... I’ll take it, it fact I’ll take two!! (ed: Stop now.)

I felt a bit like a mermaid – albeit one with a fashion focus, and seeing as it was my first attempt and at an early stage in the proceedings, I allowed myself a comfort blanket.

I teamed the skirt with one of my favourite things in the whole world – no, not Michael Fassbender or George Clooney – just a simple grey T shirt. You can never have too many of those babies, as my collection is beginning to demonstrate.

And finally – A way to wear a white leather biker jacket without looking like an extra from a Miami Vice party scene.

Thought it added a bit of edge to an outfit which could quickly have become sickly sweet.

Some print for texture.

My favourite snakeskin boots make a reappearance .

I had fun with the accessory choice, and seeing as I felt like I had just fallen out of a sweet shop, what better way to carry about all my gubbins’ than in a giant sweetie wrapper?

Oohh, the irony…

All in all, I didn’t find this too strange.

In fact, I quite enjoyed it.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not adverse to a bit of colour, but neon's are usually my drug of choice.

Pastels have never really been on my radar. They always felt slightly insipid and a little draining. Colours that couldn’t quite make up their mind what they were…

-‘Am I pink, or am I white?’ - you know??