Ghotic Collection

The start of another week, this year is already going too fast for my liking!  I would just like to say a quick thank you to all those who follow me on Instagram, I've just reached 4K followers which is a nice milestone for me.  Hello to the new followers/readers I've gained this week on the blog too.  Last week was a really successful week for me stats-wise so thanks to everyone for your support, comments, RT's and just general love!

I'm sure you're all familiar with the new craze in shopping which are Chinese and Korean websites.  I'm a huge fan of them and have been for a couple of years but now websites like these are making it into magazines over here in the UK, so they're now not so much a Blogger secret but are becoming much more widespread.  In today's post I'm wearing a houndstooth double breasted wool coat sent to me from Persunmall.  The quality is brilliant and it's not thin like you may expect for the price.  It looks like something that has come from Zara...so right up my street!  I would urge you all to check out their site, especially their coats and jackets as they are incredible value for money.  Just be aware that because your purchases are coming from so far afield, the shipping time can vary from 7-25 days (to the UK).

Before Crimbo I was sent this beauty of a dress by Lavish Alice from Bank Fashion but haven't had a chance to wear it yet.  It's a figure hugging pencil dress with long sleeves which looks very 'workwear-ish' when you see it alone, so I had a think about how I could turn it into EJ.Style and ta dahhhh, here we go!  Layers my friends, layers!  As it is a tad on the nippy side at the moment layers were the way to go when creating this look.  I used a denim shirt which I've had for yonks (Zara) and tied it at the waist, leaving it open to expose the gorgeous check print of the dress, with a leather jacket casually thrown on the shoulders.  I've added a clashing chunky statement necklace (Topshop), a pair of black heels ankle boots and my bag of the moment, the Zara mini city in grey.  I like this look so much that I'm thinking of recreating something similar with a pencil dress for Fashion Week in Feb, weather permitting obvs!  

I'm off on a mini Blogger road trip!  Today I'm headed to the pretty land of Rochester in Kent to abuse all of it's historicness for some blog shoots, armed with a car full of clothes and possibly some Pringles (yay!).  I'm going to be introducing some Spring trends into my posts over the next week.  The sales are pretty much fizzling out in most stores and new season is taking prime position so I couldn't help but purchase a few pastel numbers!