Pretty pastels - spring shopping

Pretty pastels is by far my favourite trend for spring/summer 2012. Mint green, light lilac, powder pink and soft blue hues are the perfect colours to welcome in the warmer weather, and the dreamy retro-inspired S/S Louis Vuitton and Mulberry adverts in the glossies are making me yearn for an ice-cream day.

Here are some of my favourite pastel pieces to whet your appetite for some new season shopping:


Clockwise from top right: River Island shift dress, £28, lace three-quarter-length coat, £65, Monki blouse, 30 Euros, ASOS round sunglasses, £12, Topshop purse, £16, Cos midi-dress, 69 Euros , Mavala nail colours, £4.30 each, Cos skirt, 59 Euros, Topshop perspex purse, £6, H&M jersey dress, £7.99, ASOS T-bar sandals, £45,
ASOS blue round sunglasses, £6

Spring fling

Today's charity shop find - H&M floral shirt, £3 from Spiral - is easing me into spring fashion, and is the perfect match for my Models Own pastel nails. The daffodils have also started to peek their heads out from under their protective green hoods - the change must be upon us!

Green for ice cream

This season's sun dresses take inspiration from the floaty feminine styles of the Fifties and Sixties, but why get a copy when you can have the real thing? Traid in Brighton is currently in the midst of one of its legendary dirt-cheap sales and I picked up this beautiful pleated skirt dress for just £4!
What really put the cherry on top of this particularly tasty bargain sundae was the colour - a gorgeous pistachio/mint green, my two favourite flavours of ice cream and a perfect fit with spring/summer's pastel trend. And as luck would have it, I spotted a pair of stud heeled courts in a similar shade in Dorothy Perkins, reduced from £30 to £12! So that's my favourite summer dress-up outfit sorted for the mighty sum of £16. And to accessorise? I think a mint and pistachio cone or five will set off the look perfectly.