Wedding day outfit blues.

I have my brother and his lovely fiancee's wedding day in August, so it should be a beautiful hot and sunny day we hope. This means outfit options are to be scrutinised for nobody wants to spend all day in a dress you can't breathe in and the mortifying thought of sweating in. I have been on the hunt pretty much since i found out the date and wasn't that impressed with what i found. I tried all the obvious high street stores, Topshop, River Island and Miss Selfridge, all of which were too glam for a wedding. I just wanted something simple that i could dress up and wear again. I find after speaking to a lot of people about what to wear to a wedding is that they will spend over £100 on the perfect formal occasion dress, wearing it for that one day and then either let it gather dust in the wardrobe or selling it on eBay for less than half it was bought for. I am guilty of the splurging on an outfit for one night out and then realising that i'll most likely never wear it again. Not this time! 

So after searching without success i did come across the perfect dress in Zara, there was a huge stickler of a problem though. It was gleaming crisp white. Now for all the confused faces at why this would be a problem, imagine throwing a party with the theme of The Little Mermaid and shouting from the rooftops that you can't wait to dress up as Ariel, and then some idiot comes to your party dressed up as Ariel too. It would be infuriating! So this was the problem, perfect dress - not so perfect colour. Checking the label and seeing that it was 100% cotton gave me the idea to dye the dress a colour that i wanted. I was incredibly nervous dying a brand new dress from Zara but with helpful hints from the internet it went without a hitch. The gleaming crisp white dress became a darling shade of china blue. I can honestly advise anybody suffering with the same dress problem, if you find a white dress that is perfect just dye it! 

Any of my fellow bloggers got summer wedding outfits planned? Share with me!

Love Madison ♥

Pre-holiday jitters.

I can't believe its nearly been a whole month since I've posted! Ahhh crikey. Well a lot has happened in these last few weeks, and i mean A LOT! Sadly our house got broken in to a couple weeks ago and it's shook us up but we are on the mend. The landlord has been nothing but lovely and helping out loads by up-ping the security of the house. Another thing is that my job as entropy's supervisor is coming to a bittersweet end. They are finally shutting up shop for good on the 19th of this month. I was devastated when i found out because it's been my second home for the past two years and safe to say my last Friday night shift behind the bar will be a teary one. So many good things are happening this year (and beyond) Going to university to study Fashion Buying is definitely one of them. Moving in with my boyfriend will be another but before all of that i will be going to Mexico for two weeks in just 7 days! It's just gonna be good!

 Which brings me to this post. I am having a slight mare with this as I've been on holiday once in my life and looking back on the photographs i wish i wore better stuff. So I've been tactically buying things to mix and match when I'm holiday so that i don't need to buy or pack a ridiculous amount of clothes. So i thought id share with all you lovely people to get your thoughts on my holiday clobber!

Mint green lace crop - Topshop
Lavender lace cami - H&M
Floral midi skirt - River Island

Floral dungaree dress - Primark
White cork wedges - H&M

Cut out embroidered dress - Charity shop (ASOS)

Lip print bralette dress - Ebay (Topshop)
Spotty print bralette dress - Motel

Pink spotty crop - Topshop
Pink lace leotard - Topshop

White lace maxi - Falmer Heritage (Matalan)

Selection of bikini's - ASOS, La Senza, George, BHS, New Look!

Well that's a snippet of what i'll be taking on my travel's with me, do you guys think it's practical enough? What are your essentials that you take away with you? 

Thanks for reading!

Love Madison
♥