Monday 20 April 2015

ModCloth Stylish Surprise.


As I have said before I have lusted after a lot of the clothes on ModCloth for a long while but I am always wary as it is US based and I am afraid of the postage and the dreaded customs.  So when I heard that ModCloth a couple of times a year have a big sale selling their stock from $5.00 to $20.00 depending on what you are getting I was in.  The catch is you don't know what you are getting so for $20.00 you get a dress that originally retailed between $30.00 or $299.00, a bit like fashion lucky dip.  As I figured it could be sold on, that $20.00 is like around £13.50 and that I like a surprise I was in.

The only problem was I was bang in between sizes so I ordered a 2XL and a 3XL, which at $40.00 meant I incurred a hefty £13.44 customs charge, a rookie error and if I do this again I will order the dresses separately as the postage is less than customs.

So what did I get for my $40.00  I got a beautiful blue and green dress in the 2XL and a really pretty purple dress which Katt Cupcake also received in the 3XL which unfortunately I didn't have the boobs to fill out so it has been moved on to a better home.




The dress is really lovely in a sort of moleskin/velvet and has an exposed brass zip with a lovely angel wing as the zipper, being a bad blogger I have not got a photo of this.  I have gone for a vaguely 90's styling crossed with school girl chic on this dress as it reminds me of dresses from that period and catholic school girl plaid.


So I teamed it with my trusty denim jacket, really I must get some more jackets!  My school girl shoes that are pretty old from Topshop.  A milk carton handbag via Ebay.


And my Janine Basil Solar system headband.


I also wore my Urban Decay Catfight lipstick but it had worn off a bit by the time I took these pictures and my Dolly Cool Virgin Mary Kitty necklace.


Some other lovely bloggers also got the Stylish Surprise and are posting today so share the love and have a look at what they got.

Mookie - Mookie's Life
Nikki - Natty Nikki

10 comments:

  1. Ahh, these dresses are so pretty! I'm so gutted I missed out on it (hopefully next time!) I am also so in love with the planets headband! :) x

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    1. The dresses are really nice and ModCloth's customer service seems pretty good too. Janine Basil who made the headband is a genius if you haven't checked out her website do, it is amazing but dangerous for the wallet x

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  2. This is such a cute dress! Nicely played ModCloth, nicely played x

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    1. It really is of the 2 I was really happy that this was the one that fitted x

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  3. Love that dress- the print is gorgeous! Thumbs up Modcloth. Love the way you styled it too. Ive been eyeing up that headband for donkeys xx

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    1. I was very happy with my surprise! I had wanted the headband for ages and put my e bay money towards it xxx

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  4. Love your accessories! I keep coming back to your blog and love it! Need to get myself one of these headbands... <3

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    1. Thank you so much Vicky, they are all lovely compliments! If you haven;t been to Janine's website do she is a genius and there is so many lovely things on there xxx

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  5. That dress is SO pretty. I've given up with Modcloth because of the endless emails all the time, but then I'm always bummed when I miss out on the Stylish Surprise. :P xx

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    1. I was really happy with it, I have never bought before buying from America scares me a bit x

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