First of all, a lovely Christmas treat for you all. I’ve got you a special offer of 20% off everything at Bombay Duck! I love their stuff – quirky, kitschy, twinkly and sparkly. You’ll easily be able to find presents for sisters, sisters-in-laws, friends, teachers, neighbours and all the rest. Admittedly, it’s not the first place I’d look for something for the man in your life, but heck, even I can’t sort everything out for you! All you need to do is pop this little code in when buying your Christmas cache of goodies: BDRFT20. Happy Shopping!
And now, a confession. Marks and Spencer asked me to try one of their clever new Secret Support party dresses. A genius idea, I hear you cry – and it absolutely is. Unfortunately, I wasn’t completely in love with any of the styles, partly because I never wear black and most of them are, very sensibly for the party season, LBDs. There was one gold jaquard number but I was a bit worried about looking like a jumbo Quality Street in it, though I’m sure it would suit the other 99% of the population perfectly.
Anyway, I was thrilled to be asked to do something with Marks and Spencer – my first time – as I am a huge M&S shopper and love their stuff. It’s well-designed, reliable and affordable. What’s not to adore? So I said yes very enthusiastically to the dress and wore it a couple of days later.
I’m going to be completely honest with you – dear reader, I always am – and say that, while I think the concept is faultless and could save many lives this Christmas, this particular dress wasn’t really me. It was black, as aforementioned, and it was also a lot shorter than I’d normally go. Plus I think I got a size too big, so the whole thing kept riding up. ‘It keeps riding up,’ I said to TL as we enjoyed a lovely evening with friends at the Hideaway, an immensely cool jazz club in Streatham. ‘Hmm,’ said TL, ‘it’s not riding up nearly enough.’ I think he was enjoying the view! Stupidly (or perhaps wisely) I completely forgot to get any pictures, so I’ll just use the M&S website one.
We had a great time and I did quite enjoy revealing a lot of leg for the first time in ages. If you’re a wearer of black, this dress will suit you right down to the ground – or a few inches above the knee, anyway. Thank you, Marks and Spencer, and I hope I haven’t blown it and still get another try with something else!
That sounds like my kind of dress……
Go for it!!
I’d need one of those dresses to pull me in and head me off after all the chocolate and other goodies I am going to scoff over Christmas. On the other hand, if I were you, I’d wish M&S had just sent me a box of chocolates instead of the dress!
Well, actually, Addy, yes, I think I would have preferred the chocs! I tell you what, I’ll send you the dress after Christmas (not that you need it, I’m sure) 🙂