I have always hailed from the Winter Wardrobe School of long sleeved tops and very rarely of snug warm cashmere or chunky knits, which could possibly explain my love of
puffa or padded jackets and coats for the colder weather, as I can't bear being bundled up in roll necks or jumpers so thick, you can't do your coat up, or if you do manage it, feel as though you have bought your coat, two sizes too small.
However, I decided to change all that this year, in my never ending quest for wardrobe staples, and bought a couple of pieces on my last trip to
Bluewater in Jigsaw and more recently in London, at House of Fraser where I have invested in a couple of pieces that are either cashmere or contain it and a waterfall
cardi of an Angora mix.
Now, I was feeling quite smug about spending out (should this say "investing") on some warmer winter pieces and decided that I would
definitely get into this layering look and now that the weather is actually cold enough to start wearing them, I am feeling a tad
disappointed.
First up the waterfall
cardi on the Linea label from
HOF in Oxford Street which had 20% off on the day, so cost only £35. Most things I have bought recently have been from the grey/black/white/aubergine colour palette, but I saw this
cardi and thought how nice it would look on the school run with my leopard print
uggs (which none of the grey/aubergine stuff will go with, see I am not very good at this
Wardrobe Staple lark am I?) and got the chance to wear it for the first time the other day. It wasn't on my back for more than a total of 2 hours and look at the piling! I was horrified! I know you can buy a device to get rid of it, but why should you have to? I don't want to spend my spare time
de-piling my knitwear,
FFS! and the state it made of my new black long sleeve top was unreal, I used nearly a whole roll of
sellotape to get the bloody fluff off!
I mean honestly, look at it, it looks more like skin tags than piling! Imagine standing in the playground with all that hanging off your knitwear!
Then the grey a-line jumper from Jigsaw, cost about £58, again piling and bobbling all over the show and this one even got bobbling over the bust area?
doh!
I was petrified to wear the cashmere top, again from Jigsaw, £98 this time, very lightweight and in the shape of a long sleeve t-shirt - well yes you guessed it, it also bobbled, not as bad as the cheaper pieces but bobbled all the same. So if anyone wants to know what to get me for Xmas then one of those nice little devices, no doubt from
JML, to
defuzz my clothes with.....please.
I am almost afraid to check the website to see if it is still instock and if out of stock, did he buy the last one? What if he leaves it too late on purpose and gives me the money to get something after Christmas, which has happened in the past when a much wanted bag has been near the £1,000 mark and I have picked it up in the Sales at a great reduction? Will they have it in the LV Royal Exchange branch if he goes instore to buy?
