Marrakech fits, 2023.

Continuing with my holiday outfit retrospectives, here are all the outfits I wore for a holiday to Marrakech in February 2023!

Dressing for Morocco posed a unique sartorial challenge; I usually lean into playful, shorter silhouettes on holiday, but local custom calls for a more conservative approach. I had to get creative to ensure my personality still shone through while staying stylishly covered up.

Day 1

Dress review: HARPER DRESS (Hobbs)

I’ve recently started a job in finance, a profession where it is tantamount that you dress for the part. Time permitting, I might review several of the outfits I bought, but I definitely had to give this gorgeous peach Hobbs dress a mention.

Hobbs’ sizing is very accurate, so the size 10 fit me nicely. If I were to gripe about anything, it would be that it’s too tight at the bust, but that was also the case with the Missguided and Miss Selfridge dresses I reviewed, so I think it’s fair to say that’s an artefact of my inconveniently ample bosom, rather than a design flaw of Hobbs, who tailor their dresses to the average chest size for every size.

Wowcher buy: THREE PAIRS OF DOUBLE CRYSTAL EARRINGS FROM FAKURMA

The Wowcher website claims that these three earrings collectively retail at £119.97, which I'm cynical about. They were selling at £12 on the Wowcher website, so £4 per pair of earrings, which I thought was reasonable enough.

I really like these dainty little earrings. The option of gold, silver or rose-gold means I can always find a pair that will go with the colour scheme of my outfit, and the ergonomic design means that the earring fits elegantly on one's ear, without the fit being too snug or too loose. I would perhaps have liked the jewels to look a bit 'sparklier', but, for the price I paid, can't complain too much!

Grade: A-/B+

New glasses: Twiggy for Aurora

Twiggy for Aurora at Specsavers, £125 (not including lens thinning and anti-glare add ons).

Close up of the glasses and the sides:

I absolutely love the jewelled sides of these glasses, and the shade of purple is also lush (weirdly, it photographs burgundy in the first photo).

What I hadn't realised when trying these frames on, however, was just how large they were. I have a bit of a complex about my small eyes, so I'd rather the frames were smaller, as, the larger the frames are, the larger the gaping space between both sides of my eyes and the top and bottom of the frames. For that reason, I think I'll wear these most of the time, but save my trusted red pair for photo ops.

I wasn't too sure about these glasses the day I picked them up, hence the stern look, haha

Mark: 7.5/10

OOTD: having fun on a photoshoot.

Dress: Oasis

Bracelet: Miss Selfridge

Necklace: Primark

Earrings: New Look

Glasses: Red or Dead

OOTD: Hen do for a Hindu wedding.

Dress: Oasis

Earrings: H. Samuel

The best Kanye West album.

Remember when this bellend graduated from her undergraduate degree? Well, yesterday was the sequel to that, in the form of my Masters graduation. I'm a Master of Science now, baby!

Dress: John Lewis

Necklace: Topshop

Bracelet: Miss Selfridge

Boots: New Look

I look fug in this one but my brother's smile is lovely <3 p="">

I didn't customise my nails to match my graduation gown as I did in 2013, but my nice happenstance, the John Lewis dress I chose matched my gown, so that worked!

Retrospective OOTD: standing in front of the Bastille

Sunglasses: Rayban

Earrings: gift from China

Necklace: Swarovski

Miniskirt: hand me down from friend

Bag: Primark

Cardigan: Marks & Spencer

friendship bracelet (barely visible): Mango

Outfit of the Day.

Top: Primark, £3
Shorts: Primark, £4 (after sales)
Shoes: Topshop, £20 (after sales)
Necklace: Primark, £2

And fall into my arms instead.

A couple of outfits I've worn recently:

Party!Bung.

Top: £2.50, Primark

skirt: £3, H&M sales

heels: £15, Dorothy Perkins sales

necklace: a friend's

Festival gal

Cardigan: £9.99, H&M

top: £8, Dorothy Perkins sales

jeans: £15, TK Maxx

clutch: £5, originally from River Island, bought in charity shop

Ladies who lunch

Flowery top: £12.75, Forever 21

cardigan:  £9.99, H&M (exactly the same style as in the previous cardigan)

Prom

Heels: as per before, dress: £17, Dorothy Perkins sales

necklace: a gift from Italy