And so, my obsession with autumn and all its sartorial offerings continues. In yesterday’s post I wore two pieces from the Boutique by Jaeger AW collection, and now I’ve got some catwalk images from the Jaeger AW show. I must say, the models do wear the collection slightly better than me…

Colour blocking

Summer’s colour blocking trend continues with autumnal shades – I love the clash of orange against red.

Socks and sandals

Socks and sandals were all over the AW catwalks – I’m making a note of this fluro orange and candy pink combination.

Belted knits

I love any excuse to belt up, and the waist cincher works wonderfully over this cleverly layered look. The arm candy has me searching for autumnal handbags, too.

Loose tailoring

These loosely tailored trousers look great paired with a slouchy knit for a relaxed yet polished style.

Prim and proper

I’ll be channelling librarian chic this season – everything, from the luscious buttoned coat to the ribbed tights and colour pop gloves, is on my wishlist. I’m already stalking this range of women’s coats to find my perfect partner.

Mixed prints

Patterns are more subtle for autumn, and mixing two prints with similar colour palettes creates a sleek, sophisticated look.

Mustard yellow

A key colour for the season – these glorious trousers remind me of hazy sunsets and fallen leaves.

After spending so long drooling over these images, I’m dreaming of roaring log fires, frost underfoot and that brass-buttoned coat. What about you?

If you like the look of the Jaeger AW collection and want to see more, why not enter this competition from John Lewis? You could win two tickets to the Jaeger SS12 show at London Fashion Week this month! You know I’m no summer girl but I can’t wait to see what they create next…

Full disclosure – I was sent two pieces from the Jaeger collection as payment for writing this post.
Images courtesy of MPDClick.com

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the first stage of buying glasses online through Glasses Direct. In that post, I had tried some London Retro frames through the Home Trial service (where plain lens glasses are sent for you to try and return) and was trying to make the decision.

With a bit of help from you guys and my Twitter friends, I finally settled on Soho, and chose Queens as my free second pair (an offer available on through Glasses Direct when you spend over £59). The ordering process was initially quite simple – Glasses Direct talk you through every step, and even provide a guide to getting your prescription and understanding it. Entering the values was clear and it was all going so well until I was asked for my Pupillary Distance (PD, aka the distance between your pupils. Duh). This isn’t included on your prescription unless you ask for it, and even then opticians can be a little funny about giving it out. Glasses Direct allow you to choose an average PD but they don’t accept self-measurements, which I found out AFTER I’d downloaded an iPhone app then brandished a shatterproof ruler at Rob and asked him to ‘measure my eyes please’.

After speaking to the lovely people at Glasses Direct, I sent an old pair of frames to them which they used to measure my PD and then returned. No, I have no idea how that works either. But after that, my prescription was sorted and my order was sent to the lab to be made up. Hooray!

Even with my ridiculous ‘complex prescription’ and lack of PD measurement, my glasses arrived a week later. They’re almost perfect – I can see (always a bonus), but I really should’ve chosen thinned lenses rather than regular ones. This is where ordering glasses online falls down for me – although the customer service is excellent and very helpful, there’s no one with you when you’re ordering to advise you. No one to gently tell you those ‘edgy’ hipster frames make you look like Timmy Mallet, no one to say tortoiseshell really suits your colouring and no one to remind you that without the thinning treatment, your lenses look a bit like jam jars and it’s really not worth the slight monetary saving.

Despite all that, I was very impressed with the service from Glasses Direct and I think the designs from London Retro are gorgeous. I adore my new frames – what do you think?

Soho

Queens

My regular glasses, which are by Ralph Lauren at Vision Express. I wrote about my love for Vision Express here.


I’m wearing a Gap tee and horseshoe necklace from Me & Zena.


Full disclosure – I was given a gift card to purchase a pair of London Retro frames but was not expected to write about them, nor was I paid to write this post.