Cos Spring/Summer 11

It's no secret that I'm a huge Cos fan; I rave about it to anyone that will listen.

However, I took a friend in the Oxford Street store to break their Cos-virginity recently, and felt personally responsible when we both walked out empty-handed and a little disappointed.

Please don’t despair, as I’ve just browsed through their spring/summer collection and it’s fantastic. As we come to expect, there are some great easy-to-wear, minimalist pieces in classic muted colours. These are perfect for bridging the gap from day to night, and work wear to out-of-hours. My personal favourites are the black high-waisted trousers (above), and long-sleeved v-neck dress (below). I can’t wait until pay day to start shopping!

Cos Spring/Summer 11

It's no secret that I'm a huge Cos fan; I rave about it to anyone that will listen.

However, I took a friend in the Oxford Street store to break their Cos-virginity recently, and felt personally responsible when we both walked out empty-handed and a little disappointed.

Please don’t despair, as I’ve just browsed through their spring/summer collection and it’s fantastic. As we come to expect, there are some great easy-to-wear, minimalist pieces in classic muted colours. These are perfect for bridging the gap from day to night, and work wear to out-of-hours. My personal favourites are the black high-waisted trousers (above), and long-sleeved v-neck dress (below). I can’t wait until pay day to start shopping!

A/W Shopping Wish List

The best thing about the change of season is creating a new wardrobe from existing favourites and carefully trawling through magazines, the net and shops and making notes on the perfect autumn/winter additions.

There seems to be a plethora of great pieces to be had this season, here is a much refined list of my absolute favourites:

1. Angel Jackson snakeskin lianto handbag - A beautiful classic handbag that will be such a great investment for years to come.
2. Fingerless gloves - The gloves that keep your hands warm as well as allowing you to apply lip gloss, text, and rummage in your bag for your keys/purse/oyster card. What more could you want?
   
3. Anything from Cos this season - I keep on raving to anyone who will listen at the moment about Cos' A/W collection; it is quite honestly amazing! So much so that I've blown my monthly food/socialising/clothing/emergency budget on Cos clothes last Thursday. Bring on next payday.
4. Silk shirt -I have been trawling for a beautiful silk shirt for about 18 months now with no luck. May the search continue.
   
5. The perfect skinny trousers from Gap - As seen in every fashion page in the past month. However I have trawled many Gap stores in the past few weeks only to find that they have been sold out. A shop assistant did helpfully suggest the other day that I ate solidly for a fortnight to fit into the last pair of larger skinny trousers if I really wanted a pair, I'm tempted...

A/W Shopping Wish List

The best thing about the change of season is creating a new wardrobe from existing favourites and carefully trawling through magazines, the net and shops and making notes on the perfect autumn/winter additions. There seems to be a plethora of great pieces to be had this season, here is a much refined list of my absolute favourites:

1. Angel Jackson snakeskin lianto handbag - A beautiful classic handbag that will be such a great investment for years to come.
2. Fingerless gloves - The gloves that keep your hands warm as well as allowing you to apply lip gloss, text, and rummage in your bag for your keys/purse/oyster card. What more could you want?
3. Anything from Cos this season - I keep on raving to anyone who will listen at the moment about Cos' A/W collection; it is quite honestly amazing! So much so that I've blown my monthly food/socialising/clothing/emergency budget on Cos clothes last Thursday. Bring on next payday.
4. Silk shirt -I have been trawling for a beautiful silk shirt for about 18 months now with no luck. May the search continue.
5. The perfect skinny trousers from Gap - As seen in every fashion page in the past month. However I have trawled many Gap stores in the past few weeks only to find that they have been sold out. A shop assistant did helpfully suggest the other day that I ate solidly for a fortnight to fit into the last pair of larger skinny trousers if I really wanted a pair, I'm tempted...

Cos

This weekend I had an enlightenment; I discovered Cos, and it was beautiful! After spending so many months being disillusioned by the British high street, going on endless shopping trips and coming back empty handed, I now realise that everything I was looking for was under one roof. Check it out for yourself and see below for some S/S09 pieces.

Cos has a great mixture of chic minimal clothing, which is very European in its clean lines and classic tailoring, and smart casual items which are perfect for work wear and the British summertime. I returned from my shopping trip with the dress below amongst others.

I realise that this is a very late discovery in the fashion world as I have been hearing rave reviews about Cos for a long time. However I didn’t realise it would be this good. The items are affordable, practical and chic, and will serve as prefect wardrobe staples.

Cos

This weekend I had an enlightenment; I discovered Cos, and it was beautiful! After spending so many months being disillusioned by the British high street, going on endless shopping trips and coming back empty handed, I now realise that everything I was looking for was under one roof. Check it out for yourself and see below for some S/S09 pieces. Cos has a great mixture of chic minimal clothing, which is very European in its clean lines and classic tailoring, and smart casual items which are perfect for work wear and the British summertime. I returned from my shopping trip with the dress below amongst others.

I realise that this is a very late discovery in the fashion world as I have been hearing rave reviews about Cos for a long time. However I didn’t realise it would be this good. The items are affordable, practical and chic, and will serve as prefect wardrobe staples.