Hi everyone! It's not that late since eid happened, which is a record for me for the quickest upload for an outfit I've done that I can remember, which clearly indicates I have to start doing a better job. Anyways back to the outfit, this is what I wore for Eid and what my family usually do, is, for the first eid (Eid-Ul-Fitr), we wear asian clothes, what we would call salwar kameez, which come in various styles such as an anarkali, which seems to be the craze for the past 5 years :| and that's all we tend to wear. But for the second eid of the year, my family tend to wear, what we could call 'english clothes' looool, and since it's Eid I wanted to wear something 'WOW'. However, there is always the issue of, when buying something 'WOW' there is never really any other occasion for me to wear it to again, so the money (metaphorically speaking) just sits in the wardrobe, but I just can't get myself to wear something 'normal' on eid, so maybe the plan might be for next year (inshallah) is to spend more money on a nice set of PJ's, because on the day or the day after the cousins tend to stay overnight and that's when we start having proper fun, but let's see what happens (personally I think I'll buy a set of PJ's but also buy something nice to wear but not as elaborate as this :) ).
As you can see my dress is literally a ball gown, so I named myself 'The Hijabi Cinderella' or it could be anything else along those lines, so if you come up with anything feel free to do so and tell me :D I was very unsure of whether I would wear it or not because I just felt like it was tooooo much and then I thought, you know what, life's all about taking risks (It sounds like this is some HUGE risk, but I just tend to make it sound worse in my head), and I don't want to regret not having worn it. Also, you'll always look back on what you've worn, but not everything will turn out AMAZING you know, so it's nice to see what I've done in the past whether it be nice or not so nice :)
I bought this clutch quite a few years ago and I think I'll always keep it, because it will forever be one of those pieces which is just priceless, because of the intricacy of the design, I mean it's not anything designer, it was from Topshop, but I'll always love it. It really comes in handy for special occasions, so it's good to have 1 or 2 of those occasional pieces for times like these.
I didn't buy any new jewellery because we have plenty at home belonging to me and my mum, so I wore a mix and match of whatever I felt like, even if it didn't make sense :) But, guys check out the sleeves of my blouse, it's just sooooooo stunning! You know I'm a sucker for any sort of bell sleeve and this blouse is soooo nice with the victorian style of it, with the high neck and all. However, I wore an additional top underneath my blouse because the sleeves were see through and even though they put another layer through the front it was still see through at the back, all the more reason I bought an additional top to wear underneath, because even though my back's covered by the dress here, if I want to wear it just by itself then I HAVE to wear something underneath, so basically the point is, the under top was a good investment, which was simply a basic top in Zara, but you can probably go to any shop and buy a basic top. The one I bought was a lighter material, since I'm layering it would be too hot and it still was, ahhhh the life of trying to keep it modest (not that I mind, some people won't even bother buying a certain piece of clothing because they'd have to wear a top underneath, but I will do anything to wear it if I really liked it :) )
You can't see my shoes with this dress because it's so long, so I pulled it up just for the picture and I bought these because I'll keep it for occasional wear, which I don't tend to have and it's stunning and actually easy to walk in, because the lace makes it secure around your feet. If you've seen my Instagram, these are the same shoes that I wore which were blue with flower prints, but just the gold plain version of it (clearly I liked them very much).
I kept my make-up simple, and not bright or dark, so that it went with the elegant feel of the whole outfit.
Me posing on the bench :)
Shoes: The ones I wore here aren't available anymore, but the other pair is, the one on my Instagram- http://www.asos.com/asos/asos-promises-lace-up-pointed-high-heels/prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=5267568&clr=Floral&SearchQuery=asos+lace+up+heels&pgesize=35&pge=0&totalstyles=35&gridsize=3&gridrow=4&gridcolumn=2
Dress is on sale, and I had bought it on sale as well (not for those of you guys who are under 5'5 because that's my height rounded up and with heels, my feet were still covered so when I went into the house it was a struggle walking around, holding it up slightly all the time: http://www.asos.com/asos/asos-salon-ball-gown-with-embellished-flowers-dress/prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=4886485&clr=Multi&SearchQuery=asks+ball+gown&SearchRedirect=true
Blouse (also available in black now): http://www.zara.com/uk/en/trf/tops/plumetis-top-c269211p3049001.html
Thanks guys for reading, stay tuned for more hopefully :)
