You might recall I was out at DFO Essendon last week (best bargain shopping in Melbourne) and while I was there to work, I managed a sneaky tour of the centre and picked up some ridiculous bargains, this blazer being one of them. Sportscraft is an established Australian label that while erring on the conservative side, do classics like a trench, merino sweater or wool blazer to perfection.

While realistically you'd have to wear tights rather than bare legs, I liked the challenge of mixing textures and shapes. In this instance it's a fitted pencil skirt with a slouchy sweater, and clashing prints thrown in for good measure. To tie it all together I threw on a trench because if it's good enough for Audrey Hepburn, it's good enough for me.

Christian Dior unveiled their latest offering at the Paris couture shows this week and there was an abundance of full skirts, as a nod to the 'new look' pioneered by Christian Dior himself in the 1950s. It's freezing here at the moment, but I'm dying to wear the look this coming spring and I think this is how I'm going to go about it...