Coats

I heart teal

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Duck egg/teal belted mac - £25 - Tall - New Look

I heart bright coats

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Brighten up cold, dull winter days with a colourful coat.  This pink duffle is from

Dorothy Perkins - Tall - £65 (offering 10% off)

I heart kingfisher blue

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This super soft vibrant blue coat is from New Look - Tall - £45

I heart upcycling

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I keep hearing this phrase ’Upcycle’ being banded around and wasn’t sure what it meant. According to Wikipedia - ‘It is the practice of taking something that is disposable or downcycled and transforming it into something of greater use and value.’ Then I realised I’ve been ‘Upcycling’ for years and didn’t even know it!  The above is an example of  ’ Here’s one I did earlier’ to coin a popular Blue Peter phrase. I purchased a rather lush, soft, faux fur coat from ‘Shelter’ the charity shop for the homeless.  The sleeves were far too short for me and looked imbalanced because of the three-quarter length. So to cut a long story short, I cut the coat, therefore shortening it and used the excess material to make cuffs for the sleeves.   I wore it a lot last winter as it was so warm and cosy, so you could say that was a successful ‘Upcycling’ job well done! 

I heart dogtooth

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Hooded dogtooth wool mix coat from New Look - Tall - £50

New Look are offering a 20% discount if you order online from Sat 3rd Oct to Sunday 4th and quote ‘MWAFF20′