Pink Gingham and Kitten Kisses

This dress makes me an owner of a total of 3 Voodoo Vixen dresses. It was so much fun to shoot and we had a guest appearance by a very cute, but also not very photogenic cat. Gingham is one of my favourite patterns. It reminds me of weekends having lunch with my much loved grandparents, who had a powder blue gingham table cloth. My grandmother would make pea soup, to be followed by Mexican or curry, and then trifle or fruit salad and ice-cream. On the best days, my grandfather would come home from the shop with hot jam doughnuts. He was a cobbler, and would usually smell like leather and boot polish.

I adore this colour. It’s an apricot pink, and matches some shoes and earrings that I already have. It’s hard for me when the brands I adore are bringing out their summer collections while I’m in the middle of winter. How do you style a summer dress in winter? I decided to go for layers with a sheer shirt and a frilly petticoat. The dress is made of light and thin cotton, so it is ideal of summer heat when you would like to feel as though you are wearing a cloud.

While my sister and I were taking these pictures we got the cutest visitor. This incredibly affectionate cat wanted nothing more than to be loved, so I invited it to join us while taking pictures. It looped through my legs purring. Cats are the most elegant creatures, but really, this one lost out on the photogenic genes.