The advent of X Factor has stirred up a few fashion memories…
I’ve spent tonight reminiscing about the days when it used to be my actual day job to watch stuff like X Factor and pick out the best outfits then try to recreate these via Oli.co.uk. Alas, Oli has changed significantly and is now part of Freemans and I departed for new work-based shores almost a year ago for bigger and better things, but I still miss spending my days immersed in fabulous fashion.
So, in homage to my previous life, here’s my favourite outfit from the first of the X factor live shows. I adored Sophie Habibis’ styling too, but Janet Devlin’s cream fringed dress with lush gold embellishment was an absolute winner for me. I find Janet pretty annoying in general and didn’t think the overall styling was amazing for her song – too Florence Welch for me – but this dress was stunning. I’m still trying to find out who it’s by, but for now, behold:
It reminds me a lot of French Connection’s party collection in AW09, which subsequently inspired Oli Premium, the last party season collection I worked on at Oli.co.uk.
Tassles and scalloped edging with embellishment – it shouldn’t work together, but it really, really does. If I find Janet’s dress, it’s definitely a potential contender for my Christmas party outfit…
EDIT:
Thanks to Style Jacking for the heads up that Janet’s dress was from Lucy In Disguise, Lily Allen’s dress shop. Alas, it is vintage and thus probably a one-off, but I can hunt down and style up a similar one. Project!
