A Small Asos Haul

With the summery weather we're experiencing at the moment, I've wanted to add a few pieces to my wardrobe to wear over the summer months. I don't really have a lot of summery clothing and tend to wear a lot of black, so I thought I'd try and buy a few non-black things for a change.

I was supposed to be having a Buy Nothing New year this year, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside, as I have picked up a few new bits here and there. Being unable to shop in charity shops for the duration of lockdown, and seeing very little that I liked on eBay, I decide to take a look on the ASOS website.

 

I've not shopped with ASOS for quite a while now, so it felt strange going back on the site. I am pretty confident of their sizing though, which is always an issue when buying vintage on eBay or anything online, so it seemed a good solution.

I found two summer skirts on the site. One was this long beige wrap style skirt with side button fastening.  It was longer than I thought it would be, but I do like it and the size I bought fitted well. I paid £9 for this skirt.

 

The second skirt is this button down peach full cotton skirt with pockets. This was from ASOS's own brand and cost just £9.50. It wasn't a colour that I would normally wear, but it also fitted well, which I was happy about, as I won't need to return it.

 

(I wore this second skirt the other day with a black t-shirt and it was very easy to wear, save for the fact that I dropped my foundation top on it as I was getting myself dressed and ready and got it dirty before I'd even got down the stairs. I'm hoping it will wash out ok.)

I did have to pay postage on this order, as ASOS now only offer free postage on orders over £35 and I didn't want to spend and extra £17 just to get free postage. 

 

On the subject of summer clothes, I've been dressing a bit more summery this last week. Track pants are a bit thick to wear on very hot days, so I've been wearing skirts and dresses, which is a departure for me during lockdown. It's actually felt quite nice to make a little bit of effort to wear something else. I am on the hunt on eBay for a few more skirts for the summer, I've got my eye on a couple of very nice ones at the moment.

 

I also altered another button through summery skirt that I was going to donate to charity. I bought it from a charity shop before lockdown, despite the fact that it was too big and too long. In my mind I was going to alter it to make it fit, but then decided against it and put it in a bag to re-donate. Last week I pulled it out again and finally got around to cutting a good six inches off the top and creating a new elasticated waistband, which both helped to make it fit better and shorten it. I had to do it by hand as my sewing machine has just about packed up at the moment, but it was surprisingly easy. I wore it the following day and it was so comfortable to wear. It's currently in the washing basket, but when I get a few more summer clothes I'll do a post about my current summer wardrobe.

 

What have you been wearing during these hot days?