There's something about good, quaint, interior styling that immediately grabs my attention. I especially enjoy it when I encounter it in clothing and accessory boutiques. Don't get me wrong, I love shopping at minimalist-designed, clean, white shopping spaces but I also do love me a bit of cute and quaint.
Some time ago, I wrote about a quaint shop located off the normal shopping route - Lulu` Boutique in Ta' Xbiex, Malta. This shop uplifts my mood right from the front door - a little blackboard announces the opening hours and a sea of bright colours calls for my attention.
Some time ago, I wrote about a quaint shop located off the normal shopping route - Lulu` Boutique in Ta' Xbiex, Malta. This shop uplifts my mood right from the front door - a little blackboard announces the opening hours and a sea of bright colours calls for my attention.
I popped by the store yesterday, the new stock has just arrived and there is A LOT of stock. There's a huge variety of different items. There are bikinis, a large range of costume jewelry, some snazzy fedora hats, I also spotted some coloured, smart blazers, long flowing maxi dresses, crochet blazers..you get the gist. To give an example of the variety of items, whilst in there, I saw both an older woman buying an interesting, patterned knee-length dress and a teenager buying a tulle polka dot skirt.
Some of the main trends for this season are 70's influence (think patterns, bright colours and all round hippy effect), yellow yellow yellow, white white white, lace and delicate fabrics, polka dot patterns, jumpsuits and ofc denim.
Some of the main trends for this season are 70's influence (think patterns, bright colours and all round hippy effect), yellow yellow yellow, white white white, lace and delicate fabrics, polka dot patterns, jumpsuits and ofc denim.
There are a lot of 70's style patterns in the store and check out those fedoras
What interested me most however, was the large selection of summer dresses. Summer dresses are the main thing my clients and readers ask me to source. Our hot climate makes dresses the most ideal item of clothing you can wear - first of all, they're easy - let's face it, there isn't really much outfit planning involved. Obviously, less clothing leads to less items that can get creased, or make you feel hot and uncomfortable. The only downside to a dress is, that well, there's only one way to wear it, you can change around accessories but with a bright, patterned dress, there's a limit to what you can add on. One way to solve this issue is of course to have many that can be rotated far apart from each other :)
The slideshow below has just my favourite dresses that I spotted in the shop, there are actually many more
Any favourites ?
To add more dresses to your wardrobe, Lulu` Boutique is open from Monday to Saturday from 9.30a.m to 19.30p.m. Happy Shopping !!
