M U S E U M M I L E M I U M I U T R I B U T E | Tribute Review

Not gonna lie, I was getting a tad worried about Tribute season happening this summer, but it's here! And starting off with a bang (and in the classic way now in Museum Mile) with a brand new designer for us - Miu Miu! I absolutely love having new brands included in the 'Tribute family', it's the best, and I'm stoked that it's Miu Miu as the designs are usually stand out and recognisable - let's get in and see what it's all about:

The retro vibes that Miu Miu has won't suit everyone, and whilst all of the styles in the store aren't so much to my taste, I have to say I really love this collection as a whole - I think it gets the Tribute season off to a great start! This release is based on the SS21 Miu Miu collection which is a great collection overall and you should check out if you have some time. There is just one floor to this release with 6 looks to choose from. Starting with the accessories, these were what drew my eyes across the whole collection - I love the mix of designs and colours available which will suit a lot of different people. There are 3 pairs of shoes, all in a mule style which I just love so much. I've bought 2 of the pairs (so far), the Miu Miu Sandals Silver, which actually look very baby blue and pink to me, but I thought were so cute for Spring/Summer and I love the low heel design, and then I also got the Miu Miu Inspired Sandals which are the classic mule style in a dusty pink with a criss-cross jewel pattern across the front, again loved the chunky heel design on these and while they're quite simple they'll look great with quite a few of my favourite pink pieces so I had to have them! There are also the Miu Miu Red Sandals, I'm a little tempted by these as the shape of these is really interesting, I'm just not 100% sure I'd actually wear them yet. With the bags, there are 4 choices for us and they really bring in some of the classic Miu Miu design features that are very recognisable as Miu Miu. I've picked up 2 so far, but I'm still tempted by the Miu Miu Blue Clutch, the royal blue colour is beautiful, but how the doll holds it looks a bit odd to me. The pieces I did buy were the Miu Miu Black Bag and the Miu Miu Inspired Bag Rose - these are just such classic designs^ The patent black looks amazing on this dinky structured piece and I adore the silver jewel design on the front. I knew I loved it already as there have been both a Hotbuy and an LE piece a few years back in a similar design and I adore those, so adding another piece to my little collection is great =) The ruffled/gathered design of the pink is stunning, I'm not sure I remember having a piece like this in the Plaza before, so I'm quite excited to try out this amazing design - the colour is also great, it's one I know I'll wear, so that's also a great bonus for me! There are also a couple of other pieces in the accessory category, the Miu Miu Pearls Sunglasses which are pretty cute and in a retro rectangular design, plus the pink colour is super cute; there are also 2 pairs of earrings, the Miu Miu Pearls Earrings which I think look beautiful close up but the design really gets lost on the mannequin and viewing not zoomed in, and also the Miu Miu Plexy Earring which are quite unique and I really like them for that, love the detailed design on the long chain, but again that gets a little lost - so I'm still thinking about whether to purchase these or not!

Now for the clothing, which at first I was very 'mixed bag' about, but after some reflection I think it's better than my original impression =) The sport-style pieces aren't so much my thing, and I'm not the biggest fan of little shorts/miniskirts like the ones in the store, I do love the colour of the Miu Miu Knit Shorts Turquoise and the intricate jewelled design on the Miu Miu Pink Skirt, but I know I wouldn't wear them so it's a 'pass' from me this time. So far I've actually just bought one clothing piece, that is the Miu Miu Inspired Satin Coat which is such a beautiful piece, the pattern and fabric is just so delicate and elegant, it's stunning on the doll! I think it will make for a perfect Spring piece. There are also 2 very nice dresses in the store, the adorable Miu Miu Yellow Ribbon Dress which is another classic-design piece from the brand, and one that I think it super lasting in style. The baby blue, yellow and gold are perfect together, it's a great piece, but something I know I wouldn't wear often at all. And also the Miu Miu Inspired Chiffon Dress, which really isn't my style at all, but there's something about it which I like - the colours are great, love the mix of red with pink especially, but again it's something I know I wouldn't get the wear out of. I lastly want to mention the tops in the store, because I'm really considering making a purchase from this selection. Firstly is the Miu Miu Buckle Top which is a great Summer style with the red and white stripe design. I think it's quite a smart looking piece with the fitted design and the cute collar and I like the trim of the slimmer stripes at the sleeve cuffs and the hem. Plus with the buttons, it really comes across as a short sleeved cardigan, which is something I could get on board with, so I'm really considering getting this piece^ Then lastly are the Miu Miu Voile Top and Miu Miu Voile Top Yellow which are a cute pair of pieces, but I'm really on the fence about. I like the idea of the gold detailed collar, but I think there's something about the yellow-ness of the gold that's putting me off. The puff sleeves and design down the front of the pink one are both very cute and I'd love the give that a go - so I'm a little tempted there, I think I need to see someone else styling it first for me to make up my mind =D

T S L T O P T H R E E

Miu Miu Black Bag | Miu Miu Sandals Silver | Miu Miu Inspired Bag Rose

It just had to be accessories that won the top picks really, they're just too good! These are pieces that I'm really pleased to have in my wardrobe and that I'm so excited to style up and share those looks with you =)

F E A T U R E S

First in the features is GirlEwelina styling the Miu Miu Yellow Ribbon Dress and looking super cute and ready for Summer^ I love the addition of these white sleeves, it makes the dress have an 'everyday' factor to it and seems easier to style now. I also love the minimal yet fitting accessory choices, these blue heels are just perfect for the colour of the skirting, and the little yellow bag is the perfect balancing finishing touch =)

Next up is Proenza styling the Miu Miu Pearls Sunglasses, Miu Miu Plexy Earrings, Miu Miu Inspired Sandals and Miu Miu Pink Bag - these pieces are fabulous together^ The dusty colour of the pink looks great with this beaded bralette and then all together they work well to pair with the bold pink of the blazer, I really love it, I think it works perfectly! The neutral trousers are a good choice to balance all the pink. Overall really perfect for showing off the collection^

Looking perfect for Spring is our next styling from kate17Elegante who wears the Miu Miu Pearls Sunglasses, Miu Miu Inspired Satin Coat, Miu Miu Pink Skirt and the Miu Miu Sandals Silver - what a set that looks amazing all together! The satin of the coat is perfect with the pink outfit underneath, the two are very complementary to each other and the jewelled detail on the skirt is carried throughout the look with the accessories. I particularly love the green sparkly tights added, so perfect to pair in with the detailed pattern on the shoulders of the coat, so much love for that detail in the look!

And the final feature to share is from aby400 who styles up the Miu Miu Inspired Chiffon Dress and does a great job at trying to convince me to buy it - I love this outfit so much! The simple style is perfect to highlight all of the design-aspects of the piece, I love the use of the turquoise bag, the colour is perfect with the top of the dress, and the beautiful red shoes (also Miu Miu inspired, and I have regrets that I used to have these but sold them!) are a great balance with the trim on the ruffle of the dress along with the earrings. Plus those delicate fishnet tights are great against the sheer sheen of the skirt - so much love for this look, it's a winner =D

S T Y L I N G S

And lastly for my stylings! First up is the Miu Miu Black Bag which is for sure my favourite piece from the release. I didn't have any solid ideas for this one when I started styling, but searched in my wardrobe for other Miu Miu pieces and when these fabulous trousers came up, the idea formed immediately! I don't mind blues with black, so I think this outfit works out pretty nicely particularly as the blue is very dark. I love these patent heels with the look, they're a great match for the bag and I know I'll repeat this combination for sure. Finished with my favourite sunglasses and a few silver-based accessories in the belt and earrings, I really love it all! Next up is the Miu Miu Inspired Satin Coat which I think was the most difficult piece to style in terms of finding items to work well with it - I did find it quite limiting. But I'm pretty pleased with the look in the end, I think this white skirt and the pale pink silk top look nice together and suit the style and colours of the coat. I focused on the pinks with my accessories, and I think these shoes are perfection with the coat, but a bag was incredibly difficult to decide on. I really wanted to wear some green with the coat to highlight the details on the shoulders, but I really have nothing in that shade to include, so that's for another time! And lastly are the Miu Miu Sandals Silver, and these actually gave me the hardest time for styling - I wouldn't say they were difficult, but I kept finding a piece or set of pieces that I liked with the shoes but could never find other perfect pieces to complete the look. But I'm pretty happy with this styling in the end, I particularly love these trousers with the shoes, I think they're such a good pairing! I really like this oversized shirt with this pairing, and the bow detail still gives it an interesting but subtle touch - it's the perfect sort of piece to help try and stay cool in the hot Summer! Accessories were another palavor of trail and error, in the end I'm pretty happy with my choices, the purple hues in this bag work very nicely with the greys and really bring a lilac feel to the trousers and sandals, and these silver heart earrings are just so sweet^

P R E T T Y ' N L O V E | Styled Outfits

The latest Pretty 'N Love release is the definition of the brand, so much pink! It won't be to everyone's tastes, but I think it will please some people. I didn't pick up too much from this release, and actually I didn't get anything pink at all, haha! But I think I got some pretty cute pieces for the Summer season to style up:

First up is the Embroided Skirt (16SD's) which is such a pretty piece and a real classic in terms of design coming from the PNL store, I just couldn't resist it! It's a perfect Spring/Summer piece and I found quite a few colours worked very nicely with it - in the end I just adored this paired patterned combination, while the top has a different design, I think the two fit together very nicely and you'd probably never know they were from completely different collections. In this instance the blues in the top picked out my colour of choice for accessories and I think these baby blues look super sweet with the design on the skirt, so cute! Second we have the Orange Sandals (160SC's) which were a must for me, you really won't go wrong with these and they're very affordable. I have a lot of orange pieces, so I had a lot of choice for styling, I adore this printed skirt in the summer, it's perfect for orange accessories. This outfit came together super easily for me, I've definitely worn something almost identical before for sure! But it's a classic, and these shoes will be perfect for it in the future too. And the last piece, the Green Sandals (11SD's), love these as much as the orange pair, and love the unique strap design they have as it really makes them stand out. I opted for a focus on green accessories in my styling, I've now got quite the collection after complaining that there weren't enough green pieces in this tone - well there are now! These shoes go great with this little bag, and I think this pairing will see me through the Autumn as well. I chose light tones for the clothing, this blazer is one of my favourites and I love the yellow tone against the green, really a winning combination^ I'm really loving all three of these outfits and despite not buying or wearing anything pink, and not liking most of the release, I think this collection has been successful for me =D

B L U E S A T I N S H I R T | The Jet Set

The recent The Jet Set release surprised me a little - this is typically an SS-only store, and while that is still on the label, these pieces weren't SS-only which is lucky for me! This time around everyone can enjoy this release, which is pretty great. The release has some super fun bright colours and designs, for me I don't find so many of the items easily wearable and so far I've just picked up one piece - I'm also a little tempted by the Linen Puff Sleeve Dress which I think is just stunning, but I'm still on the fence about if I'll wear it or not. But onto what I did buy, the Blue Satin Shirt which stands out front and centre in the store. I find a fun coloured shirt much easier to style up than a dress, so I'm excited to see what I can come up with to share with you:

First up is my 'wild card' outfit so to say, I struggled to navigate towards any pieces that weren't white, yet something about these floral trousers really spoke to me, so I gave them a go! I don't think they're perfect, but actually they're not too bad with the bright blue of this shirt. The floral pattern has a lot of blues in it already, which really helps, and I continued that in the bag as well which I really like so I'm not adding something else into the styling. These blue heels are a great colour-match for the shirt, I really love that combination and will repeat for sure. The next two looks a very typical for me and I'm sure they come as no surprise, and are also particularly un-creative - but I really like them anyway! I think these smart trousers look great with a shirt style, very sleek overall. I liked adding these white booties, the blue heel makes them a great choice, but the all white with no ankle showing works particularly well I think. I added some matching white sunglasses, and this bag is also a great fit for the shirt, the colours are almost perfect together. For the last look I chose shorts - I had quite a few options of shorts and skirts, so I do think it's got some room for versatility - these are again quite smart but really make for a Summery vibe with the outfit. This bag colour is also great, and the white details on the strap make it a great choice to pair with the clothing of this outfit. White shoes and sunglasses finished the look off - both classic choices for me yet working very nicely in this look too^

F E V E R | Styled Outfits

A brand new Fever release has come to the StarPlaza just in time for Summer! It's a release I generally always look forward to and there have been some great pieces from this brand in the past. This time around I found it a little slim-pickings as it was just about all swimwear pieces, so I picked up only a couple of accessories to style up.

First up is the White Bag (15SD's), this is a little more cream than white, as you can see against this white top, the colour is definitely more yellow-toned, which I don't really mind and I think it still looks good with white! I kept the look light and Summery, I think this skirt is such a cute match for the bag, the colours and styles are very complementary for each other. The white top keeps the look fresh, and the simple accessories make a fitting finishing touch - I'm really pleased with this look as something cute and fresh for Summer =) And then secondly the Tote JW (14SD's), which I actually found quite difficult to style and I think that was down to the mix of brown tones in the colouring of the bag. But I think I succeeded with a nice Summer styling for the bag in the end after a lot of trial and error! The light cream tones were working out best with this piece and I found this jean and top combination (both from different stores, yet surprisingly identical in colour) to work out very nicely, I've had this top a long time and really never worn it, so it's nice to give it a chance, it's pretty sweet for Summer. I used other brown accessories, and just the little glimpses work quite nicely I think to keep the focus on the bag - I found shoes the hardest as I really had nothing of an identical brown to the straps of the bag which was what I was looking for. I think the look is missing a necklace, something in a similar style to the earrings would be perfect as I really like these in this styling. But overall, I'd say it's not a bad attempt!

C A L L I E S P I C K S | Styled Outfits

The latest Callie's Picks release, which was quite some time ago now but is still in the Plaza, is themed on Royalty Picks - I assume members in the Royalty club were asked for some suggestions and here they are in the Plaza for us all to enjoy! There's a mix of Hotbuys, Tribute pieces and some classics - it's really a great selection of pieces to choose from. I already own a fair few of the items in this release, and I can sing their praises, like the Polka Dot Dior Inspired Tuille Skirt and the Saint Laurent Inspired Sandals Black to name a few, but I did pick up one new piece to style alongside some of my already-owned items, the Classic Baguette Fendi Tribute which is just a fabulous bag to include in my wardrobe. I've had some regrets about not getting these style of Fendi pieces the first time around, so I'm pretty pleased to have this one now - the matte black colour is great, it makes it such a versatile piece that I hope will do well in my wardrobe^

First up is my new piece, the Classic Baguette Fendi Tribute which I think will make a perfect Autumn/Winter bag to be honest, but I've tried it out for Summer with these fun striped trousers - the red detailing on the bag clasp inspired that choice and I think it works out pretty well. There is also a nude section on the clasp, which helped choose this summery bralette, I don't mind the contrast against the black so much and I think the light clothing helps to make the bag stand out in the styling^ Next up pairing the Saint Laurent Inspired Sandals Black and the Spike Bowling Bag, which is one of those pieces I love, yet never wear enough myself, and never see many others styling either - so hopefully this release will increase it's popularity^ I think these two work well together because of the sheen to the black straps on the bag, that fits very nicely with the shoes. I used the bag colours for the outfit and I just love this combination - the shirt is a perfect red for the bag and the white trousers keep it something Summery, black would work equally well for a more Autumn/Winter styling too. And of course the gold details on the bag are great for a few gold accessories - I'm really super pleased with this outfit =D And finally the LV Inspired Monochrome Bag, now I could have chosen a number of other pieces to style, but I've had this bag since it's original release and I think I've maybe only worn it once - so it's time to challenge myself with it again! For me it's definitely the colour that makes it hard to work with as I don't have very many perfectly matching items, these trousers are about it. Luckily I do like them and also with the bag, so that gave me a starting point. I kept with the brown tones to not add too much 'different' to the look and actually I think it works out not too badly. The coat and boots are much more Autumn than Summer, but the shirt keeps it light and I love the chunky gold necklace in the look too =)

R U N W A Y | Styled By You / / Styled By Me

Recently we got a new release of Runway in the Plaza, typically this is a limited store with some of the latest fashions from the real-life runways - this time it's not limited! Unfortunately it still comes with a limited-store set of price tags, it's not too affordable a release. There are some nice pieces, but for me the styles are a little harder to wear and don't fit with my preferences so much. I did pick up a couple of accessories, and some of you guys have been styling up the pieces too, so a little styling post to share in place of a review =)

First up the features - here we have laurenboy styling many pieces, the Suit Jacket, Long Skirt Black, Black Tip Shoes and Green Earrings - everything is pretty perfect together I'd say! I adore the top choice in the look, the tiny details are super pretty and I think really stand out in the look while still highlighting the open design of the jacket. The earrings are the perfect pop of colour in the styling, and I love the bag choice, it's really a perfect one to complete the outfit^

And secondly we have a styling from DIORian who looks red-carpet-ready wearing the Green Earrings,  Crystal Choker and Emerald Puff Dress - I loved the colour of this skirting myself but didn't see how it could be worn easily, this look totally rocks with it! The sleeve design added is super cool, I love the extra volume added in the look there, and it really highlights the belt slimming the waist in the dress design. The earrings give a perfect colour balance and the bag added is super cute and very fitting to the overall style =D

I've just picked up accessories from this store, which are fairly reasonably priced in comparison with the clothing - but I still have my eye on the Suit Jacket and Long Skirt Black combination, it's really quite tempting (but will set me back a total of 132SD's!). First up the Green Earrings which I knew I wanted to pair with green so I tried them on with every green item in my wardrobe - the most perfect match was these shorts, the greens are just spot on together, and such a perfect look for the Summer season! I really love this pairing so much, not sure I want to ever take it off. I tried out including some other greens in the look but nothing quite worked out perfectly enough, so I stuck with classic white pieces to complete the outfit, this top is a great addition, the style is great with the items and it's another perfect Summer piece. Second up are the Purple Sandals which I deliberated about buying because they really look quite similar to a number of shoes that I already have, but I bit the bullet and got them - I'm quite glad because they're such a great colour-match for this sparkly dress and earrings combination! I did try to find the perfect bag for the outfit, but I just don't have something that's exactly what I'm imagining for this outfit - I did find some other bag choices which look good with the shoes, so I think there will be a future post around those, but they didn't work out in this look. And the final piece I bought were the Black Tip Shoes, which are just such an elegant heel and I love them on my doll. I knew I wanted to wear them with these trousers, the slightly cropped length is perfect to show off the shoes and I think the nude body to the shoe stands out well here. I kept on the same colour scheme for the rest of the look, and this floral top fits perfectly with that, I think it's such a cute combination^ Also chose some minimal accessories, but ones which I think are fitting to the overall style, I'm really loving this nude bag against the black, I think I'll be repeating that idea in future stylings too =D