Elin Kling Inspired

Had a fun night with my friend who is back in Japan (yay!) and our lovely boyfriends. We went for all you can eat dinner and ended up in karaoke. Oh and there was also a bike accident and a long journey home with my boyfriend having to double us back on my bike due to his being broken, lol!
Anyway, I decided to wear one of my new T by Alexander Wang tops so I went for an Elin Kling inspired look. I love the top so much. It's so comfortable and light! Which, with summer now here in Japan is a necessity!

Oh yeh, I never made it to the gym yesterday, oops! But am gonna have a workout at home today. Have a big sayonara party tonight but as I'm working all day tomorrow I can only go for the posh meal bit in the hotel. Am having a total outfit crisis as I ordered a dress form Nastygal but it's not here yet so have NO idea what to wear! Ah well, I'm sure I'll think of something. Hopefully I'll get some pics to show you guys. Have a good weekend everyone!

Top, T by Alexander Wang; Jeans, Primark; Shoes, Topshop; necklace worn as bracelet, H&M; clutch, Le Ciel Bleu.

Basics

Hello everyone! How are you all doing? I've had a fun weekend of pubquizzes and housewarming parties. Unfortunately it's rainy season though and the almost constant rain has got me feeling under the weather (pun intended...maybe). I'm just feeling very blah. Work is busy and kinda monotonous atm, lots of my friends are leaving Japan this summer so, yeh, definitely a glass is half empty kinda gal atm.

However, cheering me up is Elin Kling and her blog (check it out here). I've dipped in and out on occasion but I'm now an official regular reader. I love her hair (I miss my white blonde hair) and her basic, pared down colour wardrobe. She has basics that can just all go together so easily in an infinite number of combinations. Her use of colour is very precise too.
It must be so easy to get dressed if all your stuff goes together. But she never looks boring and her outfits are always new and beautiful. I'm thinking I may have to do something similar for my work wardrobe.
Having a staple wardrobe of basics that are easy to put together for work sounds very appealing. Although I love colour so would probably go crazy at the weekends when I have more time to think of an outfit. You also have the added bonus of a wardrobe that would never go out of style as you're not constantly following the trends. You could just buy the pieces that you liked of the current trends (if any).
In fact, the idea of such basics in my wardrobe was so appealing that I purchased some from NET-A-PORTER. I love the tracking feature for my package as it's really detailed. My package is now in Osaka but I have to wait until tomorrow to receive it as there's no post on Sunday, boo!
I'm not entirely sure I've been at all articulate here, sorry! Here are some pics of Elin to illustrate my point.




Well, you get the idea. What's your take on basics?

All images from stylebykling