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Style - Does it know its place

Now everyone thinks they have a good sense of style and I'm no exception. But I've lost count of the times I have decided to wear a killer pair of heels to set off an outfit, only to find myself ploughing up someones garden as I teeter around at a BBQ, or garden party. 

I've worn the most gorgeous pair of boots only to be asked by the hostess if 'I mind awfully removing my shoes' so as not to damage the parquet (how rude) and realised that lurking under the most supple of leather and most elegant of heels lurks a miss matched pair of socks that the dog has chewed the heel out of. Indeed, I still have a scar on my knee from when I fell over, in the most delectable of platforms, on my new neighbours drive way when the mix of gravel, platform and pot hole was quite literally an accident waiting to happen.

Now I can dress up with style, what I find more difficult is dressing down with style! 

Oh to be that woman who looks as if she's just thrown on an outfit without a moments thought and looks effortlessly stylish whatever the occasion. Do these people really exist, or does their easy elegance mask a bedroom of hastily cast off clothes  in the frantic furore that such a sense of ease must require.

Of course some pieces make our work simple. A vintage Chanel jacket for example would look as at home partnering a pair of jeans as it would a simple shift, which is a shame given that my wardrobe is unfortunately devoid of Chanel. Pearls, fake or genuine, are as comfortable popping into Sainsbury's as they are coming out at a ball.

Others of course are prone to create confusion. Wellies for example, how can you go wrong with wellies, you wear them when it's raining. Simple? But no, even brands cannot save us here. Hunters they may be,  but would festival Hunters be quite the thing at a Country show. Would Fuchsia footwear be forbidden at a Farm Show, Purple, pariah'd at a Point to Point! www.hunter-boot.com/sale

No if you're anything like me you just think you've got every wardrobe eventuality covered when life throws you a style curve ball. My advice? Head up, look confident and try not to step in anything!