Hi everyone,

My favourite month of the year has arrived and I’ve welcomed October and its sunny and dry days with much enthusiasm. To celebrate this and my birthday (yes- that’s why it’s my favourite month of the year 😉) I bought new wonderful pieces and I am glad to feature them here today for you with this Chic Countryside outfit.

Dress

The theme of this summer was flowers and bohemian, and I thought this dress was the perfect combination of those. I found it in a small shop in Marseille. I especially like how it is oversized and the elegant cleavage. You can find a similar one on these websites: ASOS and Farfetch for a more expensive option.

Jewels: Jemocracy

Every time I met my friend Jun, whether it was for a dinner or for a party, she was wearing amazing jewels. That’s how I discovered the Jemocracy brand: very elegant and easy to wear. Their concept focuses around jewellery for active-corporate-trendy women. They have a funny yet serious online store, and if you are in Hong Kong, you can also request a private viewing to try jewels on. The founders are lovely and we spent a great morning with them discovering their collections. Here, I wear the ‘out of answers’ necklace and two ‘positive outlook’ rings.

I also indulged myself with this ‘no brainer’ ring I was not wearing the day of the photo shoot.

Purse

Obviously, this year again the trend was straw bags, any colour, any shape! I found this lovely bag in a small shop called ‘Drex Fable’ in Causeway Bay for a ridiculous price. There is also a shop in Sheung Wan. For the end of our ‘Indian Summer’, it is perfect. It has 3 pockets and the size is just as big as needed.

Sandals

After going to the Net a Porter event last month (thanks again to Marie for the invite!), we enjoyed a discount on their website. A great opportunity to try the site and the customer experience. I ordered these ATP Atelier sandals in gold. I wanted a pair of flat shoes, opened and easily wearable with both my corporate (yes I’m working in a startup 😉) and my weekend styles. Besides an email where a customer service representative gave me the size of clothes instead of shoes, everything went smoothly. The order arrived quickly and I did all my shopping through their mobile app. The package was really nice and elegant and I’m very satisfied with the quality of the product.