out and about: sportsgirl superstyle me

I managed to wrangle myself a ticket to tonight's Superstyle Me event, held by the wonderfully blogger-friendly Sportsgirl. Before the start of the event there was a brief period of wandering around while we waited for everybody to arrive, which was a great opportunity to snap a few of the outfits from the night.

It was a great night, and it ended up being somewhat of a impromptu-blogger-meet-up, which was fun.

I also ended up standing with the winner of the $250 door prize. She was still shopping when I left, I was soooo jealous!

This amazing record bag reminded me a lot of the ones available via Caught Couture.

The co-hosts for the night was Grazia's market editor Anouk Colantoni and a Sportsgirl stylist. They went through each outfit, tying the clothing an accessories to their own trend predictions and global styles.

The Sportsgirl stylist who was rocking these amazing overalls.

Anouk, who looked amazing! The skiiiiiirt. I saw a bunch of people buying the top afterwards, inspired by her look I think.

The Outfits
The main messages of the night were that you shouldn't be afraid to try colour. There's a tendency in winter to go into muted colours and blacks and not come out again, but with the sunshine coming back again it's time to get some colours out (I mean, don't dress like a rainbow, but still = try something new). The styled outfits followed two of the returning trends, 70s festival/hippie and 90s grunge.

The Shoes
Basically, I wanted them aaaaalllllll (except the clogs, which I'm still undecided about). Clogs, or shoes involving wooden heels re still going to be very big the coming months. Sockets, an item which was much loved by Anouk, was used in almost every item of the night. And they're so cute, I can see why. Wedge heels, of course, are still here to stay.

The Headwear
Boater hats, or other straw hats, are making it big this season even if you don't usually think of yourself as a hat person I'd suggest at least trying it out.

The Bags
Big bags are back again, which is great if you're like me and can't seem to travel anywhere without lugging a huge bag around.

The Accessories
Sportsgirl is usually pretty on-trend with it's accessories. Feathers are coming up in a very big way, which I love. And big flowers are back again. I loved the enormous ones that have a clip and a pin, so you can wear it two ways.

You can also book your own styling session over at the Sportsgirl website, and they're completely free!