Published: 10/09/2010 12:51 - Updated: 10/09/2010 13:00

CLAIRE Ellis runs a local personal styling company Mirror Image. She runs her business on the belief that great style is not just about fashion trends or designer clothes, but about having a workable wardrobe that does three vital things; reflects your personality, suits your lifestyle, and makes you look your best 100% of the time.

 

RECENTLY I bought a gorgeous pair of high-waisted ivory wide-legged trousers. I’d been looking all season and not found any that I was entirely happy with so was thrilled when I found these in the French Connection outlet store in Covent Garden. Ladies you must take a look next time you’re in the area.

So thrilled was I with the trousers that at the first possible opportunity, i.e. for it to stop raining and feel a little like summer, I put them on. As you know from my previous blogs, I like my shoes, well heels to be exact and these trousers required serious heels. They’re long I have to!

 

Looking back I can’t really remember what I did earlier that day or what I was wearing on top, but I know I had my four-inch wedges on with my gorgeous new trousers; they were loosing their virginity and in a very dignified way until… I arrived home.

 

Typically on a dry day the home grown tomato vines get a quick inspection just to check they’re still growing and still looking like tomatoes, the herbs get a quick look over and I take a turn of the raised vegetable beds. The sun is shining, I’m feeling good in my new trousers and in the mood for something healthy for lunch so off I head to the vegetable beds. Did I mention they were ‘raised’ vegetable beds? Raised by about two foot with an additional foot of wire mesh to protect from those cheeky little bunnies (gritted teeth) and full of soil, as you’d expect.

 

Taking a look at my snail devoured cabbages I decided against them and turned to my lovely runner beans. I was so excited to see I had beans ready to harvest (sad?) that before I knew it I had clambered on to the two foot high raised bed with metal mesh and full of soil to reach the delicious looking specimens. Once my hands were full of beans I realised what I had done. There I am standing in a pile of mud in four inch wedges and extra long, brand new, ivory trousers. Take a moment to visualise if you will. My wedges were wedged in the soil, the hem of my beautiful high waisted ivory wide legged trousers, BLACK. Nothing dignified about that.

 

If I had a photograph I would show you it, I deserve to be punished and humiliated for my crime.

 

Would I do it again…… quite possibly!

 
Claire Ellis

 
www.MirrorImagePersonalStyling.co.uk