Prints Charming

I've been quite ill recently and haven't been able to muster up the energy to write about anything.  So, it was going to take something pretty AH-MAY-ZING to get me out of my fug.  This is where Mary Katrantzou comes in.  I've been aware of her incredible print work for a while, but sadly haven't had the funds to invest.  Until now.

She has teamed up with high street fashion giant Topshop to bring us a fabulous collaboration full of charming intricate prints inspired by Qing Long Dynasty china (natch).

Being annoyingly ill when it launched  I missed out on my favourite piece (massive sigh), the whimsical structured mini dress below.  I have no idea how I would be able to sit down without squishing it, but also couldn't care less as it is just so god damn gorgeous.

If you, like me, NEED, WANT & MUST HAVE this collection waste no time and visit the website immediately:

http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogNavigationSearchResultCmd?catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&langId=-1&viewAllFlag=false&categoryId=424007&interstitial=true&intcmpid=W_HERO_HP_UK_WK25_MARY_K_SEE_THE_COLLECTION