* Dress from Melko on Brunswick Street in Melbourne but you can get it online here * Tights from Big W * Frye boots from Amazon * Bangles from various places * Coin necklace from my grandfather *

I’m starting to get more and more into patterns recently which is huge for me because I’m such a colourphobe. It’s a great way for me to get out of my macabre black and grey staples and dress like a young woman in my 20s instead of a mourning widow. I just really can’t stand solid blocks of colour on myself. It just looks so wrong to me.

Do you have weird colour rules that you unconsciously follow? Do you always reach for the same colours when you go shopping?

* This dress was gifted to Smaggle for editorial consideration.