How to Dress For a Cold Day Sightseeing in a London Park #iwillwearwhatilike

It may have been incredibly cold, but we spent a beautiful day in Kew Gardens sightseeing the heck out of this gorgeous London park just over a week ago.

It’s one of the most beautiful places in South West London (Surrey) – I’d been to Kew when I was a kid and then again as a young adult, but never in the autumn with all the beautiful gold and red leaves everywhere. We had a delicious brunch just down the road from the gardens before making our way there, but it’s so huge we barely saw half of it despite being there for several hours.

I’ve featured just some of the gorgeous buildings and structures at Kew – if you get a chance to go then I highly recommend it. It’s a lot cheaper in the winter months and autumn is obviously spectacular (if somewhat cold)!

I HAVE A FEELING I’M GOING TO BE WANTING A DUSTER COAT IN EVERY COLOUR IMAGINABLE EVENTUALLY. THEY’RE JUST SO SMART AND FLATTERING.

As for what I wore: I’m finally showing you my new grey Marks & Spencer coat (I actually wore it with the jumpsuit but never featured it in the photo shoot) – I have a feeling I’m going to be wanting a duster coat in every colour imaginable eventually. They’re just so smart and flattering.

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It may have been cold (bloody freezing, more like) but I’m a squinter even with grey winter skies so my Quay Australia sunglasses not only gave my frown lines a rest but also reflected all the leaves in the photos (how cool do they look?). And I’d forgotten to bring my sparkly poppy brooch so got one of the paper ones when making my donation – I always love that pop of red you get from your poppy at this time of year.

We took these photos after lunch as the sun was just starting to drop – I took my scarf and gloves off for the shoot but somehow it was a touch less windy and sunnier than it had been for most of the day so I was thankful for that brief respite. Otherwise I was bundled up like I was on an Antarctic expedition… I don’t do cold weather very well!

I forgot to say please excuse the hair – I’d been blown to smithereens earlier in the day and hadn’t put a brush in my bag. Sometimes you just gotta go with a bit of realism.

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