Cute as a Button
When Santa was preparing for his rounds, about this time last year, one of his many helpers (my mother I suspect) helped organise for a black cashmere cardigan to be wrapped and delivered, ready for me Christmas morn.
I AM grateful, truly I am. Well, except for the buttons. It pains me to say it but they’re truly terrible. Perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration. What they are is dull, and very twin set and pearls.
Needless to say, the cardigan is dream, and I’ve spent many hours wrapped in it’s sumptuousness, but only in the house. There’s undoubtedly so much more potential for this wardrobe staple I’ve been determined to release it from it’s house arrest, and get it well and truly out of the closet.
Having dabbled in a touch of dress making I thought I’d be brave, not to mention ambitious, and change the buttons. Searching desperately for an apt replacement which would not only reinvent it’s look, but work with the A/W 07 wardrobe, I discovered Crystal Beads who pretty much do what it says on the tin.
The main body of the website revolves around their jewellery collection, which at this point I’ll stress isn’t my taste. Delving a little deeper I discovered a fantastic collection of Swarovski crystals, including buttons. Fifteen minutes later, and a few pounds lighter my sartorial plan was underway.
In less than a week, and for no more than a couple of quid my dull black cardigan is finally going to be worn with pride.
