NEW IN TRY ON SRING HAUL - MANGO & OTHER STORIES - UPDATING MY WARDROBE (BQ)

Hello guys, welcome back to my channel. I haven't filmed a haul in so long and I kind of feel like towards the end of winter my inspiration for outfits was really just running a bit dry to be honest. So with the change of the season we'll soon be in spring as of next month, I thought now would be the perfect time to update my wardrobe a little bit, have a look online and see what the shops are I very much was loving Mango and other stories their bits and pieces at the minute is just the perfect pieces to transition from winter to spring I have not gone full-blown spring summer but likewise I'm kind of ready to step out of winter as well. Now granted in the UK our springs aren't exactly warm let's say, a lot of our spring days can kind of resemble winter as well so yeah there's some knitwear, there's some cardigans, there's a couple of dresses, there's some basics I've got a few bits to show you so I'm going to stop talking and jump straight into the video. First off starting with Mango, I was really loving Mango especially some of their knitwear starting off with this one, this gorgeous black and cream striped knit, it's got the dropped shoulder detail with some gold button detail, the fit of this looks really nice on the website, it kind of nips in a little bit at the waist so you've got that oversized sort of shoulders look it looked really flattering on the model so I hope it looks as good on me as it did on them. I just think this is a really great piece for when we can, especially for when we can ditch the coats, ditch the jackets and you can start to wear a few more I'd statement knitwear pieces, this with a gorgeous pair of jeans, trousers, shorts, skirts, so easy to wear and to be honest I don't really have any striped knits so yeah I always like to incorporate a stripe into my wardrobe especially going into spring so I'm going to try this on for you now and show you what it looks like. Okay so this is the jumper on, firstly love the fit, I've just popped it on with these kind of off-white trousers that I got from Reece just for a little bit of a different look I actually really love how they look with a lighter trouser especially as this will probably be how I tend to lean towards styling them going into the spring and the sleeve length on this by the way so perfect, I hate it when knitwear finishes too short I really like it to cover my wrists, I just feel like it looks far more flattering that way, love the dropped shoulders as well, it really gives that oversized vibe to it which is obviously right up my street, yeah I really really love this I feel like I'm going to be reaching for this a lot, it's also so comfortable like because of the shape and fit of it it's ridiculously comfortable to wear with sort of high-waisted things, if I untuck the front just so you can see how long it is I would never usually wear it like this but as you can see I feel like it is designed really to be styled with more high-waisted things like this so yeah this is a definite keep for me. Next up from Mango, yes it is another knitwear piece I am officially obsessed, I'm sorry I don't know what to say but I think you'll see the kind of more spring elements coming into play with these so light neutral love the collar, love the buttons on it if I bring you in there really great for layering, throwing on over a basic white top or t-shirt or wearing on its own if you want to have the buttons undone that looks really nice, I love the sleeves on this as well it's kind of got a nice tighter fitting sleeve so I feel like this is going to sit really nicely and again the same with the waist, this will look really lovely with anything high-waisted I've actually seen a couple of people have this on TikTok which kind of sold it to me so yeah I stayed true to size and got a size small so let's see what it looks like on does anybody else have to go and grab a handbag when they're trying on clothes because I just feel like I can't get a full kind of proper look at what the outfit looks like unless I have literally got a bag in my hand I don't know is that weird but anyway this is the jumper on again really like the fit of this great sleeve length I love that it's not like oversized here around the waist I just like that these knitwear pieces kind of hold their own shape and have some shape I've got so many oversized jumpers that I just throw on with leggings so it's really nice to have these kind of alternative looking ones in the wardrobe yeah I really like this I love the collar I just popped it on over a white sort of fitted t-shirt but yeah I think this is really really nice okay next up I really don't feel like it would be a haul for me if it didn't include a knitted dress of some kind I have really stepped into my comfort zone when it comes to wearing dresses I know now what suits me and a knit dress is honestly like a fail safe for me so I couldn't resist this one it's kind of making me cringe the fact it's on a hanger I would never ever usually store my knitwear on a hanger so I want to get through this really quickly so I can get it off this hanger because I really don't want it to stretch but this absolutely beautiful cream um is it maxi almost maxi knit dress just thought this would be so beautiful for the spring it's not particularly thick so I feel like it's a great piece for going into spring for layering underneath maybe a really nice long trench coat under a blazer under a smart jacket you could add a really lovely tan belt and add some nice tan accessories I just really loved it and again the fit on the model on the website it just looked really really gorgeous so I really hope it looks as nice on me I did stay true to size and got a size small but I usually really like the sort of mango dresses so yeah I'm hoping this one is going to be the same okay I'm really hoping I can fit my whole body in here but this on is so so lovely the material I'm not even joking I was praying that this wasn't going to be itchy this feels like a hug in a dress it's so so lovely I absolutely love the length of this and the thing about this dress is because it is so soft it's the kind of dress that I could actually just pop on with a pair of slippers and be really comfortable to work from home in again the sleeve length is lovely I love the fit of it I usually don't like things that are kind of like figure hugging but when it's a soft material like this I don't know what it is but I really like it okay next up from Mango don't worry not another knitwear piece but I did get a pair of trousers now these are they look almost black on the website however they are navy not gonna lie I actually thought these were gonna be a little bit darker and almost look black so they did take me by surprise when they came and they were quite as you can see they are very very navy but they are these gorgeous tailored trousers with a split leg detail at the bottom again the fit on the website they look great I thought these would just be a really great option to pair with my basic tops going down to London going to meetings when I need smart trousers I thought these would look really great casually with trainers as well as with sort of like a little heel or a boot but as I said I was kind of hoping for black so on the website they had actually styled these trousers with the striped knit that I showed you at the beginning and that's why I thought they were black and they looked great together that's kind of what sold it to me so this has thrown a little bit of a curveball in I'm not sure if I'm going to reach for a pair of navy trousers all that much I mean I might I'm not sure but let's see how these look on okay I've popped the trousers on I actually really really love the fit of these I popped along with some trainers just to give them a more sort of casual vibe I feel like that's how these kind of look best it's like smart casual I'm sure you could also pair this with maybe like a matching blue blazer if you like the kind of suit vibe but I actually really love how this looks with trainers like this the split leg I really like as well these will look lovely with some cream ankle boots as well I'm still even though I do actually really love the fit I've just popped it on by with obviously a plain white top just so that you can really see the trousers but even though I do really love the shape and style of them I'm just not convinced that I'm going to reach for them a lot and I don't know why I feel like if you're at the point of justifying a purchase to yourself it's maybe not worth it I also don't want to return them and then think of like a million ways to style navy blue trousers and then really want to keep them so I don't know I might need your guys's help with this one what would you do would you keep or return okay next up and the final thing that I bought from Mango was this coat now usually going into the spring I would not be buying kind of big wall blend coats but I saw this as literally a capsule wardrobe piece that's gonna be my wardrobe for years and years I just couldn't help myself really gorgeous classic camel coat however this one is a little bit different it does have a tailored kind of cinched in waist and I just love that detail I just feel like it elevates it slightly and I do not have any kind of like long coats like that with that fit and I just thought it really adds that little bit of something special so I'm going to try this on and hopefully it will look okay on me but yeah as I said usually wouldn't go for this at this time of year but I could not resist I got this in a size medium even though it is tailored I do still like room with my coats and jackets for wearing over knitwear and things like that I hate to feel restricted particularly around my shoulders and my arms I like to have movement so yeah did pick this up in a size medium but let's see how it looks okay this coat I love I'm honestly obsessed with how the tailored kind of cinched in waist looks I feel like it just gives it that extra dimension I have actually styled it with the navy trousers and I feel like I'm selling them to me I feel like styled up in a full outfit I can kind of get more of a feel for how I would wear them I love how it looks with the coat but yeah this coat is a definite win for me the sleeve length is great the shoulders are great I am glad I sized up it is a fairly fitted coat so I do think if I'd stayed true to size then it would have been on the small side for me so yeah that would be my only advice if you are going to go for this coat I would definitely just size up once but this is just one of those classic classic coats that I know I'm going to be getting wear out of for years and years and years so I'm glad now I can go and cut off this annoying tag that they've popped right by the buttons okay that's everything that I got from so moving on to and other stories I was really enjoying their website so let me show you what I got starting off with a really just essential basic for the spring wardrobe a really good basic striped I was going to say t-shirt then long sleeved top really good for just adding a little bit of interest to like a basic so I would just wear this as a base layer for so many outfits anything that you can wear a plain white top for you can replace with a striped top and it will just give it that little bit of something something so yeah I actually do not own a single striped basic top I don't know why I don't know how because I could have swore that I'd bought them maybe I don't know maybe they've shrunk in the wash or I've had got stains on them I don't know but I really like this kind of giving that a little bit of a French kind of vibe as well so I stayed true to size and got a size small I haven't got a striped top for styling up so yeah I'm hoping to get a lot of wear out of this in the spring check me out styling up these navy trousers now this is what I do sometimes I feel like I just have to have a play around with something if I'm not sure and then it turns out I really like them but anyway this is not about the trousers this is about the top I've just popped it on with an oversized sort of grey jacket really love navy and grey together especially going into the spring but yeah just to kind of show one one way that I'll style it but also I'm really not buying this top as something to be worn sort of on its own by itself it's definitely more of a base layer to wear underneath jackets cardigans blazers that sort of thing hence I wanted to try it on with an actual jacket if I do take it off though just so you can see it's okay it's just a fairly kind of loose-ish fitting striped top sleeves are a bit short not not sure if they're supposed to be like that but they're a bit shorter than I'd like the neck is more of a boat neck so it comes across like that which is quite nice but yeah I'd say it's okay it was very kind of affordable it's one of those just good basics to have in the wardrobe I'm not mad on how it looks on its own but to be honest I will rarely wear it on its own like this anyway but yeah more of a kind of me kind of item to be honest but yeah let me know what you think okay I mentioned earlier um I feel like spring is the time for that elevated knitwear for when you don't always need to take out a coat or a jacket and I could not resist when I saw this on and other stories I feel like even on the hanger you get a sense for the fit of this also one of my favourite colours to wear this gorgeous khaki green brown I don't know why I'm so obsessed with wearing this colour but I am I feel like it kind of looks nice with my hair colour so it is it's technically a cardigan but you don't really wear it over the top of things open you'd wear it done up as it's shown on here so it's kind of more of a top than a cardigan buttons all the way up love the sleeves love how they've got that slight balloon shape at the top there and then they really come um come in there at the wrist I really thought this is going to look really flattering on I hope it does it looked really good on the model um I got my usual size anyway a size small so yeah just thought this could be a really good basic piece but just for you know jazzing up a normal pair of just jeans trousers hopefully it looks nice on okay this is what it looks like on I love this um I have to just say the quality of this is so so nice it's a nice um it's not not that it's an overly thick material you're not going to get too hot but it's got some weight to it it's you can feel as you're putting it on it's a really really lovely quality I love the shape of the arms and kind of like the wrist area I just feel that's really flattering it's a very simple basic kind of top but one that you can really elevate and make look more expensive than it actually is come in a little bit closer you can see it's got the button details down there I've actually left this untucked into my cream trousers because I feel like it's quite nice being able to see the bottom of it I mean you could tuck it in as well but I quite like the way it looks like this just very easy to wear either casual or more formal um really good items having your wardrobe for work and things like that if you don't want to be too uncomfortable it's just yeah this is really really great I really love this on I'm very pleased with this one I told you I was obsessed with knit dresses and yes I know you're going to look at me about Alex why have you got a black knit dress going into spring where is the colour guys I don't know okay I don't know I got sucked in because I just loved this and because I have a black knit dress from Zara that I have been wearing to death so I feel like it's justified to treat myself to another one because I know I'm going to wear it and I feel like it makes a really good just base layer to outfits when I don't know what to wear a knit dress and that will do it looks like I've tried so I wore this I really have a vision of wearing this I have some new burgundy coloured knee high boots and a burgundy coloured bag that I think will add a really nice pop of colour to this so this again from under the stories as you can see it's got that almost nipped in waist seeing a lot of the nipped in cinched in waist now so definitely a trend for the spring summer the way this is different to my Zara one though it's got the padded shoulders so a little bit more structure and it's a roll neck whereas my one from Zara is round neck so technically they are giving off a bit of a different vibe does this have a slit down the leg yes it does I think this will look really nice as well adding in your own belt especially because it's already got that slight cinched in waist the belt will sit really really nicely whereas with my other dress I don't tend to wear belts with it they just don't sit right so yeah hopefully this looks okay on I did stay true to size and got a size small okay I just put the dress on I haven't added a belt I just wanted to show it you how exactly how it comes really and as you can see it's got that really lovely again that bit of a cinched in waist it's got quite a high actually no not too high to be honest split up the leg making it super comfortable to walk in you're not going to be waddling around in this which is lovely I love the length of this you can wear this with a knee-high boot as I've done here and it looks lovely again one of those dresses that you could dress down or dress up for the roll neck as I mentioned let me quickly pop a belt on to show you how that looks I'm just going to add this tan belt just so that you can actually see it I think a black one might get a bit lost on the camera there we go that's how it looks with the belt I really like it with the belt actually I feel like this is how I would usually style it really glad I got this now it's just I know it's really kind of simple and basic but when you get really great basic flattering well-fitted items in your wardrobe that you know you're going to reach for I thought that's when you're on to a winner this can be styled in so many ways I could put a blazer on with this I could put my trench coat a nice big wool blend coat depending on the weather really like this I thought this has been a really really good haul okay this is kind of similar to the khaki green top except it's obviously grey also less structured so this is the kind of cardi that you could just wear on its own done up like this or wear it open over a plain white top or maybe over the striped top I'm really liking these kind of thinner cardigans for layering I love how they look underneath blazers jackets coats as well but for me personally I actually really love how they look on their own I'm not really one for wearing cardigans like this just as they should be worn traditionally and I really like the kind of more modern way of wearing them done up more as a statement more of just a top in their own right so I love the light grey colour although it is still a neutral I do still feel like light grey coming to spring can be really nice lovely with denim as well going into the spring so I stayed true to size in this and got a size small it's alpaca wool doesn't feel like it has the potential to be itchy but I'll let you know when I try it on this is the grey cardigan on I've just popped it on over the top of a white fitted tee unlike the khaki one I do feel like you would need that extra layer it's not itchy I did think that on the hanger it had the potential to be but it doesn't feel itchy to me it's actually okay as I said I have got a top on underneath as well I'm not sure how it would feel if I didn't but to be honest it's honestly not that kind of cardigan where I feel personally you could do that so yeah as you can see got the white top on underneath I've just undone a couple of the buttons to make it look a little bit less formal this is really nice again a really great basic staple for going into spring this would also look really lovely and layered underneath a darker grey blazer or layering it up with navy as well grey and navy together is just so nice but I've just popped it on with some jeans and ankle boots I also love the contrast between wearing like a cool tone grey and then gold jewellery like I'm doing here just to kind of warm it up I feel like it gives it that more spring element if that makes sense this is also another keep okay final piece I kind of couldn't resist this I'm really enjoying the navy blue colour I just I do sometimes struggle to wear it to be honest because I sometimes do struggle to pair it with things however going into the spring where I'll start wearing my things like my cream trousers my denim I feel like it's really nice to have that blue option I would still consider blue to be a fairly neutral colour I also have some gorgeous dark blue jeans from Reese and honestly I just had an outfit in mind when I bought this I thought pairing this with the dark blue gorgeous flared denim jeans would just be an absolute moment I really love sort of tonal outfits so yeah I felt like I was lacking with the navy blue and now looking at this this and the navy blue trousers could be a moment I could have just made myself a whole new outfit and convinced myself to keep the trousers so who knows but anyway I got this in a size small looking at it this is smaller than I would like however I feel that my brain is so used to seeing oversized jumpers and me buying things in the bigger size that when I get something in my usual size it looks small so I'm hoping it will actually look okay on but we'll see I love this navy jumper so much more on than I thought I was going to when I saw it on the hanger I popped it on with my dark blue denim jeans kind of to make a little bit more of like almost like a two-piece kind of vibe but not really two-piece and I absolutely love it I just love tonal dressing I love wearing an outfit that's in the same colour and then just thrown in a couple of accessories I've just popped on my little um Fendi bag with it but you could also add either a black or a tan belt I personally love pairing navy and black um together I think it's a colour combination that just looks so chic and lovely so I would definitely add a nice long black wool coat with this as well for colder days obviously going into spring it would be nice to just wear it as it is like now um but yeah I love this I really love the fit and the shape of it as well again the sleeves that's just the biggest thing for me when it comes to knitwear the sleeves and these really do cover your wrists like this which just make it look super flattering so yeah another absolute win for me and that is it guys that is my first spring haul of 2024 I really hope you enjoyed that as always I will link absolutely everything that is available to shop online in the description box below but do give this video a thumbs up if you did enjoy this and let me know what shops you are loving at the minute for their spring collections so that I can also go and have a look definitely mango for me is just oh I'm loving it but anyway guys I'm going to leave this video here so as always I will see you in the next one bye guys