Well, the AW08-9 Prada effect has officially begun with this lace (printed/effected?) top (£22) and pencil skirt (£24) ensemble from New Look's AW08-9 collection.  Of course Wong Kar Wai's 'In the Mood for Love' ambiance is helping this immensely and takes away what will predictably be a 'cheap' looking shiny sheen of the dress as opposed to the 'luxurious' sort.      

I've pondered about precisely two New Look dresses this summer and I've missed the boat with both of them.  It doesn't help matters when you wonder into local New Look branches at Holborn and the Brunswick Centre and find an array of mangled floral dresses assaulting the brighty-tighty t-shirts on the dirty white tiled floors and then look over to the sales assistants who look like they REALLY don't want to be there to deal with said assault.... if they don't want to be there, do I really want to be there? 

Despite all of that, I'm still pondering this navy slouchy jersey affair here that appears to be embroidered with a gradiating pattern of tiny rectangles that remind me of the brick game I play on my iPod when I'm bored to tears or the periodic table which I like to recite in my head when I'm again bored to tears.  I'm hoping they're actually raised tiny satin rectangles individually sewn onto the dress which would give it an amazing textural effect... is that asking too much for £45... me thinks so...