Belted Shirt Dress - Arched Eyebrow x Navabi Leopard Courts - Simply Be (Similar)

Shirt* - Marina Rinaldi Sport @ Navabi Straight Leg Jeans - Evans Wrap Detail Sandals - Simply Be Tote Bag - Mango Sunglasses - MONKI

Jumpsuit - Manon Baptiste at Navabi Bag - Simply Be (Similar) Shoes - Topshop (Similar) Sunglasses - MONKI

Faux Suede Skirt* - Manon Baptiste at Navabi Black Body Suit - New Look Plus Tan Sandals - Topshop (Similar here) Rose Gold Shopper - Primark Tassel Earrings - H&M

Embroidered Tunic* - Johnny Was at Navabi

Embroidered Tunic - Johnny Was at Navabi High Waisted Jeans - Primark Sandals - Primark

GatheredShift Dress*: Manon Baptiste from Navabi Shoes: Old (Similar HERE) Chain: Old (Similar HERE)

Buying Director Cheryl Coucher explaining how the Navabi Collection was born

Navabi Buying Director, Cheryl Coucher - Cheryl took us through her vision for the Navabi Collection and why she is so invested in it - She was also hilarious and is clearly the kind of woman who won't stand for less than top quality.

Fabulous Designer Christine Checinska taking us through the Navabi collection

Navabi Designer, Christine Checinska - Christine is someone you want to be friends with: Chic, animated and oh so much fun. Christine took us through the Collection, sharing the influences and thought processes behind each piece. This may sound silly BUT; Everyone was stylish, talented and fascinating. They were also women, women who want to wear nice clothes, who like to spend time with their friends drinking wine and putting the world to rights. I quite often forget that fashion is dreamed up and designed by people who really aren't that different to me. Getting to know them a bit better added value to what is already an extremely impressive range.

We were finally given free reign over the collection and were like kids in a sweetie shop. The quality is unlike much of what we have come to expect from a plus size range. For a start, the whole collection flows - The colour palette is stunning and the mix in textures and shapes means that you could put a capsule wardrobe together from this and need nothing else. Take this shirt, it's smart enough to wear to work but the dip hem makes it interesting enough to wear over jeans with a statement necklace to the pub. Each element of an item is put together well, there is no pulling, no hoiking and no sweaty fabrics.. This jersey shift dress was my piece of the night. The shape is my shape, the sleeves sit in the perfect part of my arm and the quality is utterly magnificent. I feel so mad men in it. The plan is now as follows: Wear it to work Get promoted Retire at 35 Being able to try on a range in this way with a group of women with such different tastes and styles was just wonderful. Items which I would usually overlook were utterly stunning on others - Like this Blazer and Culottes on Chloe, I wouldn't have known where to start but I think we can all agree - SHE IS SO FREAKING COOL (and quite a bit gorgeous).

A squat - A change from my standard deep lunge Back row: L-R Naomi, Katie, Georgina, Chloe, Danie, Isha, Hanna Front Row: Becky, Hollie, Christine Checinska, Chloe, Me, Syreeta

L-R Chloe, Me, Syreeta and Becky All of the coats above can be found on the Navabi website