Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sick of blogs
If I have to read one more time about how fabulous Alexa-fucking-Chung is I'm going to scream.
Monday, November 16, 2009
One Vintage
I am sheepishly returning after an extremely long absence! Naughty Lily! I have no excuse, other than that I couldn't really think of anything to write about and I was busy learning boring, irrelevant stuff for uni. Anyway, I'm on holidays for the next 2 months and I'm spending most of it making new clothes, so I'll put up heaps of pictures of my new stuff.
For now, though, I'll show you my lastest find - One Vintage - they restore/remake vintage clothes and charge $982340239842038 for it. Bloody expensive, but definitely lovely.
For now, though, I'll show you my lastest find - One Vintage - they restore/remake vintage clothes and charge $982340239842038 for it. Bloody expensive, but definitely lovely.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
The Uniform Project
I think I might be the last person in the world to have discovered this great blog. Thanks to Sophie for alerting me to its presence!
For the 3 of you who don't already know about it, it's a fundraiser for an Indian educational organisation, where a girl wears one dress (with different vintage accessories) for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. It's a great idea, and she has a whole heap of different looks from the one dress. Obviously, not every outfit works, but here are some good ones:
What bothers me about the idea is this: she has 7 different copies of the same dress, one for every day of the week; why can't she just have 7 different dresses? She also has a gazillion pairs of tights and shoes, so I doubt her wardrobe is actually any more sustainable than mine... but it's a fun idea anyway!
For the 3 of you who don't already know about it, it's a fundraiser for an Indian educational organisation, where a girl wears one dress (with different vintage accessories) for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. It's a great idea, and she has a whole heap of different looks from the one dress. Obviously, not every outfit works, but here are some good ones:
What bothers me about the idea is this: she has 7 different copies of the same dress, one for every day of the week; why can't she just have 7 different dresses? She also has a gazillion pairs of tights and shoes, so I doubt her wardrobe is actually any more sustainable than mine... but it's a fun idea anyway!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Dirty little secret
Ok, can someone please explain to me wwwhhyyyy I always do this. I never have anything to wear, so I buy/make a new item for my wardrobe. THEN I realise that what I've just bought/made goes with NOTHING I already own, so I think "gotta get something to wear with that". So then I get something ELSE that doesn't go with it, so I end up with a wardrobe full of stuff that I can't wear!
So that is my guilty secret (well... one of them at least) - despite having a DEGREE in fashion and being obsessed with clothes my entire life... I am really shithouse at putting an outfit together!
Behold the current culprits:
a) Vanessa Bruno high waisted silk shorts (hard to photograph, but they are fabulous, trust me!)
b) Blazer that I just made that is covered in cat (note to self: buy lint roller asap). And yes, it has AWESOME Balmainesque shoulders - each shoulder contains two of the most enormous shoulder pads I could find stacked on top of each other!
I've decided I need to rectify this situation immediately. I have not spent the hard earned money of the Australian tax payer on these items for them to sit idle in my wardrobe!
I have done some research and I have come up with the following ideas:
Blazer idea 1:
Blazer with gorgeous slouchy trousers and heels.
How fabulous does she look in this!
Urgh, although I think I should put this idea on the backburner as I don't have any gorgeous slouchy trousers or any appropriate heels and I'm not buying anything else otherwise I'm just going to get myself even deeper into my aforementioned predicament. (Plus, I tried on some trousers like this the other day and they made me look morbidly obese.)
Image stolen from Garance Dore
Blazer idea 2
Blazer with short, tight jersey dress.
It looks sooo cute with those snakeskin pumps!
Shorts idea 3
Shorts with interesting chiffon shirt.
Loving this look, although possible obesity issues re voluminous shorts paired with voluminous top.
Image 3.1 Philip Lim via style.com
Ideal solution: Blazer and shorts worn together!
Worn with some type of plain t-shirt? What colour do you think would go well well purple shorts and black blazer... cream?
I loooooove the dress on the left also.
So that is my guilty secret (well... one of them at least) - despite having a DEGREE in fashion and being obsessed with clothes my entire life... I am really shithouse at putting an outfit together!
Behold the current culprits:
a) Vanessa Bruno high waisted silk shorts (hard to photograph, but they are fabulous, trust me!)
b) Blazer that I just made that is covered in cat (note to self: buy lint roller asap). And yes, it has AWESOME Balmainesque shoulders - each shoulder contains two of the most enormous shoulder pads I could find stacked on top of each other!
I've decided I need to rectify this situation immediately. I have not spent the hard earned money of the Australian tax payer on these items for them to sit idle in my wardrobe!
I have done some research and I have come up with the following ideas:
Blazer idea 1:Blazer with gorgeous slouchy trousers and heels.
How fabulous does she look in this!
Urgh, although I think I should put this idea on the backburner as I don't have any gorgeous slouchy trousers or any appropriate heels and I'm not buying anything else otherwise I'm just going to get myself even deeper into my aforementioned predicament. (Plus, I tried on some trousers like this the other day and they made me look morbidly obese.)
Image stolen from Garance Dore
Blazer idea 2Blazer with short, tight jersey dress.
It looks sooo cute with those snakeskin pumps!
Shorts idea 3
Shorts with interesting chiffon shirt.
Loving this look, although possible obesity issues re voluminous shorts paired with voluminous top.
Image 3.1 Philip Lim via style.com
Ideal solution: Blazer and shorts worn together!
Worn with some type of plain t-shirt? What colour do you think would go well well purple shorts and black blazer... cream?
I loooooove the dress on the left also.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
All Saints (not the shitty mid 90s girl group)
Why why why can't high street stores in Australia be as good as All Saints?!?!?! (OK... I do actually know the answer to this... because we don't have the population to sustain mass manufacturing... but I will continue to rant nonetheless.)
I haven't seen any All Saints clothes in the flesh, but their website suggests that they have interesting, original and (apparently) good quality clothes made out of nice fabrics at reasonable prices. Australian chain stores, eg Sportsgirl and Witchery, are outrageously expensive considering they've bought some shitty, generic bit of polyester tat from their Chinese wholesaler for $1.50 and marked it up to $69.95. Literally.
Look at how beautiful these dresses are:
PS Does anyone know of any decent shops in Helsinki? My boyfriend is going in a couple of weeks and I want to request presents!
I haven't seen any All Saints clothes in the flesh, but their website suggests that they have interesting, original and (apparently) good quality clothes made out of nice fabrics at reasonable prices. Australian chain stores, eg Sportsgirl and Witchery, are outrageously expensive considering they've bought some shitty, generic bit of polyester tat from their Chinese wholesaler for $1.50 and marked it up to $69.95. Literally.
Look at how beautiful these dresses are:
PS Does anyone know of any decent shops in Helsinki? My boyfriend is going in a couple of weeks and I want to request presents!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
I'm back!
Sorry about my extended absence. I have two excuses:
1) I had exams2) My internet is screwed. It works occasionally, ie now, or when my ISP sends out a bloke to fix it. Typical.
I'm on holidays now, so am going to spend all my time sewing. Going to make a whole bunch of Alexander Wangesque t-shirts, a black pencil skirt and a cool Balmainesque blazer. Hopefully my exam results will be semi-reasonable so am going to try and wangle some new shoes out of my mother for being a good girl.
It's freezing in Perth at the moment, so I spent all of last week making this awesome new coat.
How divine is my cat?!?!? She's not technically mine... I'm just looking after her for 7 months while my brother's stepsister is in England, but I think I love her more than clothes. Awww look at that FACE!!!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Sorry
Oh dear, it seems my emotions were overflowing in my last post. Evidently, I get very passionate about things I love, especially those that are, in theory, within my reach (ie affordable), yet entirely unattainable! I am totally blaming Pixiemarket if I fail my exams, because I think I spent at least 2 full days in uproar about their lack of Bijux Max sandals.
One of my major procrastination techniques this week was Lookbook. I'm not sure what I think of it. On the one hand, there are a heap of cool pictures that are really useful for outfit ideas; on the other hand, it seems like it's full of a bunch of posers who are creaming their jeans over strangers telling them how hot they are.
ANYWAY, in my travels through the sea of anorexia that is Lookbook, I came across a great designer called Sabrina Goh from Singapore. I particularly like the interesting detail at the back of these dresses:
One of my major procrastination techniques this week was Lookbook. I'm not sure what I think of it. On the one hand, there are a heap of cool pictures that are really useful for outfit ideas; on the other hand, it seems like it's full of a bunch of posers who are creaming their jeans over strangers telling them how hot they are.
ANYWAY, in my travels through the sea of anorexia that is Lookbook, I came across a great designer called Sabrina Goh from Singapore. I particularly like the interesting detail at the back of these dresses:
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