Fashion Future...

...a la Japanese Vogue. Everyone's favorite open-mouthed model, Coco Rocha stars on the May cover.



BTW... I made it back from my snow holiday. It was fabulous and fantastic to have no computer access, email or fashion for a week. So much fresh air, sunshine and snowboarding I almost didn't know what to do with myself!

You've Got Moves, The Shoes, The Do, You've Got Me

Yeah, I haven't posted in at least a million years. I'm only 19 and in the middle of a career crisis. Boo hoo. Poor me. Whatever. I've never really been one for self pity when there are at least a hundredthousandmillion people who are worse off than me.

So moving on, I love scarves, especially dirty hipster scarves. Here are some examples:

Here is me wearing my dirty hipster scarf looking incredibly out of it.

Yeah, I'm so incredibly vain, tell me something I don't know. Grey shirt with carousel horses (Mink Pink), rhinestone necklace (inherited), blue silk paisley scarf (vintage). Also majorly excited that Alexisonfire is coming to Australia, alright!

Gone Skiing...

...see you in a week!

Fashion Superheroes...

Fashion comics may seem like a bit of a novel concept – however with titles like: “The Pride of Pradastan – Turban Warfare!!” They’ve already got me hooked.

Mark Vassallo, style director for Aussi Harper’s Bazaar has created the world’s first fashion comic - Petit Mal! The first edition unfortunately has a limited run of only 500 and your local mag stand certainly isn’t cool enough to stock it so… if you don’t live beside Colette in Paris, Corner Store in Sydney or Loveless in Tokyo – find it online at www.petitemal.com. If it happens to be sold out... I think I may already have one coming in the mail and I promise to share. Check it out - the graphics are mad!




Go to petitmal.com.

Front Row Fashion...

Next to the models - the best hook-ups in the industry of course to go to the infamous (and famous) fashion editors, stylists, muses and society girls. Needless to say, the front row happens to be a great place to troll for some of the best fashion...



Left to right - Amanda Cutter Brooks, Anna Wintour and Hamish Bowles, Tatiana Santo Domingo and Charlotte Casiraghi, Amanda Cutter Brooks and Anh Duong, Carine Roitfeld, Anna Wintour, Liz Goldwyn and Carine Roitfeld, Amy Astley.

Pics from style.com.

Reading....

An entertainingly trashy read that you won't want to put down...I'll blame my lack of posts on it!

I Got Brass Knuckles Hanging From My Neck And My Chain

Good Charlotte = Footloose. No but really, they are ridiculously catchy. So much so that Keep Your Hands Off My Girl has been stuck in my head for over 42 hours. That's a record.

Speaking of chains, on the weekend, I wore mine. It's sweet as, bright silver. My sister bought it for me from Target for $2. Second best bargain ever. So anyway, we were at Ben's 20th and I passed the chain around the circle to get some rad pictures. I like Erin's best.

From left: Erin, Myself and Jessica

From left: Alex, Flakey and Kenny (I guess we all like black?)

Many apologies for the red eye. I uploaded in excess of 300 pictures and the anti-red eye thing was taking way too long.

Our Leashes Are Off But We Are Still In The Doghouse

Ali Larter has come a long, long way since she played Dulcie in Drive Me Crazy.

In a way I feel sorry for Melissa Joan Hart. Pretty much everyone else in that movie except for her became more famous. Life after Sabrina has been pretty harsh on her.

Dreams Are At Once Fruit and Outcry Against An Atrophy Of The Senses

Wise words, Jim Morrison, wise words.

My dream is to be in a position to wear Lanvin. I don't mean have enough money to afford Lanvin, I mean I want to have an occaision where it is appropriate to wear such beautiful clothing and have others appreciate it. Probably. Never. Going. To. Happen. But whatever...

I love how, in a season of minimalism, Elbaz manages to dazzles with such beautiful silhouettes and simple shapes while still having a few luxe touches (the fur, the jewels).

The red dress on the right is my favourite of the collection. I love a good sleeve and the shoes aren't too shabby either. Actually they are not shabby at all, they are divine. Why wasn't I born Nicole Kidman?

Children Have More Need Of Models Than Of Critics

Lots of people love models. I've never really been one of them. But I have to admit that Irina Lazereanu is a goddess. Her sense of style is not at all contrived or blatantly scene-y. She also looks particularly good in this dress.

I also love Gemma Wards style but she seems to have disappeared of late. Something about working on a movie.. Below - vintage Gemma, wearing gorgeous shoes.

Model Citizens....

With out a doubt, some of the most interesting fashion out of fashion week comes from street style...and of that some of the most original happens to be model style.

Now before you go beating yourself up for your own lack of it - remind yourself that access to the biggest and best designers (freebies) in the world has got to help - and perhaps the odd campaign wouldn't hurt (your wallet) either?



All pics from Elle.com.

Screaming Is Bad For The Voice But It's Good For The Heart

Alex. My favourite. We've been going out for nearly two years but I have known him since we started high school. Now I may be a tiny little bit biased but he definately has the best style of any guy I know. For him, its all about jeans, cardigans, band shirts and attention to detail. He also has magnificent hair.

What can I say? The thing that I admire most about Alex is how certain he is about his own tastes, likes and dislikes. While I can't make up my mind about anything he sees something that he likes and buys it no matter the cost and without questioning whether he will find something he likes more later. He has his own style and he is very unapologetic about it.

PS Please excuse my Julie Cooper skirt instead attract your attention to Alex's new cardigan. I have already shotgunned wearing it when it gets colder (it's stripey!)

Chloe or Marni??

Don't get me wrong...I'm a fan of both Marni and Chloe. However, I like my Chloe to look like Chloe and my Marni to look like Marni! When my Chloe starts looking like Marni...I would rather just have Marni, no?? What do you think?



All that being said...I'm down with the boots...



Pics from style.com.

Satire Is Tragedy + Time

A brief interlude from the fashion postings...

Music is awesome. Pretty much everyone likes music in one form or another. I have never heard someone say that they hate music. Personally, I veer between hardcore and folk. Weird.

But sometimes, you find a band or a song that you love. To death. And you wonder why aren't their other bands like this? So you try to find some... However, typing 'bands that sound like (insert band/song here) into Google leads to confusion and terrible, terrible choices. But there is a way...

Thanks to the good folks over at Pandora.com. They have created a music generator that comes up with other bands and songs similar to the ones you put in based on musical factors such as major or minor key tonality, particular influences, uses of vocal harmony etc. For example, I put in the band the Grates. It then searched for artists that featured punk roots, varying tempo and time signatures and repetitive melodic phrasing. It's all pretty scientific.

They play one song by your chosen artist and then play something similar that they think you might like. If you don't like it, click on the thumbs down button and it changes to something else. This allows you to be introduced to new music. It's so awesome. The only shortcoming is that you can only skip a certain number of songs within an hour. This is so that you can't just skip looking for a particular song.

The range of music that they have available is amazing. It has a fair few bands that I thought wouldn't be on there as well as some that shouldn't be on there because they are terrible. But who am I to judge?

Grab Your Coat and Get Your Hat, Leave Your Worry On The Doorstep.

I love coats, big heavy coats, trench coats, ridiculous coats.

Sadly though, our winter here rarely dips into single figures and even on the coldest days, the sun is out trying to do its thing. In simpler terms, I don't need a coat. Maybe a sweater, perhaps a scarf, certainly no gloves and definately no coats. Still, every single year I buy a coat, sometimes its only a slightly heavy jacket, but still redundant nonetheless.

Chanel is one of my favourite labels and every year they manage to come up with something classic that seems to transcend trends while still being 'in'. This coat is so beautiful that I'm considering moving to Canada.

The styling of the Chanel show was also fantastic. I loved the messy hair and carefree kind of vibe. Reminiscent of Chanel's muse, Lady Amanda Harlech. Truly, a woman of style.

All photos: Style.com

Some Guys Have All The Luck..

When I was a little girl, my favourite movie was Mannequin on the Move. Yes, the lame sequel to Mannequin starring 80's god Andrew McCarthy and Kim Catrall before she was an SATC whore. I was eight.

I think I loved this movie so much because it was so over-the-top. The storyline was beyond ridiculous (similar to many children's TV shows today) and really easy to understand - unlike Pretty Woman. I loved that movie too but I didn't know exactly what was going on. Don't judge my parents, I was being looked after by a family friend.


The fashion in this movie was early 90's at its best, still liking the bright colours of the 80's while moving towards the slouchier, grungier shapes of the 90's. Sadly, I could only find the movie poster, which doesn't really corroborate anything I just said.
It seems this film has almost completely disappeared. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing I don't know.

Balenciaga Gang

Apologies that this post is almost "old news" by now...but I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to comment on the Balenciaga show. After his singular vision of cyber-bots in Spring 07 I love that Nicolas Ghesquière did a 180 for Fall and returned to his "cool-girl" roots. Somehow it reminded me of his Spring 02 collection - so many layers of reference where does one begin? School-girl/Aztec fusion - and yet somehow it just works. Bravo Nicholas.

Tisci Heads Out to Sea...

...and leaves all behind. Literally. Not much needs to be said for such a concise collection. Sleek, slightly nautical jackets, wide- leg sailor pants, dresses evoking reef-coral, fish-tail skirts. No shell was left unturned - ok I'll stop.

Stunning. There.



Thanks to style.com for the pics.