Little Heroes

Ksubi silk top
Wrangler jeans
Maskarada bracelet
Dr. Martens boots

I started my new internship at the lovely PR company, Little Hero this week. They do PR for brands such as Cheap Monday, Jeremy Scott x Adidas, Therese Rawsthorne, Flannel and Romance was Born. Yep, that's right. I get to work with Romance was Born, one of Australia's hottest new designers. Hopefully, I'll also be able to assist them backstage at their runway show for Sydney Fashion Week, which I am dying to do. Me, backstage at Sydney Fashion week? I get tingles just thinking about it. 

So here I was, going through my usual routine of checking the weather forecast to decide what I was going to wear when funny enough, I received the same exact forecast I got for my Layers in Summer post. But this time I knew better :) So for my first day interning I decided to wear this lovely Ksubi silk top. It's my go-to outfit for summer, my fail-safe "omg its sooooo hot and I want to walk around naked but I don't want to let everyone know how weird I am" outfit. It's as light as a feather, breathes really well and simply looks amazing. I love the print, I love the fabric, I love the colour, I just love love love it. 

And my experience so far interning at Little Hero has been delightful. Everyone I've worked with has been so lovely and funny and it's just a really positive working environment. And I also get to play with new season clothes before it hits retail stores! How cool is that? YAY for not working with boring commercial brands!! YAY!!

On a side note, I also wore this outfit to help my dear friend Louise move into her new share house and that's where we took these pictures! How sick are those couches? 

Marchesa Fall 2012

So as New York Fashion Week 2012 draws to a close, I decided that I'd do a feature of a designer who I thought had stood out. This year, it had to be Marchesa. The Marchesa Fall 2012 collection was simply breathtaking, there was not one single garment in the entire collection that I didn't love. If I possessed one of these dresses I would honestly wear it everywhere, every day - while shopping for groceries, doing chores, I would even sleep in it too, just so I could feel like a million bucks every second.

This is what I love about Marchesa. Collection after collection, they produce these gowns which look as if they're worth their weight in gold; the delicate lace embroidery alone, would've costed thousands of dollars. Admittedly I have a serious weak spot for lace (gift me lace and I'm all yours), but these ornate details have a timeless beauty beyond their material value.

The inspiration this season was the late nineteenth century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau's 'A Soul Brought to Heaven', its aesthetic evident in all the beautiful feathers, winged embroideries, lace and the softness and femininity of it all. These were juxtaposed by select "darker" pieces, featuring elaborately laser-cut black leather, dark tulle details and intricate skeletal embroidery designs, in a way which I felt harmonised the whole collection. This having been only their second runway show, I thought they put up a stunning production.

I can just imagine it...

Yay for Codie Young! YAY AUSSIE MODELS!

Boys and Bears

What a better way to end the fabulous month of January than to go to a Boy and Bear guerilla gig in manly!! WOOOOOO for free stuff! especially music gigs! It's really good to see a huge band go back to the roots of music and play their music because they enjoy it and not for the $$$. The crowd was great and very considerate of others with the people at the front sitting down so people had a better view from the back. Best of all it was freeeeeeeeeee, and everyone knows free stuff is 1000000x better.

Here's a photo my dear friend Katrina captured of them playing.

That's them in the bottom right

So what does one wear to one of these events?

Doc Martin Shoes (thrifted)
Ksubi Jeans
Hugo Boss messenger bag
Nathan Smith top (thrifted)
Elgar & Lyle necklace
Thrifted Bomber jacket

When I saw this jacket, I felt like I had died and gone to heaven. Words can not simply express my absolute love for this Bomber Jacket. I think it's such a steal. It reminds me a bit of Versace mixed with Hermes. Versace's colours with a Hermes print. And I bought it real cheap from my friends vintage store Louise Maree Vintage!

I also decided to team it up with my Ksubi paisley jeans which I am really fond of. The print is quite subtle which doesn't detract away from the statement jacket but when close enough adds another level of detail to the ensemble.

I also want to make a quick note of my friend Danie's outfit on the day. I thought it was simple, classy and rocking the Aztec trend. 

She got this skirt from "some random asian store"

Pictures courtesy of Louise

Lizards and Flowers and stuff

Thrifted Paul Smith top

Thrifted Sass and Bide jeans

Thrifted Brogues

Recreational cube necklace and vampire teeth ring

Random market leather necklace

Happy Australia Day for yesterday guys! WEWT! So I thought that this year, instead of my usual ensemble of gift wrapping myself in the Australian Flag for anyone and everyone, that I would attempt to appear some what normal at my friends party which just happened to be in the shire. And boy did I fit in. (heavy sarcasm here guys) But in all seriousness, Australia Day is a great day to celebrate the multicultural-ness of our community and all the lovely, diverse people that are part of it, even if that does include bogans <3.

So I decided to wear one of the newest editions to my wardrobe on this special day, my Paul Smith floral shirt which I found for so cheap on eBay. You can find so many good bargains on eBay seriously. And my PS shirt has to be one of the nicest shirts I have ever owned. Its 100% cotton but the weave or something is just so beautiful and nice it feels like silk on my skin. Add the fact that the floral shirt also has mother-freaken awesome lizards on it as well, just makes it such a sick shirt.

I also decided to combine it with some jewellery cause I was feeling very adventurous and shit. This was my first time doing the double-necklace thang. I decided to have a very structural necklace (the recreational cube one) against a very organic looking necklace (random market one) to create a bit of juxtaposition. In addition I teamed it up with the recreational vampire teeth ring which I'm currently in lurveeeeeeeeee with. Recreational Boutique is this little small shop at the bottom of Sydney City Westfield that sell some really cool jewellery for heaps cheap. which is just plain awesome.

Also what is with Sydney's weather lately? It's so bipolar seriously. Raining one moment and hot the next! Makes deciding what to wear ever so hard. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!