I have to keep it short today since I’m about to leave for my school’s speech night, but I finished these skirts during the last week but I decided to wait until they were all done to post them.

White paint splatter skirt with statement zip

Cream and navy silk skirt with statement zip

Grey stretch skirt with bows

 Today:

Black top with lace: Portmans

Black and cream structured jacket: Lovelygirl

Grey stretch skirt with bows: My own design

Tan leather bag: Prada

Belt: I don’t remember

Velvet headband: My own design

Black pumps: Bon Bon

XXASAB

Yesterday I attended Lady Melbourne’s party to celebrate her landing the cover of Peppermint magazine(which is a fabulous read BTW).

 There were champagne (we may or may not have had a glass, Lisa thought it was like ‘fizzy goon’, I say ‘SHUN THE NON BELIEVER’), green cupcakes, and peppermint tea, I coincidentally wore green too! Me and my plus one, Lisa hadn’t really mastered the art of mingling but we had a fabulous time anyway. Lady Melbourne is so inspiring and dished some great career advice.

Afterwards we had a late lunch at Laurent where we talked about our future, marriage, parents, boys, sex and the city, gossip girl- you know? All the typical teenagey stuff.  

I must say, Lisa’s pretty good at catching great ‘in the moment’ photographs and Parliament station became a great backdrop.

Pussybow sleeveless blouse: My own design
Paint splatter skirt: My own design
Black pumps: Christian Louboutin
Cashmere cardigan: Erdos
Tulle, net and silk headband: My own design
Tan leather bag: Prada
Watch: Gucci

XXASAB

Ahhh so it was a blissful morning of eating sticky date cupcakes and dancing to Bad Romance UNTIL I WAS INFORMED THAT SOMEONE HAD COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF MY BLOG POST! Compare the pair;  Her post ,  my original post.  Everything is identical, the pictures even link to their original link and there is no credit to me what-so-ever. Daydream Lily informed me it was one of those blogs ”that read others RSS feeds into their blog”, that I don’t mind, at least ask me and give me the full crefit! Great way to ruin a saturday morning *BEEP*

And this is why I tag all my photos!

XXASAB

PS. thanks Rhonda for tipping me off.

 Model Daul Kim was found dead in Paris this morning, her agents at Next confirm. “She was a top model and a great friend to all of us at Next. Please respect her family’s privacy at this time of sadness. We will all miss her very much,” they said in a statement. The cause of death remains unknown at this time, but a source tells the Cut the 20-year-old committed suicide – NY mag; read more here

This is so sad, Daul was a style icon to many and she was also the writer of “I like to fork myself” She’ll be greatly missed.

XXASAB

No more than a week ago I ordered some stuff from Victoria’s Secret with my mum’s dear friend Sabrina, on my receipt it said I would arrive around the 11th of December, perfect for Christmas right? Imagine my surprise when this massive brown box of love, rainbows and unicorns arrived at the front door. It is no less than 70×70x50 and weighed 8 kgs.

I am so excited! Everything fits so perfectly and I was pleasantly surprised by how fast it got here! And look at the cute flower detail on the ruffle undies!

Now, uh… who’s gonna clean up the mess?

XXASAB

PS. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show taping will happen tonight in NYC.

The line up will include Anja Rubik, Lily Aldridge, Liu Wen (Asian Pride!) and home girls Elyse Taylor, Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw (plus the usual Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Caroline Trentini, Caroline Winberg, Doutzen Kroes, Izabel Goulart, Julia Stegner, Lindsay Ellingson, Marissa Miller, Maryna Linchuck, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Selita Ebanks, Shannan Click).Not forgetting the model search finalists Jamie Lee and Kylie. So YAY! For no Adriana (and her cheesy kisses) or Karolina.

I apologise a head of time for those who aren’t fans of Gossip girl, my gossip girl gossip buddy, Phoebe has been absent from school and everyone else is either a)not a fan of the show or b) behind, I have to off load here.

 After a few weeks of ignoring gossip girl because of exams, speech night stuff, end of school rush I’m falling in love again after catching up from episode 5 of season three to the current episode.*spoilers ahead* The plot is really heating  up again with a threesome, and the cotillion (am I the only person who thought the threesome was a pretty good idea/twist?). The music is just so superb, I’ve always loved music from Gossip Girl – not only OMFGG but all the music in it! 2 of my favourite songs right now are from the show; Anya Marina’s cover of  rapper TI’s ‘whatever you like’  and Miike Snow’s ‘animals’  . I never thought I’d say this but I’m starting to get sick of Blair Waldorf, her ‘games’ with Chuck and her power struggle with well…pretty much everyone, is getting old, and I hate Jenny per usual. On the other hand, Serena (who I previously hated) is getting less irritating and her style is improving slightly. Which brings me to the fashions on the show, ahh with Jenny as ‘Queen’ Constance has gone from school girl chic to…uh… I don’t know but I don’t like it, Jenny needs to put some pants on, or the Parents Council will be complaining about fanny flashing!

Anyone else think wearing BLACK to cotillion/debutante ball is wrong? I know you don’t have to wear white but come on! A light colour!

I am really looking forward to this week’s episode, the aftermath of the threesome and lady gaga’s going to be on ( doing what I don’t know, but hopefully NOT show her disco stick).

XXASAB

It’s really heating up here, I’m finding it hard to dress for 34*C + and not look underdressed… Heabands, hats, facinators, and cute accessories certainly helped.

Dress: Lemond Tea Party
Shoes: Tony Bianco
Clutch: Gifted
Facinator: My own design

Black tank: Lovelygirl
Patterned pencil skirt: My own design
Cashmere cardigan: My mum’s
Black pumps: Christian Louboutin
Glasses: No brand
Headband: My own design
Fake alligator bag: Mum’s
Scarf(on bag): Thrifted

Navy dress: My own design
Grey multi colour bikini: target
Sunglasses: No brand
Hat: Thrifted
Bag: Bargain store steal
Bangles: Gifted
Necklace: Mum’s
Silver and opal bracelet: Michael Hill’s
and last and most surprising, FLIP FLOPS?! I would NOT wear them unless I’m going to the beach! And since my mum decided it was too hot, we didn’t go to th beach so I changed into some more appropriate footwear.

Oh and YAY! I won the EZIBUY voucher from LadyMelbourne. Christmas came early!

XXASAB

I recently received an email from Jimmy Choo about this photo competition:

“Jimmy Choo and Elton John AIDS Foundation have launched a photo competition to support the launch of Project PEP, a charity collection that donates 25% of sales to the Simelela Rape Centre in South Africa. The money goes towards providing the HIV-preventative treatment PEP (which must be taken within 72 hours of exposure to HIV) and counselling to victims of rape in South Africa, which has the highest count of rape in the world. The theme of the photo competition is ‘you, your shoes and 72′. On offer is a Grand Prize of the ultimate Jimmy Choo VIP experience – the winner will be invited to spend a day of luxury and the Jimmy Choo HQ and choose 7 pairs of shoes and 2 handbags to keep. Plus over 100 exclusive Jimmy Choo prizes will also be awarded.”

Although my entry isn’t all that impressive, I encourage everyone to get behind this great campaign and support Project PEP!

XXASAB

Sorry for my lack of blogging, I’ve been really busy suffering from bad hayfever and heat exhaustion(Melbourne’s been hit with an Spring heatwave). But I’m happy to report I’m  a little bit better now;  hayfever is persistent and heat exhaustion can be avoided from staying out of the heat and keeping hydrated. Which for me means staying indoors as much as possible, so I started some sewing projects!

Black and white princess seam dress for my mum(nearly finished, still need to put the zip in):

Pleat front circle skirt for my mum (need to attach band and zip):

Altering this oversized striped top into something wearable:

Overlocking and finishing the armholes on this chiffon dress(yes, it’s nearly done!):

Making summery skirts out of these fabrics:

Paint splatter silk:

Navy and cream striped silk:

Hopefully I can finish these before the end of the month ahead of all the non-uniform days at school and party season for my mum. But here’s something handy for now! My lovely friend Lisa P from Sydney sent me this little package in exchange for one of my pasta bow necklaces(you might remember Lisa sent me another package a few months ago) containing the November issue of American Vogue, Victoria’s Secret Lipgloss to add to my collection(of 3), Kat Von D eyeliner and a postcard ; all from New York ! Thanks so much Lisa! 

Take care of your selves guys, hydrate and stay out of the sun!

XXASAB

I just realised I didn’t do one last month! As I’m sitting here at my mum’s office, suffering from a severe allergy attack I’m lusting after:

Christian Louboutin”LOVE” pumps- HELLO?! Look at the LOVE detail on the vamp!

Christopher Kane cloud print dress- The print is so amazing, I love sunsets…

Day Birger et Mikkelsen lapel- This is just genius, perfect for dressing up a simple t-shirt or blouse.

Alexander McQueen skull ring- A friend sent this to me, at first glance I thought this might be too ‘hardcore’ for me but the little bee totally won me over.

Willow jacket- it’s been ages since I had an Australian designer on my “I want list”, this is such a beautifully simple, strong shouldered jacket, perfect with a floaty dress.

LaPerla purple bikini- I’m a massive fan of  the balconette bikinis, not 100% about the bright colour, but the rouch detail and the slashed cup look is awesome!

YSL frames- I really don’t fancy the semi opaque sunglasses look and I’d probably have to get tinted prescription lenses anyway but I love bright frames (well not really, only white and red, no pastels or fluoros)

How about you? What have you got your eyes on?

XXASAB