Graduate

Guess what? I’ve officially graduated!My school does things a little differently and we get our certificates at Valedictory before we sit our final exams since we’ve passed our School Assessed Course work we’ve all technically passed (also we’ve theorised it’s partly so we’re not distracted by the hard to ignore thought of “what do I wear?”). It was a gorgeous night where we all reflected on the years past and celebrated!With my mumConfused a lot of people with my dress who thought the front of my dress was just glued on. HeheDress: My own design
Shoes:  Sogui Eli Giorgia
Belt: My own design
Jewelry: ASOS, Swarovski and eBay
Clutch: Mum’s
To class of 2011,You are all amazing, thank you for the memories and from the wise wise mouth of Taylor Swift:

Long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
I was screaming, long live the look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered
Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break or fall
And you take a moment
Promise me this
That you’ll stand by me forever
But if God forbid fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine

XXASAB

Pocketto Launch and some outfits

Last week I was lucky enough to attend the launch of Pocketto mag-the actual hard cover, IN YOUR HANDS version at No Vacancy, it was lovely to see Emma and Amie again (I helped out with a shoot a while ago) and it was a great chance to support another young’n . Emma’s the same age as me (I think) and it’s so great to see how far she’s come ever since meeting her at a blog meet up wayyyy back. It was a great evening- getting to flip through the mag, while having  a cider and listening to the fantastic music (seriously, kudos to whomever made the playlist-it was really hard not to refrain from dancing to the XX). I brought along some friends(well, mutual friends of Emma and I) We had some time to blow between school and the launch so we headed up to Harvey Norman where I gazed longingly at the bedside table/tallboy set I’ve been after for ages. Lovely to bump into Lady Melbourne again and finally met Matt from Style Tyrant (really should’ve gotten a picture) also caught up with Julie Ta from milk carton designs.I wore my new inkblot print skirt which I made the night before (I was just so in love with the print, I just HAD to make it to wear it that night)Skirt:My own design
Blouse: My own design
Necklace+Ring: ASOS
Belt: Thrifted
Shoes:  Sogui Eli GiorgiaLast thursday as a joke I assigned my whole art class a colour theme to dress to so when we sat down for our class we would form a rainbow (being true art kids we are!), to surprise our teacher. To our dismay, our teacher didn’t get it-we had to purposefully line up in a row for the effect to be fully appreciated (and we also forgot to take a picture!). I was teal Merino and chiffon cardigan: Borrowed
Lace back  T: Lovelygirl
Tiered skirt: My own design
Socks: School socks
Jellies: iOffer
Scarf: GiftedSaturday I went for more of a casual look, pretty out of the ordinary for me Button back jumper: Mum’s
Peterpan collar shirt: Eeni Mini
Black jeans: Jeanswest
Mary Janes: Melissa
Ring+brooch: eBay
How adorable is my tiger brooch?! I bought heaps of jewelry in the past fortnight, mostly animal themed as you can tell

XXASAB

Recent Looks

Hey there babes, school is figuratively screwing me left right and centre and I’ve been struggling with taking outfit photos during winter, it’s hard enough to find time to do them but now with my fear of the flash I’ve had to find the right light! But I’ve managed to gathered some of my usable pictures from the past fortnight or so: Dress (worn as top): Leona Edmiston
Skirt: My own design
Shoes: Sogui eli giorgia
Cape: My own design
Bangle: Ebay
About as casual as I get really, I wear pants about once every couple of weeks, whenever I do it’s always such a novelty to me and my friends. Sweater: Unknown
Jacket: L’est Rose
Jeans: Rivers
Chain pumps: Lanvin
Snood: Mum knitted it
Skirt: My own design
Scarf: Gifted
Jacket: Lovelygirl
Tights: Voodoo
Bow booties: Bowtie
Skirt: My own design
Blouse: Bardot
Bralette: ASOS
Shoes: Wittner
Ring: ASOS
Bag: Prada
HairBow: My own designCape: Banuer
Skirt: My own design
Gloves: Ports 1961
Tights Wolford
Shoes: Salvatore Ferragamo
Watch: eBay
XXASAB

Did you miss me?

Hope everyone’s had a great holiday and gah! It’s 2011 already, far out, time flies whether you’re having fun or not! Not really sure if I enjoyed my little mini break from blogging, though not having to worry about taking my pictures at the right time so the lighting is right and if I can wear my shoes for long enough to be able to call it a part of my ‘outfit’? That, I have enjoyed. I’ve had a fabulous holiday season, for Christmas Day we had a beach side picnic, though after boasting to all my northern hemispherian friends that we always a have really hot sunny Christmas and I think I jinxed it, it was overcast and uh… uncharacteristicly cold! Afterwards we went to Arthur’s seat look out and enjoyed some rather foggy views. NYE was a quiet occasion involving mixing sparkling and slushies, fireworks and ping pong. And you might be surprised (or not) to hear I bought nothing on Boxing Day, except for groceries! I’m finally making my way through my stack of books. Using my usual method of 2 real books and one trashy chic lit, I’ve devoured ‘The Help’, ‘Peyton Place’, ‘Roll of thunder hear my cry’, a few art and english language books, ‘Watermelon’ and now I’m gnawing my way through ‘Unsticky’ a really awesome fashion chic lit. But next up I’m breaking my rule and reading my way through all the Tasmina Perry. Anyway! Outfits, pictures and all things that interest you peeps!
ChristmasThe only picture I have with my dad ahah!Dress: My own design
Bag: Alex Wang
Rings: ASOS
Cardigan: Aunt’s
Bow: My own design
New YearsDress: My own design (better pics later, and you’ll get to see the back too)
Shoes: online
Bag: Vintage
Leopard bangle: EbayBlazer: Lovelygirl
Dress (worn as top): My own design
Skirt: My own design
Cut out pumps: Sogui Eli Giorgia
Watch: Ebay
Ring: ASOS
Pearl necklace: My own designCardigan: No brand
T-shirt: Kmart, decorated by me
Skirt: My own design
Belt: Vintage
Silver Shoes: Converse
Rings: Ebay
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XXASAB

Dressing with a colour theme

I did it, 4 days of colour themes before reverting back to school uniform, I was going to do 5 days (red on wednesday) but it got unseasonably cold and I had a photoshoot where I needed to be comfortable + warm and since I don’t own any red jackets I didn’t risk freezing!
Day 1. Pink , OK, I’m cheating a little the dress is white with pink flowers but I just wanted to wear it so much! I haven’t worn it since I made it this time last year, and since it was such a lovely day, I decided to whip it out.Dress: My Own design
Cardigan: MNG
Peeptoes: Tony Bianco
Bag: Mum’s
Bauble bracelet + Bangles: Gifted
Belt: Mum’s
Glasses: Bargain store
Headband flower: My own design
Day 2. Blue, ahhh this was a fun one, I have a few blue garments but I had to make sure they didn’t clash. The blazer is also a very un-worn item, due to the fact it creases far to easily for my liking and it’s a bit small but I had no hesitation wearing it for this.Blazer: Emerge
Top: Lovelygirl
Skirt: My own design
Bag: Prada
Scarf: Borrowed (there are Hs all over it but I don’t know if it’s Hermes)
Shoes: Christian Louboutins
Watch: Online
Day 3. Gray, well, I wasn’t going to do gray since it’s something I do accidentally from time to time anyway but the weather was a bit :S and I found this dress which I made a while ago and haven’t worn! I couldn’t help but add a tiny splash of colour with the watch (ok, fine you got me, I wouldn’t do that, I wore gray nail polish just for a day for this! But this was the only watch I could get while in a rush that day) Dress: My own design
Jacket: Borrowed
Necklace: Gift
Watch: Ebay
Tights: Ambra
Shoes: RMK
Day 4. Green, I saved green for today because it was perfect for a tea party! And also this is one of my all time favourite dresses -probably because it was the first lined dress I made and I drafted up the pattern all by my 14 year old self-.Dress: My own design
Cardigan: Capture
Shoes: Sogui Eli Giorgia
Bag: Vintage
Scarf: Borrowed
Headband: My own design
Ring: My own design
Watches and bangles: Online
Hope I’ve inspired you to try this sometime too!
XXASAB

Embellished Cape (yes, another cape!)

Ohh yes, I do love capes, so much! I’ve done pretty much most varieties of capes, circular, short, tied, side slit, collared, but never done an embellished one! This cape probably took me the longest to make since there was so much hand sewing involved and drafting up the pattern for this was quite tricky as well. I was inspired by Stella McCartney(Pre-Fall 10) in the way the arm hole is done and Miu miu (Fall 10) for the flower embellishment.

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I had no idea just how it would turn out since this was one of the very few designs that I didn’t sketch, just leapt straight into it. There were a few stumbles along the way (like not being able to find matching over locker thread!) but I’m glad it turned out quite well! The beaded buttons sort of remind me of little bugs in the garden the colour of the fleece itself was a midnight blue and thus it is called the ’midnight garden’ cape 
Worn with: Bardot studded pants and Sogui eli Giorgia cut out sandals!
XXASAB