Image/James Lowe
Prost Neujahr Corinna! I miss you!
Also, Happy New Year readers!!! I would miss you if I knew you. Or something.
Have a great night buddieeess.
Monthly Archive for December, 2009
Me doing a victory dance in the dress.
The other day I was griping about how I had a dress that seemed to be the root of all evil. It cost a heap of money to start off with, it didn’t fit properly and cost money to get altered, it still didn’t fit, etc etc.
I am happy to say in a completely contradictory tone, that I am back to loving my dress because now it fits!
HOORAH!
Yayyy Lily! Look at how bent and broken she is in this shot. Amazing. It’s from V as part of an editorial entitled ‘Pure Genius’, shot by Mario Sorrenti earlier this year:
Image/via ilovelilydonaldson.com
The little girl in me really loves the whole ballerina look, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that I love this dress on her.
On a separate note, Lily made it to number 12 of Vogue’s best dressed list for 2009. Okay so being on the list is already pretty awesome in itself, but she was beaten by Lady Gaga (11th)!!! AND She was beaten by Dannii Minogue (5th – I know, right)!!!
I dont’ know who at Vogue puts those lists together but Dannii Minogue at 5th place? Really??
The full list after the jump:
At the start of this year I went to Melbourne with my flatmates. We were visiting our friend Chris, and going to Laneway, and generally just having a holiday. I had saved up money thinking I would spend up large, but I found nothing. There was nothing I wanted. This is unusual for me. It got to the last day of our trip and I was starting to stress out about not buying anything. It sounds stupid, but I was really starting to feel like I had wasted my shopping opportunity. I had (some) money, and it was there to be SPENT for god’s sake. The logical side of me would say I should have really just held onto the cash and waited until I had found something I really wanted, but I was not logical.
The dress. Image/via mycatwalk.com.au
Anyhow, the point is, about 4 hours before we were to leave for the airport, I walked into Green with Envy. and spotted this Camilla and Marc, navy organza ‘Charlotte’ frock (shown above in white). It was beautiful. It was girly, it was navy (I love navy) and it was in my size.
It was also about AU$580. Almost the most money I have ever spent on one item of clothing.
Continue reading ‘Charlotte frock, you’re the bane of my life.’
So it’s Boxing Day. Shoppers are going crazy. It’s beautiful weather, like 27 degrees outside, and people are out and about. Everything is almost perfect. I say almost, because I don’t know if I believe in completely perfect. But anywho, the point of it all is that it just feels like a good day. Kind of like there’s a positive aura in the air (if you believe in that kind of stuff).
I was gifted a lotto ticket last night so there’s a chance that tonight I could become a millionaire and fulfill my lotto wishes, and I just got an email from Zimmermann telling me they’re now on sale! That means I can purchase my swimsuits because they are MEANT. TO. BE!!!
It’s all coming together people. The Gods are smiling upon us today.
I hope you are all having as lovely a boxing day as I am.
So the other day I wrote about how I was going to get some form of Lotto ticket for Christmas. So far, I’ve had 10 instant kiwis. Winnings? $11 so far. Of all the tickets, 5 were winners! I think it’s going to be a good day…
Merry Christmas folks.
Let me warn you now, this is very, very clever but also very, very creepy.
All Images/www.nadinejarvis.com
Nadine Jarvis is a British product designer who has a great interest in Post Mortem. She’s particularly interested “in the death and decomposition of materials and how the degradation of materials could be used to aid the grieving process.”
As part of her ongoing research to “challenge our archaic post mortem traditions and to offer proposals for alternate treatment for our deceased”, Nadine has created this:
So it just looks like a nice wooden box with pencils to you and me, no? Well, as well as being a lovely looking wooden box, it also serves as an urn.
The pencils are made from the carbon of human cremains.
Just say, hypothetically, like, what if on Christmas Day I get given a Lotto ticket right? And then Saturday night rolls around and I’m all tired and post-Christmas sleepy and I’m watching TV at around 8pm-ish and then the draw comes on and it suddenly occurs to me that ‘heeeyyy… THOSE numbers are MY numbers!’
Just hypothetically.
Well, let me tell you now, I am expecting to receive some kind of Lotto-related gift (not because I’m presumptuous and greedy, but because I know for a FACT that I will be getting an instant kiwi at the very least – trust me) this Christmas, and IF that Lotto-related gift happens to be conveniently linked to a small sum of money, I won’t be complaining. Not at all. A wise guy once said to me “Never complain, never explain”. Unrelated but anyhow, I won’t be complaining because I will be too busy purchasing. I have thought a lot about what I would do if I ever won Lotto. Most people think about it, but I have thought a LOT about it. It is all dependent on the actual quantity of said winnings of course, but lets (for fun) say it’s gotta be at least 6 figures.
Things I would love to do if I somehow got my hands on muchas-lotto-dollars for Christmas:
Images/via thethousandsshop.com.au
…a vintage wool Pijama laptop case.
Image/apple.com
Buying a laptop!
High five, high five! high five!
Spending $3000…
Low five, low five …no five.
The end.
I'm becoming The Grinch.
It’s that time of year. You know what I’m talking about – that kind of stressful, rushed time. It’s actually very weird when you think about it. You rush, rush, rush, and then suddenly it’s all over and stopped, dead in its tracks. I don’t know about you, but for me it’s like I’m bored but have a million things to do. I know it’s a contradiction but that’s how it is! It’s at this time of year where all that occupies my mind is
- What have I achieved this year? What am I doing with my life? (Heavy stuff, I know) and
- How will I fit in my Christmas shopping in the next three days? How?!
It’s supposed to be relaxing, but to be honest I am finding the whole Christmas-lead-up just too much this year. Maybe I’m getting old and cynical. Maybe I always was? Anyhow, yesterday I spent an hour in Newmarket and couldn’t handle it anymore. The amount of people in pre-joyous-occasion-shopping-panic was ridiculous. If I sound angry, I’m not. I think I’m just tired. Christmas shopping is only fun when you really want to get something for someone. There are too many obligatory gifts going around, I think. This year, I have swapped presents for time. Last night I had dinner with two of my closest friends. We skipped the candles/magazine subscriptions/books/insert-last-minute-gift-here for ‘quality time’ and I’m glad we did. Not only because I got to rant and complain about Christmas, but just because I think you forget about (and this sounds incredibly cheesy) ‘the meaning of Christmas’, and I don’t know, it’s nice to hang with your friends and family and appreciate the people in your life.
(James, I know you’re throwing up in your mouth right now, but shut up already).
Anyway, I’m not sure where all this ranting came from, but I’m still going…
I have nothing to say about this apart from ‘I love it’. Look at the extreme poses. Nothing like a good extreme pose to brighten your day huh? Stephen Meisel, you are the bomb.
Image/via fashiongonerogue.com
Actually, you know what? I do have one other thing to say about this. In my opinion, the image really sells the dresses. Like, I would probably never ever consider wanting to wear something like that one shoulder white thing, but seeing it on this girl makes me want. that. dress. now.
Ahhhh, the power of good advertising. I love.
Disclaimer: Today I am so tired I can’t even really articulate what Fashematics is about, so advanced apologies if this makes no sense.
Fashematics is Fashion Mathematics for those who weren’t onto it enough to figure it out already. The Fashematics blog was created by Jonathan Zawada – artist, designer and general all-round creative genius. It’s awesome, and funny, and also clever. I can’t explain it. See example below to see what I mean, and if you likey, check the rest out here.
Tooth + Kryten = Alexander McQueen, SS 2010 RTW. Image/via fashematics.com
So the other day I came across this raunchy shoot of Lindsay Lohan and Petey Wright, shot by Yu Tsai for Muse. It’s a little controversial and apparently it’s inspired by Kate Moss and Johnny Depp’s relationship, so if you haven’t seen it, you can imagine what it’s like. Check it out here – note it’s a little NSFW.
Anyway, I didn’t bother saying anything about it at the time because 1. It didn’t seem interesting enough, 2. It’s Lindsay Lohan, and 3. Noone cares.
BUT I just came across the video for the shoot. All I can say is, that Lindsay is a naughty girl. Oh, and Petey Wright is hot.
Isn’t it just how you imagine Lindsay to be in real life? Isn’t it!?!
Lately, I have been in an insightful mood. I’ve been listening to Bon Iver, Bright Eyes, etc etc. It’s a little melancholy, but it’s nice. So it’s in this mood that I rediscovered what I would have to say is one of my favourite books. ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ was first introduced to me by my friend James, years ago. He was introduced to it by his mom, and I don’t know how she heard about it but I guess it doesn’t matter.
The Perks was written by American novelist Stephen Chbosky (the guy who wrote the screenplay for Rent). It’s not a hard book. It’s easy to read and it’s lovely to read. It’s compelling and it’s not your typical ‘coming of age’ novel, although I guess it does fit in that category. But don’t be put off by that! I’ve never read anything like it, and I don’t think I ever will. It’s so simple, and short, and I can’t explain it but it’s amazing.
Anyway, the other day I read it again, and I got to this:
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”
It’s my favourite quote from the whole thing. I don’t really know the point of telling you that, but maybe if you’ve read it, you’ll know what I mean. For those who haven’t read it, you should get it. It’s coming up to Christmas and I bet a lot of you are still stuck with gifts. Do it.
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