Alexandra Grecco

This morning I came across Alexandra Grecco's Spring 2011 collection video on her lovely blog. Her designs are nothing short of perfect. She has the touch. Rather than post the video, which you can see here, I thought I'd share some photos from her fall 2010 collection, with which I am besotted.





Also, was feeling medieval last night so sated my cravings with this:



Great job!

Sydney HQ.

Oh hey there!

So, where were we?

I am on my 2 week uni 'break' with as much work as ever to do, and with no one else to blame myself. Or perhaps the weather! It has been so lovely in Canberra and Sydney, the cold to warm transition makes me giddy and lightheaded and I am more interested in babbling about flowers and small dogs than sitting inside typing away all on my lonesome.

So, lots of time has been spent outside feel guilty and hedonistic/guiltily great, but hey, I just ate a really delicious home made, James-made pizza dinner complimented with my favourite wine ever while I sat on my bottom and watched 'Embarrassing Bodies' (oh man, oh boy, oh man - operating theatre close ups, urghhhh) so YEAH.

So, where were we?

Right. I updated the store today! Due to the whole spending too much time indulging myself and sleeping through my alarm, I was left in a situation at the start of the week that meant that some of the store photographs were done in the normal 'studio' (heh), and the rest had to be hauled up to Sydney with me to be photographed in a makeshift studio in an attic with a slightly tricky light situation. I apologise in advance if the inconsistent light is confusing or offending you, and needless to say I won't let it happen again -scout's honour!

This weekend the Festival of Dangerous Ideas is being held at the Sydney Opera House. I will be in attendance on both days (going to 5 talks) and am very excited about the whole affair. Last year's festival was great and I enjoyed every minute of it - some talks were a bit so-so but the concept is fantastic and it's a wonderful privilege to be able to attend simply because I have the means to, and some spare time.

I hope you are having wonderful spring days and are planning dates with nice guys and girls and also reading something that is not boring. I plan to: go on a Sydney suburbs adventure, try some group Bikram Yoga, visit the Spanish quarter, op shop shop shop shop and learn some romantic braids to weave in my hair.

Here are some of the new threads!













xx

avoiding

I am not quite sure whether it would be an honour or an insult to find myself on this website:

http://girlsofebay.biz/


Nope, nope. On second thought, it would definitely be an insult.

[It is very entertaining and sometimes gasp-inducing, go on and enjoy yourself over there.]

[in]crease.

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newgirls.

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Beautiful portraiture byAneta Bartos, I am in love.

I am exploring a particular 'lady-like' aesthetic that I can't quite describe in words, but am trying to articulate through images.

Each one of these photos make me feel like shouting 'YES'; I think I am going in the right direction.

Over 30 lovely items are ending tonight, with another 8 ending tomorrow - visit the store and don't forget to place a bid lest the beauties disappear into the ethernet forever! Visit the store by clicking here, and to see larger photos of each item see our facebook page by clicking here!

dotty.

Photos by Annie Nguyen.

Brown polka dot mini dress: thrifted (in store now!); Black leather wedges: thrifted;
White leather satchel: thrifted; Belt: Country Road

These shoes are one of the best things I ever did thrift!

Black leather with bow detail at the front - and they are just my size. Lucky me! I just need more excuses to actually wear them. I am also very fond of this brown polka dot dress; currently having a major love affair with polka dots that I see continuing on to the other side of summer. It is that time of the school year, and that time of the year-year (spring! it has finally come out today! I can breathe again!) where things seem to be happening a lot faster; the days are shorter. Rather than get all morose and reflective here, I'm going to keep this my positive space - full of nutty, buttery, sugary surprises. One such surprise that I came across yesterday, at Diana Rikasari's cute-overload blog, was her recipe for a 'Choco Banana Nutty Surprise'. My midnight study snack is about to get a whole lot more dangerous.

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Whatever, 'summer body'!

where is spring?

Good morning!

Spring has not yet sprung in the capital city, but I am already readying myself with dream spring outfits. Mainly consisting of culottes, prim 'n' proper blouses, DIY rompers, long long ankle skimming dresses and knee length prairie skirts. And boy am I glad to be saying goodbye to stockings for a while, I've had quite enough of constantly tugging up loose stockings gathered at the ankle!

New items will be in store tonight, I've chosen some of my favourites to show you all a little of what you can expect:
















I must be off to class now, but before I bounce, I wanted to share the DIY Karen Walker SS10 polka dot romper made by the lovely Melbournite, Sushi, from Le Blog de Sushi. It is absolutely adorable and I can't wait to replicate it myself!

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