SOS

Do any of you fashion-fiends know where I can find the following: spotty pantyhose, tan brogues & a breton/matelot stripe top (navy and cream)???

I'm desperate! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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Left to Right: Vogue Australia Sept 09 "Short & Suite", Alexa Chung, Balenciaga Fall 09

Left to Right: Burberry Nautical Striped Sweater, A.P.C Fine Wool Sweater, Day Birger Et Mikkelsen Long Striped T-Shirt

Sources: My Scans, Net-A-Porter, Style.com, The Fashion Spot,

Vogue Australia June 09

Wow this is an unbelievably delayed post. I only JUST got around to scanning the June issue of Australian Vogue - it's been sitting forlornly in my magazine pile for way to long. Anyway, I loved two of the editorials; quirky, fresh and a new spin on classic pieces. A nice change from what we usually find in the Aus issues.

"Paris Match"

Love the high waisted pleat pants combined with cropped shirt proportions. The perfect way to balance.

On the other end of the spectrum is the long blazers, short shorts and leather. Love the juxtaposition of the manly, refined blazers with leather and bare legs.

"Old Glory"

I'm not gonna lie, I'm a total Chanel fiend. I even love the blatantly logo-tastic nature it often has. Therefore I love the tongue-in-cheek label bashing irony of this editorial. It should all be too much but it's actually too good.

A True Romance

I'm on a bit of a girly Romance Was Born trip at the moment, so thought I'd post these gorgeous shots from Australian Vogue of Myf Shephard decked out in some of the best pieces from their show. I love the unashamedly girly and playful feel of these shots. It's like every little girl's dress up dream (and one that I assure you never quite goes away).

Vogue Australia "A True Romance"

Myf Shephard in Romance Was Born

Source: Fashionista

Runway in real life: side swept hair

Check out the piece I have just written for Beauty Bible on the deliciously sexy and badass side-swept hair that's been all over the runways and magazine pages lately.

Editorials

Source: My Russh Scans, Fashion Gone Rogue

Ellery SS 09/10

Source: Vogue Australia

Vogue Australia Sept 09 50th Issue: Cover

The 50th issue of Australian Vogue's covers (yup, four) are out and are really quite lovely. The vintage-esque illustrations of the classy Cate Blanchett by David Downton are both refreshing and nostalgic. Patty Huntington has some shots of the editorial of Abbey Lee and Catherine McNeil on her Frockwriter blog - I can't wait to see the whole issue!

Vogue Australia Sept 09 Cover

Cate Blanchett illustrated by David Downton

Source: Fashion Copious

Black & White

So I only just realised that (one of) the 21st I'm going to tomorrow night is black and white themed. This so should not throw me - I mean who can mess up a black and white outfit? I wear them a lot in summer - loose black tanks white white skinnies or cutoffs, simple, casual - and a bit tomboy. But being winter I pile on a million pieces of clothing when I go out - and I find if I limit them to black and white I end up thinking I look like a waiter/tuxedo/penguin/backstreetboy. 

Another prob - have zero black or white dresses that are appropriate for someone's 21st (too short, tight or casual) and I just feel way to rude wearing pants. Will have to have an intense wardrobe raid. Old faithful Karen Walker white lace top good def be a go! It's a lifesaver - and so so pretty, which always helps.

Featuring: Alexander Wang, Balmain, Daria Werbowy, YSL,

Scans: Russh September 08 "Jerry", Pop Fall/Winter 08 "Nun Head", Vogue Australia May 09 "And God Created A Woman"

Featuring: Balmain, Karen Walker, Alexander Wang, Erin Wasson, Daria Werbowy

Scans: French Vogue April 08 "Simplement Couture" & Russh May 08  "La Verite"

Featuring: Balmain, Alexander Wang, Erin Wasson

Scans: Russh November 07 "You Look Hot"

Sources: Style.Com, SRC783, Karen Walker, Model Couture,

RAFW: Karla Spetic, Beat Poet & Kirrily Johnston

Sorry I've been a bit behind posting, It's been a hectic last half of a week - ton of uni, and had to work. And had 5:20am wakeups (and four hours sleep so I could finish my design assignment). Its been hard to keep up with all the fantastic coverage coming out of Australia (thank god for the likes of Isaac, Patty Huntington and Melissa Hoyer) - don't even get me started on the tsunami of it on twitter!

KARLA SPETIC

I'm a total sucker for outfits in washed out pastels - so I love these tan and bright-baby-blue looks from Karla Spetic. Have also been pretty much obsessed with scalloped edges ever since the Spring 09 collections of Christopher Kane and Chloe.

Love the washed out semi-kitsch floral pieces too - those leggings are to die for.

BEAT POET

I love (and wear) menswear nearly as much as I do womens. Half the time I look like a boy anyway - much to my fathers chagrin. I just find that their tees and shirts fit me so much better than womens ones.

Understandably I pretty much died when I saw the Beat Poet collection - this is how all males should dress. A bit dark, a bit tailored.. And just enough badass grungyness. The skinny jeans look great paired with the tailored jackets coats and vests. How often do you see men in a white skinny jean and it actually looks good?
Love the vest over the sheer sleeves in the fourth look along. And that coat in the second is pretty much perfection.

KIRRILY JOHNSTON

Gorgeous palette at the Kirrily Johnston show - creams, whites and washed out oranges. V warm but soft. Love the contrast with the black pieces and the slicked back (and wrapped around necks) hair. Badass boots too!

Sources: Vogue Australia

RAFW: Illionaire

Love the bold shapes at Illionaire. High waist hotpants (aka underwear) paired with croptops and blazers and vests = super hot. Wish it was publicly acceptable to wear shorts this small.

Great black and white print - reminds me of television static, and works great with the black details.
Love the twisting and gathering.. And the hats and headpieces made of flowers. Super cute and nice contrast with the graphic, bold clothes.
Nice menswear too. Skinny shorts and layering of big tees and low neck tanks.

Source: Vogue Australia

RAFW: Therese Rawsthorne

The collection from Therese Rawthorne is also one of my favorite shows so far. Another designer that played (v successfully) with white/nude/black to create a dressed/undressed collection that flirted with combining tailored and lingerie, and sheer with opaque.

Gorgeous semi-sheer white cotton pieces. Love the (lace? crochet? mesh?) leggings and jumpsuits that were panelled with white silk.

Lots of the looks worked with a gorgeous soft palette of creams, coffee tones and sunbleached blue. Im loving the tailored jackets over structured, nude lingerie pieces.
Similiar looks were also executed in black, which gave them a whole other look. The cutouts were sharper, and the mesh more in our face. Love the linear effect of the seems on the sheer black pieces. And those panelled leggings! I NEED a pair pretty much now!

Source: Australian Vogue

RAFW: Camilla And Marc

The show from Camilla And Marc is def one of my faves so far. Gorgeous palette (and a constant favorite of mine) of creamy nudes, beiges and whites. 

Love contrast between the silks, high sheens, and crochet, yet done in harmonious colours. That dress on the far left is gorgeous and I am so wanting the crochet cropped top on the far right.
The killer looks however were undoubtable the black/denim/gold babies. A comment on Isaac Likes said it looks like "Balmain meets Wang meets Ellery" and she is so right. There couldnt be a sicker collection lovechild. I would kill for every piece in these looks - super luxe gold + faded, soft, ragged denim = most beautiful, wearable contast.

Source: Australian Vogue

RAFW: Bec And Bridge & Nicola Finetti

BEC & BRIDGE

Crochet, lace, body con, gold chainmail... Need I say more? Gorgeous pieces from Bec & Bridge, and while Im not 100% adoring all the styling, so many pieces would be super perfect right in my closet and would be worn a million times over. Even the gold chainmail.

NICOLA FINETTI

Love the shapes from Finetti - assymetric, contrasts, panelling. Great use of texture too. Hot little night time dresses for sure. Not that I really wear that sort of thing, really should start though.

Source: Vogue Australia

RAFW: Arnsdorf & Dion Lee

ARNSDORF

Ive been loving cropped tops lately - still yet to find the perfect cropped tee unfortunately - so I understandably adore these looks from Arnsdof. Love that they executed something thats quite loaded with connotations (youth, 80s/90s, sometimes trashy) in elegant fabrics and paired them with great bottoms like the silky wide leg pants (rarely see a pant in that style thats so gorgeously fluid and delicate) and the tan pants (female chinos much?) and safari-esque shorts.

DION LEE

After falling in love with his designs online and in Australian Vogue, I was super amped to see Dion Lee's new collection. And he certainly did not disappoint, getting rave reviews. The general consensus seems to be he is a bright new hope for the future of Australian fashion.

The collection was slick, sexy and futuristic - thoroughly modern as opposed to the retrofuturism weve been seeing a bit of lately. Tailored, sculptural but still very fluid. Lee pushed his use of cut outs, panels and folds even further. I die for those insane jackets - elbow cut outs anyone? Seriously doesn't have nice elbows.

Source: Vogue Australia