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Vogue Paris September 2008: 24 heures chrono

source: tFS

If only I looked this good when I woke up... hahahahaha. Poly has really grown on me the last 2 years or so; many models I didn't like very much - Daria, Coco - have really grown into their looks, Natasha in particular. They're no longer 17 year olds, but young women in their 20s, and it shows.

I woke up this morning at 8:1oam for my 8:30am shift at the bakery.. and just wanted to go straight back to sleep for another 4 hours. Unfortunately, 6 1/2 hour shift + 30 degree C weather + tiredness = massive headache. So once I got home, it was straight into a shower and then I napped from about 4 till 8pm. And now I'm going to go pass out again, hopefully not to surface until at least 10am tomorrow. Night!

- S

The look for Fall

UK Harpers Bazaar November 2008
Source: mixologies.livejournal

Argh, how perfect is this outfit?!? Epic plans to look like this next winter are now being put into place. Note to self: must invest in awesome coat.

Mmmm.... chocolate honey nougat icecream may just be the best thing ever invented. Yum-mo! Also I am watching Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (I can't say Sorcerer's; stupid Americans) Stone movie as I print exam papers. Nyaaaaaah like I need to study! Study is for the weak! Yeah. I say this only because suddenly there are only 2 and a half weeks left till my first exam! How does time pass by so quickly? D:

I opened today at the bakery... 6:15am starts are NOT COOL. It was alright though; I accidentally iced all the fruit buns instead of leaving half of them plain.. xD but I think I was really slow in getting everything out. :/ Ah well, I have a whole summer of practice ahead of me, w00t. But anyway, I got paid today so yaaaaay! This is entirely negated of course by various purchases made - including paying dad back for using his credit card...hahaha.

Jo and I have made some exciting purchases lately! Although, who are we kidding, we buy stuff all the time. Details to come on our purchases, maybe with pictures. Hopefully we can get some outfit photos and the like up soon as well (aha, Jo will kill me). Like, maybe if we make it through exams alive, please god.

- S

Natalia

Vogue Paris August 2002; from the editorial Comme Par Enchantement

Source: tFS

My favourite model, ever. This photo from an editorial from 2002 I think, and it was the first photo I ever saw of her. It was in a magazine in the doctor's office and I ripped the page out and I still have it. Wow, that's pretty sad actually. But I don't care. This picture remains one of my favourite shots of her. And she's just as beautiful as ever.

Posting will be limited in weeks to come; end of year exams are nearly upon us, egads. It is frightening to realise just how little knowledge has lodged in my brain..

- S

love is blind, call the eye doctor

S: oh. my. god
S: DO.NOT.LOAD.KARLA'S.CLOSET
J: WHAT WHAT WHAT?
S: I DON'T KNOW WTF SHE'S WEARING?!?!?!?1
J: hahahahhahah- OH FECKING HELL
S: BEIGE FRINGED HIGH WAISTED PANTS ?!?!?!?!??!?!!?!?!?!?!?
S: I JUST. I JUST. I JUST CAN'T FINISH THIS SENTENCE.
S: they are just so WEIRD.
J: IT'S LIKE A TALL LAMPSHADE
S: OH MY GOD YES
J: so disturbing....if I wanted to dress up as a yeti I would maybe borrow those
J: and WHAT THE FUCK WITH THE comments?!?!? "those pants are SOOOOO AMAZING."
S: suckups
J: SOMEBODY. PLEASE. REALITY CHECK.
S: i want to slap them and be like JUST BECAUSE KARLA LIKES THEM DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT
J: am i allowed to comment under our name?
S: ....no
J: why not? *cough*nowwho'sthesuckup*cough*
S: ...FIIINE
J: how about "Gosh, why don't you just wear the pants and go as a tall lampshade for Halloween?"
S: that sounds harsh
J: and then add "but we love (nearly) everything else you wear?"
S: her hair! we like her hair!
J: alright

In the end the comment was:

J: Gosh....why don't you wear the pants and go as a tall lampshade for Halloween?
S: But we love (nearly) everything else you wear! Say something nice Jo.
J:
S: Jo likes your hair.

I love clothes and fashion but sometimes, situations just call for a large dose of cynicism.

- J

(S - We do love you Karla, your Supermelon vid was beyond adorable, but we do not love the pants. <33)>

kitteh!

Vid post! I am a cat person; I love cats. So does Jo. I dislike dogs - well except puppies which I concede are cute as long as they aren't anywhere near my face, (but cannot compete on cuteness levels with kittens). But honestly I don't think I'd date a guy with a dog. It just would not work.

Anyway, this vid was just too good to not post. It is in equal parts squee-inducing at the antics the cat gets up to, and weirded-out-ness on the part of the lyrics. The fake (I assume) miaowing is rather wtf. Oh and the guy dancing and you know generally creating this vid in the first place is a bit "...".

Oh! And a recent article by the NYTimes about men coming out about loving their cats, awww lol.

- S

My eyes! My poor defenceless eyes!

So in Westfield Doncaster yesterday, I mentioned being subjected to ugly shoes in Aldo. Well, I forgot to mention that the UGLIEST shoe we came across was in Betts. Witness:
The horror, the horror! THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. How about, the vomit inducing colour scheme? "Oh! We didn't know what colour to go with so we WENT WITH EVERYTHING." What's up with the flower/bow thing? Or what about the fucking perspex cut out wedge??!!?!11!

Just because Marc Jacobs sent cut out wedges down the Louis Vuitton runway for SS08 two seasons ago does not mean that copycat designers for cheap brands should do the same. Because we get this. And Betts are charging $100 FUCKING DOLLARS for this crap. For synthetic multicoloured perspex crap.

If you see any woman wearing this atrocity that Betts is trying to pass off as acceptable footwear, please, do a favour to society and tackle them, rip their shoes off and throw them away.

- S

For you Jo

L'Officiel August 2007
Source: mixologies.livejournal

Mad love. And I am now (slightly) calmer.

- S

Update

The last few days have been crazy busy. Obviously I finally goaded Jo into POSTING. That Guess sale was a truly frightening experience - the leopard print thing was lurex. You know I can sort-of-kinda-not-really tolerate leopard print on say... a chiffon dress or that now ubiquitous Louis Vuitton scarf - and worn only by supers like Daria and Kate - but leopard print is completely UNACCEPTABLE in lurex, lycra or pony hair. Or, god forbid, polar fleece. *shudder*

Also, remember Tourettes woman? Well yes, she got on my bus again and CLEARLY DOES NOT HAVE TOURETTES. The see you next Tuesday was silent the whole trip. So. She can just go fuck her fat stupid self.

In happier news, I have completed all my assignments! Now for the arduous task of applying myself to exam revision. Erk. Work at the bakery is coming along nicely; although summer will be hellish as there is no air conditioning - and obviously, as a bakery, the ovens heat up the place quite a bit too. :( So. I may just have to treat myself to something special to make up for that........ >_> After which I swear to god I will save every penny I make. After I buy everything else that I need/want for summer. That is totally realistic. Not. In all seriousness, I will actually make a concerted effort to begin saving for trip to New York with Jojo and Dishy! Now if only the Australian dollar would stop crapping its pants.

Tuesday night Jo and I saw Body of Lies in Doncaster Village Gold Class - a fun night indeed. The movie was.. good I suppose, but also rather pointless. I expect better from Ridley Scott. Yesterday I had my group interview at David Jones; I think it went really well. Personally, I think I did the best of everyone there. The only problem I would have would be my availability as I now work part time at the bakery as well.

Today was the grand opening of Westfield Doncaster, and let me just say it is AMAZING. Myself and Jo went to take a gander around, also I gave her the latest episode of Gossip Girl (Jojo has been speed-limited D:) and I will definitely be spending a lot of time in there as it's only 15 min from my house! The layout is almost identical to Chadstone in layout I felt, but everything is new and preeeeetty. All the shops are there; designer labels like Bally and Maxmara are opening there soon (can't WAIT not that I can afford anything in there..) and the usual Myer, DJ, etcetcetc. I met Jo in Aldo and there were some of the most disgraceful shoes I have ever been subjected to look at in there. No really, all the big cats were represented on the shoes. We were a rat pelt short of the Chinese Zodiac. The horrendeousness never ceases. However, in a happier mood, I bought a pair of black canvas shoes from Payless Shoes for work. From the kids section, rofl. I have tiny feet okay. They were out of white but the SA said they were getting more so I'll be going back this weekend perhaps.

This post is so masturbatory.

- S

EDIT #1: WTF OKAY! Why won't the font be the same size as the others? Argh!?

EDIT #2: Okay. I went through and MANUALLY changed the html script so that it was all the same. My anal retentiveness has manifest.
EDIT #3: I am pissed. That second effing paragraph is TOO SMALL. The script is right, but it's not showing. I am about ready to smash something. *gnashes teeth* And so is this line! Okay I'm going to go away for a little bit...

your big tacky guess bag is raping my eyes

Okay, so I'm not much of a writer and Sisi has been hounding me harder than homework. I'll keep this short as the pictures below speak of a thousand more horrors than my words. Very few sights cause such eyebleeds as Guess products. Suffice to say, when Sisi and I stumbled across the Guess Sale at DFO, the wreckage was too tempting to resist. And what a sight. We wandered amongst the mess trying not to touch anything on the racks for fear of contamination and then started taking sureptitious pictures making it feel like an undercover police operation. Survey the horror belows:

Leopard on leopard. Nice. Props to Sisi for touching the offending garment.

The dissaray of clothing and proof that there were people actually in the store going, "That top made out of jersey and baby crocodiles is a fucking bargain, can I get 10 of those?" I love the random kid on the left playing gameboy while tucked underneath a shelf.

No kidding this is how the jeans in the store were placed. In a giant pile at the back of the store.

The mess of bags. Once again, Sisi braved all sorts of communal diseases and picked one up.

And lastly the collection of shoes. These photos do not do justice to the level of hideousness that can be created under the guise of footwear. Really, awful tacky monogram prints, rampant LEOPARD print (SERIOUSLY GUYS, THE ANIMAL WANTS ITS DIGNITY BACK) and general ugliness. This is also when a sales assistant told me I couldn't take photographs to which I replied mentally, "Oh that's fine. We are DONE here."

- J

Jean Generation

Just goes to prove that fashion really is cyclical. This editorial was in the Dec/Jan 2005-6 edition of Paris Vogue. And all are looks that are very much on trend again today (if indeed, they ever went out.) My favourite is Sasha; the blazer with the baggy shorts and the white shirt? Hell yes.

And gawd Freja looks young. I like her edgier look now with the short hair and tattoos.

- S

P.S. you should all hound Jo about posting more often too; she has a post lined up that she's been writing for.. 2 days now and YES JO I AM NAGGING YOU FROM BEYOND MSN/FACEBOOK/SMS.

Wishlist Pt. 2

I shall leave the full recap of Sunday's adventure for another post; i.e. when myself and Jo have got all the photos transferred to our laptops, rofl. Not that there are many photos mind, but there is an incredibly goofy photo of me wearing the most hilarious Chanel eyeglasses ever made that Jo has on her mobile.. but I digress. Here is the second part of my wishlist and it involves possibly my favourite item of clothing bar none (except maybe trousers)..... SHOES.

Jo has remarked that she could never bring herself to pay the amount I pay for shoes sometimes. Well, I could say the same about her procurement of bags, so there. I think it ends up pretty even in the end; what I spend on shoes is about the same as what she spends on bags. But onto the list!


2. Shoes
So here are my shoe picks for what I'll be wearing this spring/summer. I am well aware that not everyone agrees with my choices, heh, but you know, this is all in fun!

I love the Tony Bianco strappy heels that I recently bought; they were $119 and worth it, in my opinion. I could have saved on them as Myer was having a shoe sale and got them for under $100 but noooooo Myer doesn't stock shoes in size 5, bloody hell. People have small feet you know Myer. Sheesh. So I ended up buying them at the Tony Bianco outlet store in DFO Spencer St, which also has new stock at full price.

I am on the lookout for bright orange shoes. Mmm, orange, so good. It'll be a big trend next season. Not many places seem to have picked up on it for summer though, which is a shame as it would go very nicely. If I could find something like these Proenza Schouler babies from a couple of seasons ago, I would fall all over them. Strappy goodness.

Source: Jak&Jil

Of course, unlike fellow style bloggers out there in the blogosphere who seemingly can wear sky high heels ALL THE FREAKING TIME, I only break mine out for special occassions. For uni, work, shopping etc, flats are my go to shoe. When I am feeling particularly lazy or it is really hot, I fall back on thongs (don't judge). Otherwise I wear my sandals which I've had for a few years now and are still as good as the day I bought them. But I will also be getting these gladiator sandals off ebay. Eventually. Like, maybe when I get paid.

Ideally, that is, in my wildest dreams, I would have these Society for Rational Dress babies on my feet, but with the US/AUS exchange being so unbelievably crappy right now ($0.69!!!!!) I don't foresee that happening anytime soon. :( (Although even at US$174 +$35 for shipping that is still a big fat no.)

Source: tobi.com

I have also been hunting down a nice wedge heel. I normally steer well clear but clearly constant bombardment of Carine and Kate wearing those Balenciaga studded gladiator wedge heels has worked a treat. Nine West of course has their version but for $180? Um, I don't think so. Sportsgirl also did a copy, but I'm a little bit leery of the quality. Also, everyone will have them. Kind of a turn off. I did find a pair of Tony Bianco strappy platform wedges (not as hooker-y as they sound) which were actually very cool (and VERY HIGH) but again, I didn't love them and at $130 it wasn't going to happen. Maybe if they go on sale I'll get them. But then, on Sunday, I hit the jackpot. I know these get an almost universal ugh! from my friends but I love them. A ridiculous amount.
Yes that's right, peep-toe boots. And, they are a wedge. And I found them in Zu of all places. I normally never venture into that store, it is a shelter for ugly, ugly shoes; stripper platform patent over-embellished hooker shoes. Gag. But then I spotted these and Jo, immediately recognising them, quite possibly secretly despaired for my soul. For these are complete knock-offs of the Chanel wedge shoes of SS07. Like, virtually identical. I wanted them in silver but now I recognise that silver would be a bit too strange, and black is less loud and obvious and more versatile and practical. So, I bought them. Actually I put them on lay-by, in a laughably transparent attempt at fiscal responsibility. They shall be mine soooooooon. (I'm sorry Jo). Zu also made them in white and gold if anyone besides mine and Jo's friends read this blog and are interested. Personally I thought the other colours were terrible, only black is acceptable.

Additionally on Sunday, whilst in Zomp Shoez (which is my favourite shoe store in Melbourne), Jo and I came across some knockoffs of these Givenchy peep toe heels by Urban Soul. I thought they were awesome too (hahaha of course I would) but yeah.. $180 is unjustifable right now. I made Jo put on one of the white pair (they come in black too) and she immediately declared them hideous and refused to have it on her foot for longer than 2 seconds. Le sigh.

Source: Jak&Jil

And lastly, in a return to normalcy, I also need to get a couple of pairs of plain white canvas lace ups. For work and for when I need to run straight from the bakery to the bus stop to uni without worrying that my shoes don't match my outfit (I am so self-absorbed, can you tell? Seriously I am not always like this).

One day, when I have loads and loads of cash I will buy whatever shoes I want.

- S

Sigh

Well, Jo was SUPPOSED to update today, but clearly decided that watching movies was a far more productive use of her time. In the meantime, I am in the midst of finishing off a devil spawn macroeconomics assignment which I am thiiiiiiiiiiiis close to finishing.

We have lots of things to update on from the hijinks we got up to on Sunday when we went shopping. Suffice to say that it was a successful shopping trip, with both myself and Jo coming away with goods - skinny black jeans for me - the Cheap Monday ones from my previous post in fact, (hooray!) and black formal trousers for Jo (double hooray!). Also, many discoveries were made... of the footwear variety. Pictures to come of said fruits of discovery labour.. but I don't want to jinx it. Will post photos tomorrow of what went down, for there were many highlights. Jo will also be coming over to my place tomorrow afternoon, obstensibly to watch Underbelly (we downloaded it; I mean come on, it is ridiculous to wait the however-many-years-it'll-be for the trial to be over for it to be aired in full in Victoria), and also I am going to ambush her with the camera. I swear to god!

Also in not so pleasant news, I was abused on the bus by a woman who may or may not have had Tourettes. Um, now I don't take abuse lying down, even by someone who may have a neuropsychiatric disorder. It was quite bizarre. The woman gets on, saying fuck all the while and when everyone (including me) covertly looks at her with a wtf expression, she tells us all at large to fuck off. O-kay. So I er, gave her a look and she proceeds to call me an Asian bitch for daring to look at her, and for the next ten minutes I am subjected to a hail of "fuck-offs" and "you fucking Asian bitch", and even a threat of "I'll smash your face in". She told me she had Tourettes; frankly I don't think I believe her. And you'd think that if she could control herself enough to tell me that, she could also say "sorry I don't mean everything that comes out of my mouth". Only a small percent of people with Tourettes have the obscene exclaimation variety, most just have tics. And as far as I could tell this woman had no tics. When I got off at my stop on Lygon Street, she said "Oh good, you're getting off" (with a few swear words in there too), I turned around and shot back "Yeah, because I actually go to uni, unlike you. [You unemployable cow.]" This last said in my head. Now perhaps it wasn't my finest hour, but after 10 minutes of this hailstorm of abuse I was on my last nerve. Maybe I'm just not understanding enough, but I'm not an empath and the whole situation was just SO. WEIRD. And I don't tolerate being called an Asian bitch in any situation, unless it's in jest and affection from my friends. End story.

- S

Mix Now

I am so in love with this editorial from Vogue Italia May 2008. The colours! The textures! It's all so amazingly done. For those of you in the Northern hemisphere in need of a little fall inspiration, this is it. Of course, there's also the grunge rock n' roll vibe to pull a la Alexander Wang (which granted, I love too) for fall as well, but I think a little of both worlds goes a long way. Spring is here in Melbourne, although there are still chilly days, like tomorrow where I will be meeting up with Jo! YES THAT'S RIGHT, MY PARTNER IS BACK FROM NZ. Yay! So excited, haha. So we are meeting up tomorrow and engaging in our favourite activity, shopping. Who would've guessed? xD

What was I saying... oh yes, even though spring is here and the days are getting warmer, (and longer! tomorrow we are onto daylight savings time), I find myself now willing to wear stockings, as opposed to winter when that was far too freezing to contemplate. So, perhaps I shall take some elements from this ed and try and bring it into my outfits.

Now I'm off to try and cram some macroeconomics before sleeping.. let's see how well I do. Considering I've just had almost two weeks of break, and have done close to nothing in that time, I'd say my chances are very low. Lol.

- S

The way they were meant to be

This is how drop-crotch pants are supposed to be done. Erin of course looks amazing in this outfit; a hotchpotch of Rodarte, khakis and beaten up studded motorcycle boots.
From i-D Magazine Oct 2008.

PS. I haven't forgotten the other wishlist parts.. they're coming!

- S

Kate

The incomparable Kate Lanphear, Style Director of Elle US.

Source: JakandJil

What I wouldn't give for the Eddie Borgo diamond encrusted pyramid bracelet and Raymond Weil watch. And the rings!!

Click to embiggen. Source: super.fantastic.picture.time

And I too echo the sentiments expressed by Jo at the truly sad death of Rob Guest yesterday morning. :( How emotional it would have been to go to last night's performance of Wicked and see and experience the incredibly moving tribute they paid to Rob.

- S

Rest In Peace

Rob Guest is dead.

When my brother came home and said, "I heard that the Wizard in Wicked died." I said, "Oh not really, it's ambiguous." Which understandably confused him since I was talking about the character and he was talking about the actor.

It's all very sad because he was fantastic as the Wizard and I am so grateful I was lucky enough to see him perform. How amazing would it have been to have seen Wicked on Wednesday night, his last performance?

- J

WTF???

The Spring Summer 2009 shows are on right now, and I haven't been keeping up because well, I have a life and don't have eons of time to leisurely scroll through the collections. I do keep up with the big players of course, and my favourite designers, but by the large I rely on other bloggers to keep me in the loop. Obviously much Alexander Wang and Balmain passed my screen. Both of whom I loved their previous two collections, but not this season. I felt both were weaker collections than previous. Balmain in particular felt like a rehash and frankly, they aren't looks that I can replicate myself, nor looks that would look good on anyone under 5'8" and a size 2 so therefore I have less interest in them.

We're in Paris Fashion Week now, which I will definitely check out when I find some time as it's always the pinnacle. However I just saw pictures from the Comme des Garçons show and all I can say is WHAT THE EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFING HELL.

The FUCK is it? Now I love fashion; whilst I don't always understand what designers come out with, I can respect them. I respect Rei Kawakubo and her work. But I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. AT ALL. IT'S LIKE SOME BIZARRE WEDDING OUTFIT FOR A YETI. I know this isn't meant to be taken literally, you don't wear it as is, but I can't relate to this creation at all and therefore I can't take it seriously or respect it. How can the model even see where she's going?

- S

Spring really is in the air

Yesterday I went out with friends to see a movie (Wall-E, highly overrated people), eat yum cha and generally hang out. Lots of fun and good fun, a bit of shopping and of course, fantastic company :D We checked out the shops in Southgate, as well as a vintage store in Degraves St. I found a pair of drop-crotch black pants (in the Degraves St shop which name escapes me) which were very unattractively labelled "poo catchers". YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT, POO CATCHERS. For the love of god why the hell would you label an item of clothing poo catchers? Do you plan on repulsing everyone who may have tried them on by conjuring up images of diapers? Just call them drop-crotch trousers! Is that so hard?!

In a undefinable shop in Southgate (i.e. a mix of vintage, contemporary and frankly bizarre/hideous clothes) found more pairs of drop-crotch pants, mercifully generically named as "black pants". I found a pair of the most hilarious exaggerated jodhpur pants which I tried on - much to the laughter of my friends. The sales assistant said they were cute, I thought she should be fired for bad judgment. It looked like I had saddlebags on my hips. Lastly there was a pretty baby pink tulle skirt which I really liked. My friend has photos of both which I need to get off her. xD

This is what I wore, so err first outfit post too. Jo you should be proud. Since I actually went out in public I made an effort with my outfit, as opposed to lounging around the house in my pyjamas and white tee. I'm wearing a Ralph Lauren navy blazer, over American Apparel white tee and grey tri-blend jumper with a floral skirt that I got from the girls department of Target, lol.

By the way, I did get that job at the bakery, yay! I start tomorrow. And I have a group interview at David Jones in 2 weeks or so, so if I could get a Christmas job there as well I would be set for the summer. If I don't drop dead of exhaustion. Plus, exams are in about 5 weeks (!!!!) so it's time to really knuckle down. Of course, I say that but I won't make any concerted effort until the panic starts to set in around 10 days out from exams. A proper uni student, I am.

- S