Happy Hols Everyone

I suppose we've been on an unintentional sabbatical, hence the lack of posts. Clearly I've failed to even do what I said I would, which was post a favourite photo of mine every day. Whatever. I managed to do it for a few days at least; that was probably as good as it was going to get anyway.

All the best to you and yours for the holidays, and thanks for reading. Hopefully the new year will bring plenty of inspiration and more outfit posts! Well, I say that but it probably won't happen, but hey, that's what New Years Resolutions are for, right? I'll make the effort at least, I'm not sure how much Jo plans to contribute, haha.

New Years Resolution: be more adventurous in clothing choices. And post more often, maybe.

In other news I love Boxing Day sales. Yeah baby.

See you on the other side.

xox Sisi

PS. Helen I hope you enjoyed the eye candy ;D

Headwear and Kittens

Sasha Samuel headwear. I want.

Ja, so yesterday I was walking by a pet store and they had THE CUTEST KITTENS EVER in one of their display.. box things. And I walked up to it and squee-ed for about 10 minutes. And my brother who was with me declared that I was a freak and that he wouldn't be seen with someone squeeing at kittens in a pet store. :(

But they were so adorable! There were three of them, and two were cleaning themselves and the other was eating. Their little paws were sooooo cute! And then one of the kittens cleaning themselves went to eat out of the bowl as well, and the other kitten batted it away! And then it looked at me and the other kitten with an expression on its face like "did you just see that?!" Aaah.. maybe that was just my imagination. But still. Cuteness overload.

And now I've written an entire post on kittens. And headwear. Sigh. I am way too tired. Christmas time at the bakery is madness.

- S

Menswear I

OKAY so here is a menswear post. Dear god this has been a long time coming. There are plenty of fantastic Australian designers out there who are making great, affordable menswear.

Specifically, my sources for finding new designers include General Pants Co., which I've talked about before; The Grand Social, which is the online retailer of choice for many Australian independent labels; the weekly Melbourne culture e-newsletter ThreeThousand; and the free streetwear magazine, Attitude, which is circulated four times a year and can be found around the CBD. I've picked up copies in Degraves Street, Melb Central and Flinders St.

I've found that online shopping makes a WORLD of difference to the choices available. Don't go shopping at Myer or David Jones, go online. The Grand Social currently have a Christmas promotion going on, where anything that you order from any of the labels they carry is only $5 Australia-wide until Christmas. It is so much easier in that it saves you time, you can find labels that are hard to find instore, and the array of labels available online is much greater.

Here are some of my tshirt choices, I'll post about other items of clothing later; hope this helped Dan.

Das Monk tees - $59.95

MyPetsQuare black Python tee - $77 Chronicles of Never - a bit pricier, these are $135 each

- S

Freha for System

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All photos by achromatics

Carmen

Okay, so I know I said the menswear post will be the next post. Well that's not going to happen.. just yet. I've got so many files and pictures and websites that I'm finding it a little difficult to consolidate it all but I'll get there. In other news, I managed to speak to Jo last night on msn, which is amazing considering she is in the middle of nowhere in China. I told her to update but clearly she didn't... I guess watching the latest ep of Gossip Girl was slightly higher on her priorities list.

In the meantime I'm just going to post pictures from my folders that I've saved over the years that I particularly loved/find inspirational/whatever. Outfit photos will have to wait until I get more batteries and/or buy a new camera.

And ugh, exam results out on Friday. D:

- S

Natalia and Prada circa 2004 vs. Jen Brill circa 2008

Fashion truly is cyclical. Compare:

Sources: tfs

Filler

Things are busy right now, catching up with friends and going out and work means little time for posting unfortunately! So sorry about the lack of updates recently. Jo, is sadly, being forced to return to the motherland by her parents for two weeks; she's leaving on Wednesday morning. Hmmmmmm so for want of something to post at the moment I'm just going to post about my favourite places to shop in Melbourne. Yay! Something everybody wants to know I'm sure.

General Pants Co.
I spend way too much money in this shop. But it is so so worth it. In the past week alone I've bought 3 items from here. OVERKILL MUCH? But they're all things that I'll be wearing the whole summer...and here comes the justification. At least the prices are quite friendly, rarely is a single piece over $70 - excluding the jeans. It has edgy casual down to perfection. It's trendy and directional, yet never appears to be fashion victim-like.

Zomp Shoez
For someone who loves shoes as much as me, this place is pure heaven. Shoes shoes and more shoes is what this store is all about. The Chapel St store is probably the more commercial of the 3 in Melbourne; the Lt. Collins St store is most known for its sale items and the Flinders Lane flagship is a mausoleum, easily twice the size of the other two put together. And it is possibly my favourite place in the world; the shoes in there are so covetous and directional. In fact I was in there today and tried on the most perfect boots... too bad they were $995. (!!!!!) What I wouldn't give to be a SA there and get staff discounts..

Myl
Probably my favourite place to shop in Melbourne. It is essentially a designer outlet and I've found many a bargain in here over the years. From international designers like 3.1 Phillip Lim to Chloé to Chanel, and Australian labels Mad Cortes to Yeojin Bae to Obus, there's always something that catches your eye. The stock continually changes, and the staff now know me because I go there so often. Like, almost every week. >_>;; Is that excessive? No, don't answer that.

Fat
Another well known Melbourne retail institution: Fat is known for stocking all the up and coming Australian labels - as well as great denim. Again edgy and directional, it's a more grown up and therefore expensive version of General Pants Co. Mostly I go to Fat for Cheap Monday jeans and Bassike basics but it's fun to finger the other stuff.

The Merchant of Fairness
Not a clothes shop if you can believe it! The Merchant of Fairness is actually a second-hand bookshop which I love to pieces. Found some of the most obscure hard to find books in here - and all for a low low price.

eBay
Okay, so it's technically not a physical shop, but it is a great place to buy stuff you can't find in stores. It can be hit and miss, and lordy have I bought some doozies on eBay in my rookie days, but once you learn the tricks of the trade it's less likely to blow up in your face.

Next up: that menswear post.