Campaign

Dress: Zhivago
Necklaces: Lanvin from Elle Boutique and Dinosaur Designs
Ring: Dinosaur Designs
Shoes: Sergio Rossi

Model: Nicole Pollard
Stylist: Michelle Jank
Photographer: Pierre Toussaint 
Hair: Brad Ngata for L'Oreal Professionnel
Make up: Nicole Thompson for MAC Cosmetics

Another image from the Perth Fashion Festival 2012 Campaign was launched yesterday. 

How stunning is this shot?  I can't wait for September the 19th to come around now - only 81 days to go!  (Not that anyone's counting).  

xx T

Honey Cornflake Crackles

Yum yum yum.  Today is DIY Friday with a culinary twist!

Need a sugar fix?

Make some honey cornflake crackles!

(recipe adapted from here)

Ingredients:

1 tbsp honey

90g butter

1/3 cup sugar

4 cups cornflakes 

Method:

1.  Preheat an oven to 150 degrees celsius

2.  Melt the honey, butter and sugar in a saucepan

3.  When the melted mixture is bubbly, turn off the fire, add in the cornflakes and combine well

4.  Spoon mixture into patty cases and bake in oven for 10 minutes

5.  Cool on a wire rack 

6.  Go to town on those crunchy suckers.

xx T

Rainy Grey Days

These (post here) new boots have proven to be errmmm, what should I call it... a sartorial challenge, perhaps?

Like most coloured shoes, they look best worn with a simple neutral outfit. (And are also good for rescuing gloomy outfits without the extra effort that comes with jewellery & other boring-outfit-fixers)

Country Road Chelsea boots (similar)

Asos cable jumper here

Cheap Monday black jeans here (one item I can already tick off)

Pieces Naysa Leather cross body bag here (real leather! woo!)

Karen Walker Deep Freeze sunglasses here (T has started me on a KW rampage)

June is nearly over so grey marle (our colour of the month that we have barely mentioned) is getting a few last hurrahs.

xx S

Mixing Reds

There are girls who centre their outfits around a dress or top & those who base outfits on shoes, but then there is one strange girl who centres her outfits around... socks.  Voilà.

Shilla Coat 
Sportsgirl longline cardigan
Luka leggings
Kathmandu thermal socks 
Boots by Rubi Shoes



Perth has had some brisk mornings lately, so we have both been dressing Michelin-style for our early train rides to the hospital!

xx S

T: yeah, have a lol S, but at least I was toasty warm all day! :P

Another Winter Wish-list

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling rather partial to white and grey this Southern Winter season.
Not that I don't love my standard winter uniform (read: black), but some frosty tones are just a bit more fun in the sea of black.




Clockwise from top-left:
Samantha Wills "Grandmother's Gift" ring in frost & onyx
Sass & Bide "The End" collarless blazer in ombre scribble print
Georg Jensen lace-up cuff
Georg Jensen tie cuff
Banjo & Matilda "Manhattan" sweater 
Ksubi "Rana" sunglasses in black
Lisa Ho leather suede flat Italian boot
Sambag "Charlie" python fold-over envelope clutch (on sale!)
Ksubi "Super Skinny" jeans

xx T

Kami & Get Me.

A.M. Eyewear - "Kami" sunglasses in bone


Tried my hand at some K.Walker-inspired editing to show off these bone-coloured Kami frames.  As you can tell, I'm loving portrait shots at the moment.  S gave me creative license to go wild with the pictures, so naturally I did :)


xx T

A Short Love note

Op shopped (thrifted) Bloch dance shoes

Dear little jazz shoes,

I cannot fulfil your real purpose at all, but I plan to wear you a lot because you are very comfortable. 

You are also made of black leather, which is by far my favourite shoe material.

Love from one insane girl who writes letters to her shoes.

xx S

Down South

Just returned from Yallingup yesterday after a quick sojourn down south.

For once, I didn't go crazy with the photos this time and fill up a memory card.  

Lots of portraits because I have very good-looking friends :)

xx T

Simplicity

Bassike.  Structure.  Black & White.  Montana Cox.

Four things that combined make for an amazing resort collection lookbook.
(Resort-collection-browsing is consuming my holidays

Images from iletaitunefois

Outfits like these will always be in style.  Somebody please get me a peplum top STAT! 

xx S

Red Riding Boots

Introducing my newest shoe-children.  

Debuted with a lazy day outfit on T's verge & then an outing to Lincraft, of all places. (My life is so glam!)

Top & boots - Country Road

Jeans- Nobody

How would you wear these burnt-orangey-red boots?

xx S


P.S. we're currently holidaying down south for a bit - expect to see a few posts about it in the coming few days :D

Denim Heaven

Perhaps it's just my rotten luck, but I cannot find a denim shirt which is 1. in my size; 2. in the wash I want; and 3. within my budget (which is really the rate-limiting step in my denim-acquisition formula).

So again, if the internet were my wardrobe...




I'd be rolling around in my favourite casual brands (J Crew, Rag & Bone, etc) and teaming denim with orange.

J Crew denim shirt

Rag & Bone 'The Tuxedo' skinny jeans

Theyskens' Theory Aki Suede Platform Pumps

Marc by Marc Jacobs polished leather clutch

Juliet & Company beaded earrings

Kenneth Jay Lane gold large link bracelet


xx T

Red Lace

Karen Walker Number One sunglasses
Super old red lace shirt (bought when I was 12)
Zara skinny jeans
Asos pull-on boots

Braving the pre-storm Perth weather (which was deceptively sunny in these photos) for some holiday outfit photos!  As you can see from the last shot, it was a little windy...

xx T

Eat out: Country Road Cafe

We braved the pre-storm weather to have lunch with Kaye on Wednesday, and had a grand two hours (S's parking limit) of chatting!

We chowed down at the Country Road Cafe, which has some mixed reviews on Urbanspoon, but we had the nachos which were pretty yummy (seriously, how can it go wrong?).

Country Road Cafe

307 Murray St, Perth 

Thanks K, for the great lunchtime company!

xx T

P.S. K started a new blog - ch-ch-check it outtttt!  It's called Render Sublime

Bejeweled

If you learn one thing from these photos, it should be that windy weather results in cah-raaazy hair!

Wanna learn something else? Then read ahead: Buying new leather is for fools (or Mr Moneybags & associates)
eg. this $500+ By Malene Birger leather skirt vs the one worn below, thrifted with the help of T's keen eye.



Leather pencil skirt- Vintage (thrifted)
Top- Kookai
Jacket- Sportscraft (thrifted)
Boots- Country Road (get used to seeing these)
Bag- vintage Ferragamo



We are currently savouring a 2 week break from uni and, might I say, basking in the glory of doing nothing.  Well, if you count a thousand and one sneaky DIYs as nothing...

xx S

Block Colour

This jumper (available here) would make a super easy casual Winter outfit, as it really doesn't need anything fancy to make it look complete.

Image from Streetpeeper

xx S

Grey Day

Sportsgirl slouchy sweatshirt
United Colours of Bennetton top (worn underneath)
Cheap Monday skinny jeans (similar here)
Thrifted beaded belt
DIY glitter heel boots (tutorial here)
Karen Walker Number One sunglasses (different colour here)

Decided to channel a bit of an 'Elizabeth & James' monochromatic look by wearing grey-on-grey.  It's quick and easy for those non-formal uni days.  Also, here's the debut of my new Karen Walker Number Ones!  S sniped them for me on eBay like a pro, and now I can finally cross them off my wishlist (since they've been there for over a year now).

xx T

P.S. Holiday-shenanigans are goin' down!  And by that I mean we are relishing this time of year to hole-up and hermit in our houses.

Cold Feet

Winter is well and truly here & my feet are be COLD.  'Tis time to invest in some whacky socks so that my toes will be toes-ty (hahaha) & my siblings won't mistake my socks for theirs.

1- mint green  2- black&white  3- purple  4 - orange



xx S

Eat out: Yelo

Late breakfast overlooking the beach, scheming new blogging plans for this year with S.  I am always one for a good dose of bircher muesli, and this place delivers.

Yelo Cafe
331 West Coast Drive
Trigg, WA 6029
Open 7 days, 6:30am-5:00pm

xx T

Blue on Blue

Zara silk blouse with pocket
Zara skinny jeans
DIY glitter-heel boots (originally from ASOS) - tutorial here

Haven't gotten around to adding any Equipment silk shirts into my wardrobe yet (yeah still dreaming...  This time of green, citrus and leopard...).  But this Zara number was a welcome addition, and it is the perfect Autumn colour.

xx T

P.S. it's the end of our obstetrics and gynae rotation today - HOLIDAYS BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON!!