Friday 29 March 2013

BUNNIES & DUCKS & CARA, OH MY!







 HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!


STAY SAFE AND STYLISH THIS LONG WEEKEND.

X


images via fashionising



Thursday 28 March 2013

IMMERSION.
























BABY BLUES, WINTER BLUES AND THE VASTNESS OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA. JUST A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HAS BEEN INSPIRING ME AS OF LATE.

FOR THE PAST WEEK I'VE BEEN IN A BUBBLE OF ESSAY WRITING, TRAPPED BEHIND MY DESK, FEELING A LITTLE GLOOMY AND CREATIVELY REPRESSED. BUT ITS THE WEEKEND, INFACT IT'S THE LONG WEEKEND. AND I'M SO READY TO MAKE THE MOST OF MOTHER NATURE'S GIFT OF WARM WEATHER AND SUNSHINE AND IMMERSE MYSELF IN THE ENDLESS OCEAN AND BLOCK OUT THE REST OF THE WORLD... EVEN IF ITS FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE.






IMAGES via:

fashionising | tumblr | the lane





Monday 25 March 2013

CLIFF FACE.







I AM CURRENTLY RESIDING IN PROCRASTINATION CITY WHILE TRYING TO WORK MY WAY THROUGH MY FIRST UNI ASSIGNMENT OF THE YEAR. AND MEANDERING THROUGH OLD PHOTOS IS JUST ONE OF THE WAYS I HAVE MANAGED TO DISTRACT MYSELF FROM THE TASK AT HAND.

THIS WAS A SHOOT I DID BACK IN 2011 WITH MY TALENTED FRIEND AND PHOTOGRAPHER, BRYCE WEGENER. BRYCE AND I GO WAY BACK. HE DID MY YEAR 10 AND 12 FORMAL PHOTOS, AND WHENEVER WE BOTH HAD SOME SPARE TIME WE WOULD GET TOGETHER AND TAKE SOME SHOTS. HE WAS REALLY THE ONE WHO INITIALLY SAW SOME POTENTIAL IN ME, AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO 'WORK THE CAMERA' A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS AROUND THE TIME I FIRST STARTED ROCKING THE "LOB" AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SURMISE FROM MORE RECENT SHOOTS, IT'S A LOOK THAT HAS CLEARLY STUCK AROUND.

I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THAT FOR THIS SHOOT WE ACTUALLY CLAMBERED UP THIS RIDICULOUS HILL/CLIFF BACK NEAR MY HOMETOWN IN BALLINA... THE LENGTHS WE PEOPLE GO TO TO GET THE SHOTS.


ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE BOOKS. I HOPE I HAVEN'T DISTRACTED YOU AT ALL.

x


photography by Bryce Wegener: www.brycewegener.com

styling - Myself



Tuesday 19 March 2013

LEATHER OBSESSED.



















IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE IRONIC FOR A VEGAN TO BE SO UTTERLY OBSESSED WITH LEATHER. BUT I CAN'T DENY HOW SEXY IT IS. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOREVER, BUT I FEEL THERE HAS BEEN A REVIVAL IN THE WAY LEATHER IS WORN. ITS NOT JUST FOR THE BRAVE IN FASHION AND YOU DONT HAVE TO OWN A MOTORCYCLE TO JUSTIFY HEAD TO TOE LEATHER ON LEATHER.

NOT ONLY IS LEATHER MORE ATTAINABLE IN EVERYDAY STYLING, IT IS BEING REWORKED INTO SOME AMAZING CREATIONS THAT BRANCH OUT FROM YOUR USUAL RUN-OF-THE-MILL LEATHER JACKET (THOUGH THIS IS OF COURSE STILL A FASHION STAPLE). 

EMBOSSED LEATHER, LEATHER DRESSES, TEXTURED LEATHER, ASYMMETRICAL SKIRTS, TRACK PANTS, AND EVEN FULL LENGTH LEATHER OVERALLS (AS SEEN ON THE EQUALLY AMAZING ALEXANDRA SPENCER HERE). ALL THIS ONLY INCREASES MY OBSESSION MORE. 

AND HEY, YOU NEED NOT BREAK YOUR BANK FOR ALL THINGS LEATHER LIKE. THANKFULLY WHEN YOU SHOP AROUND YOU CAN FIND PLENTY OF PRETTY GOOD FAUX-LEATHER THAT, WHEN WORN RIGHT, CAN GIVE YOU THAT EXPENSIVE LOOK WITHOUT THE PRICE TAG.


SOME LEATHER LOVES OF MINE:

www.madebyafriendofmine.com.au

www.winstonwolfe.com.au

www.dannikazen.com

www.kahlo.com.au

www.ksubi.com

www.camillaandmarc.com  
(their secondary line C&M in particular has some really cool faux leather pieces)

And purely just for admirations sake, how could you go past Dion Lee's AW13 collection featuring the leather 3D filter jacket & skirt. Take a look at:

www.maximillia.com


THAT'S ALL FROM ME FOR NOW. I HAVE SOME EXCITING PROJECTS IN THE WORKS AT THE MOMENT, SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU. I PROMISE THERE WILL BE SOME MORE PHOTOSHOOTS UP SOON TOO!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!


P.S. HOW HOT IS BAMBI'S NEW SHOOT WITH HER FIANCE DAN FOR V MAGAZINE? um, WOW.




images sourced from tumblr, fashionising, v magazine, friend of mine, 4th and bleeker.