Rosey sparkles from Chanel Runway

When I first saw the collection in this video I was not allured by the collection as much as I thought I would be - I wasn't overly fussed of the skirts/long tunics over drainpipe trousers - but then the good stuff started to float down the strip lined of fashion lurvelies. And phewf, I was back in the Chanel bubble - how couldn't I be? Rose tinted, delicate, beaded and romantic threads started to beacon in my eyes like disco balls. I have posted a few of my favourites here. Check out the full collection at Vogue.com

I'm waiting for a very important date!

What kind of date could a girl be waiting for, I hear you ask....the one when George Clooney asks you out for a coffee? Or the one when John Galliano asks if he can create a couture gown for your next Birthday party? Or the one when Kylie's Australian tour dates are announced - Yes, I am that sad! It is driving me crazy that the Ozzie dates of the Aphrodite Les Folies World Tour 2011 have not been announced yet. She usually saves this part of the world for the last leg and brings the show home, so to speak, but come on, let it out people! Excitingly, and un-surprisingly, Dolce & Gabbana have been given carte blanche as costume creative directors, which is their 3rd tour following Fever and Showgirl/Homecoming. Oooh - it just adds to the excitement! If anyone knows anything, I am all ears....

Vintage inspired summers

{Marie Claire, Australia, Feb '11}
I went for a lovely girly lunch today at Manly Wine.What I love most about this venue (besides noshing on v.tasty food with spectacular views of the gorgeous Manly surf crashing on the beach and the sun flirting on the emerald sea) is the kitschly delicious decor that fills every nook and cranny. The grainy, retro photos of beachlife in the 1960's that adorn the walls have most definitely inspired this post today. This editorial is one of the few shoots from an Australian magazine that has really hit a nerve - vintage inspired swimwear, on location in Halong bay - dreamy....another glass of vino and cue sunset...

A new denim dream

I am not a modern day lover of denim. I fell in love with and wore (like we all did) the Levi 501's and Calvin Klein stonewash high waisters of the 90's when i was too young to know better. But now, I am pleased to say that I do know better and just because the likes of Kate Moss, Jennifer Aniston and Rachel Bilson look hotter than a hot thing in a pair of skinny's, bootlegs or bells - I've learnt that this doesn't excuse the fact that I've got an ample bootay and not-so-cigarette-thin thighs. So, I have been mind numbingly bored over the past decade of denim this and that.

However, I am going to be eating my denim words once I can get my hands on a pair of the new American label, Mother. Vetrans of the denim industry (Tim Kaeding of 7 for All Mankind and Lela Tillem of Citizens of Hummanity) have combined all their passion and knowledge of la jean - the wash, the fit, the texture and come out with what I can only describe as the most enticing bit of denim that I have seen since I first clocked those Levi's. They are promised to give the look of Jane Birkin and Bridget Bardot and seeing as I am a sucker for all things retro glam, I am getting my name on the waiting list for a pair of The Drama Flared - please please please let my denim nightmare be over. My Mum always says "Mummy know's best" and on this occasion I really hope that Mother does!

Twenty Eleven

{A very happy me, doing windmills in a Melbourne Park on Boxing Day}

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I felt so lucky to have my family come to Australia for 3 whole weeks and we had an ace time holidaying in this amazing country. From Hamilton Island for some chillaxing to the maxing, to Melbourne for a fabulous few days of family festivities (staying at my cousin's gorgeous 5 star boutique hotel, The Lyall, check it out) and finally back to Sydney for surfing, sky diving, shopping and of course to celebrate the end of a very memorable 2010 and welcome in a new decade by having a bbq (very ozzie of us) on the balcony while watching the world famous firework spectacular in the harbour. Happy New Year to you all and am looking forward to talking about a load more lushaliscious things in 2011. xx

{Mine and Jack's home made Ozzie Chrimbo cards}

{Theme for Christmas wrapping 2010 was bright and beautiful and pink, of course}

{A kitsch tree with crackers, dalmations and boas, glittery reindeer and koalas hanging on branches}

{Home made mince pies}

{The beautiful table at my cousin's house with personalised Christmas hats all the way from Monaco}

{A stunning view of Hill Inlet at Whitsundays}

{Some lushalisicous prawns with garlic butter for the BBQ}

{The harbour bridge at midnight - simply stunning}