Luminous Laneways

I am nervous about this post. It's my first outfit post and I feel like I'm putting myself out there big time! It felt like the right time to take some snaps while I was in Melbourne over the weekend with the girls. We meandered down some of the famous laneways and I took a big gulp of city air and said let's just go for it.

As mentioned here and here, I really love razzle-dazzle coloured clothes. I liked how my bright pink skater dress and floral cropped jumper clashed with the bright grafitti that was covering every surface from doorways to dustbins.





{Zara pink skater dress; ASOS floral cropped jumper; Topshop black tights; Nine West black boots; Alannah Hill peach box clutch; Mikey Red glitter ball earrings; Teenage Dream OPI nail varnish}

A Lover of Lace

The Rosemount Australian Fashion Week was at the beginning of the month and one of the labels that caught my attention was Lover. This 2012 spring summer collection marked the tenth year for designers Susien Chong and Nic Briand and they chose the iconic Sydney Opera House to host their show.

I really like how elegant but laid back the collection was. The expensive French lace feels grown up and sophisticated but the mixture of loose and fitted silhouettes makes the collection feel wearable and comfortable. I love how lace doesn't need to be strictly white or cream too and don't think I have ever seen something red and lacey look so refined.








All photos from here

Bake Off

Today is the day of Australia's Greatest Morning Tea, a national fundraising effort by the Cancer Council to help raise funds for more research, prevention and support (read more about it here). We are hosting our agency charity event next Thursday but have given it a slight twist by making it a bake-off. Damn, it just got competitive. This gives me the fear. Big time. I am totally shocking at baking. I readily admit that I'm not the best cook in the world, but I'm slowly getting a few go-to dishes like this Chorizo and Pea Risotto recipe or this Thai Green Curry recipe.

The few times I've tried to bake have been - let's just say - unsuccesful. My poor friend Joey once had a birthday cake that resembled a cookie for her birthday as I didn't realise I had used the grill setting and not an oven setting. I completely burnt the top and then had to try and flip it upside down to try and cook through the rest. Disaster (but she is too much of an angel and was thrilled with having a cake anyways!).

This time I am going to take extra special care and try and bake like I've never baked before. I have been looking for some inspiration and although all of these are out of my range of difficulty, I can't help but dream that I'll create something that looks half as delicious. I'll be attempting my first cookery post next week to let you know how it goes.

If anyone has any good recipes, please let me know them!!!









Strawberry Cream Cupcakes from Call Me Cupcake
Rainbow Cupcakes from trublmaker Tumblr
Pink on Pink Cake from Call Me Cupcake
Ice-Cream Cone Cupcakes from I Heart Katie Cupcakes
Mint Cupcakes from Tumblr
Lemon Cupcakes from 52Cupcakes
Thin Mint Cupcakes from Ingredients of a 20 Something

Trolley Dolly at Home

I have been making a case (read: pestering) my boyfriend to get a side-board for a while now. I feel really old wanting to spend my money on furniture as opposed to footwear but I'm finding I get as much pleasure out of home interiors as I do for fanciful fashion.

After hosting another pre-party cocktail hour at Pelican HQ on Saturday, I am now even more adamant that I want to get a sideboard to house a drinks tray or I even fancy going the whole hog and getting a snazzy drinks trolley. Here is some inspiration that shows how the bar cart can be stylised to suit any style of room.

I particularly love the one above as it houses some bar games too - perfect for when Cocktail hour gets a little more high energy.







1. The Glitter Guide
2. Elements of Style
3. Apartment Therapy
4. The peak of chic
5. This is Glamorous
6. Mustard and Sage
7. Design*Sponge

Loft Style Fashion

Happy Friday! I am very excited about the forthcoming weekend. It is jam packed of fun things starting with a pamper session at the salon with the girls tonight before a Saturday of gym; lunch; boyfriend jean shopping for the boyfriend (somehow managed to convince him to spend an inordinate amount of money on a pair of jeans!) and then heading to the Sydney Finders Keepers Market which looks brilliant. All this before getting dolled up for a New York themed Secret Party Saturday night (who knows where the secret party will be!?).

{Image of Finders Keepers Market from Time Out Sydney}

Of course, you say Saturday night and New York to a girl, And I immediately think of a certain Bradshaw. Wish I was a bit more imaginative sometimes, but those glam outfits that we habitually watched for 6 seasons and 2 films are etched on my New York state of mind(even though the second was awful, you have to admit that the styling was consistently brilliant). When I think New York I think glitz and glamour, even though that actual New Yorkers are a lot more laid back - I blame SATC!

For my Saturday night Loft Style party, I will mostly be channelling a Halston Heritage vibe and here some goldaliscious items that I would love to be hanging in my wardrobe.

1. Halston heritage Gold - Sequin Dress
2. Sylivia Toledano - Initials Gold Metal clutch
3. Halston Heritage - Gold Dress
4. Gianmarco Lorenzi Collector - Gold Crystal Heels
5. Anna Sui - Sequin and Feather Dress
6. Dolce & Gabbana - Gold Sequin Shoes
7. Halston Heritage - Gold One-Shoulder Dress
8. Eickhoff - Gold Glamour Clutch Box
9. Adam Folded - sequin silk-organza dress
10. Mac - Gold Shimmer Eyeshadow
{All images from Polyvore}



 

A Runway Stream

One of the reasons I love my job is the fact I'm tasked with staying on top of new trends and interesting ways to communicate. It excites me doubly more when my love of fashion and advertising come together (see here and here).

There are some great things happening in social media for us fashion lovers. One house who clearly understands what their admiring fans want, is Oscar de la Renta - who streamed their Resort 2012 collection live today at 6PM EST. As I talked about here, resort is my absolute favourite and I just love that we get to pretend we are on the front row next to OdlR patrons Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams.*

I feel this is quite an eclectic Resort collection. I love the hispanic feel with the slightly cropped jackets and the oversized hats while there is a dose of the OdlR frou frou that we come to expect from the gorgeous Oscar.

* Oscar de la Renta also streamed their Bridal Runway collection live on their facebook page a few weeks ago too. Dreamsville!










{All images from Oscar de la Renta Facebook page}