Jacqelyn Jablonski for DEUTSCH.

This girl is absolutely stealing this industry - quite possibly a new favourite. Watch this name, people - watch. this. name. She's been doing pretty well in Milan too, and will do in Paris I'm sure.

*love*

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Gianfranco Ferre FW10.

tfs

Again - all the more need for black leather platform ankle boots. Ferre also reminded me that I need to find some pretty leather gloves - I'm so tempted to go elbow length :)

The one thing I frowned about in this collection is that so many of the pieces looked amazing upon inspection, but because the models were wearing a... lycra bodysuit of some sort, it didn't quite click - maybe it's the need of collarbone.

That lipstick shade is so perfect! Does anyone know who did Ferre's make up? I also love how it matches that last pair of shoes :)

*love*

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2010 is for the new.

Jacquelyn Jablonski is the model of NYFW - would you agree? This girl has done 31 shows, opened 5, and closed 1 - the season is hers for the taking.

I love that she's not your stereotypical model beauty.

She also has an uncanny resemblance to one of my closest friends :) Some trivia for you.

*love*

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"... an electronic flash in my head at five o'clock one morning."

Chanel, Chanel - perhaps Karl's first ever collection with no navy or black. Romanticism, space age, and intense amount of hand-worked optical illusion on the tiniest scale - take, for example, the ruffled skirts and dresses that took a significant chunk of the show: the edges of each tier were frayed just slightly, then hand-tinted in such a way that it looked almost like fur. Similarly, lots of playing with textures went on - molten, frothy, liquid... and embroidery that looked like shattered glass. Snaps to stylists too - all the jewellery somehow worked itself into the clothing, so it was hard to tell if it was accessoire or embellishment. And would you look at those collars!

One thing. Make that two. The whole time, I kept thinking of Zac Posen's 'naughty Minnie' hair from Fall 2008. Two: is it just me, a trick of light (quite possible) or nothing at all, or did Mr Karl pull a softer metallic Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2009? I'm talking tights here. Not just tights. The tights I'm still hunting for 10 months on. *sigh*

*love*

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What a RUSSH.

Yesterday, we took a stroll to the post-Boxing Day Sales that were happening all around Sydney. Mum bought a lot of glassware (joy), Dad bought several of The World's Best Shammy (apparently), and my darling brother took to the stores and came out with so many things that I haven't even managed to look at them all.

I went to BORDERS and picked up my fair share of magazines (several of which I will write about later) - the most important being RUSSH #32. I had a bit of an issue (pardon the pun) deciding between the Jacquelyn Jablonski (above) and Erin Heatherton (below) covers... but eventually settled for the bright colours.

Upon arriving home (with some other purchases that I still need to photograph), I was talking to my dear friend Jess, who had just drawn me an abstract picture of the Eiffel Tower, which I very much enjoyed. So in return, I sketched one of the Jacquelyn Jablonski shots in the RUSSH Fashion editorial (I can't find the actual picture online at the moment):

And a darker version - it's interesting how lighting can completely change the same facial expression:

I still haven't managed to find an A3 scanner, but you get the idea :)

Have a lovely Monday!

*love*

xx