Shakuhachi SS11/12.

Sorry about the brief hiatus, friends - This past weekend has been mainly preoccupied with turning 18 (why yes I do feel old)!

So here we go - a belated love declaration for one of my favourite collections at fashion week. Shakuhachi's subtle elegances in the form of laser-cutting (swooning over those shorts), carefully arranged sequins, and crystal clusters on sheers, definitely had a slightly hypnotic effect. Another result of the show has been some wonderfully sun-inclined colour-blocking between neutrals and turquoise. I won't survive Summer 2012 without that blue.

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And thank you all for your sweet birthday emails and tweets! I'll see if I can get some photos up soon :)

*love*

xx

ELLERY SS11/12.

As ridiculous as it sounds, I had been tossing up as to whether I would board the offsite bus for ELLERY's SS11/12 show - it had been getting to the end of the week and (without sounding like a whiney kid) I was ridiculous rundown, with attentions left, right and centre.

Thankfully (after being kicked along by beloved blogger friends - seriously: what would I do without you guys), I tripped on over to the White Rabbit Gallery where the models had certainly been cast for their statuesque gliding between the two floors across which the show was held. The whole experience was, needless to say, wonderfully surreal - surreal in the eye's tendency to zoom in and out on the boxy silhouettes of outerwear to the intricate crystal work, the mix in weights of fabrics, the perfectly beige leather, and (for dorkus starstruck me), the towering Jennifer Hawkins, and a stripey Christine Centenera chatting away 5m down the row.

While some would complain about it, this time round, I think I took some twisted creative delight in knowing that some looks would stay on the runway.









Don't even start me on Kym Ellery's shoe genius.

As always, more photos are up on the Facebook Page.

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

*love*

xx