FOREVER NEW: Spring Collections 2011.

Last night I had the absolute pleasure of attending and experiencing FOREVER NEW's stunning launch of their Spring Collections in Melbourne. The reason I say 'experience' is not just for the absolutely magical setting of the Regent Theatre Plaza Ballroom (though it's true that I could not stop staring), but for the impeccably choreographed and dramaticised display of each collection. The absence of blank-faced, robotic models was certainly refreshing and spoke volumes for the label's support for young, creative talent - 14-year-old McKenzie Comer's performance was charming in every adorable sense of the word.

While it was fairly inevitable that I would gush over the delicately embellished flapper-esque dresses, I never thought I would find myself wishing I had a week's worth of races to go to just so I could wear a different one of the mesmerising fascinators each day. Nobody present took any precaution in masking each's awe of the finale dresses and/or Dutch beauty, Milou Sluis - yes, she took every shade of silk, chiffon, simplicity and extravagance to the next level (yes, it's a bit unfair).





















Interestingly, my personal favourite look of the night was the stunning oriental print shift with that fantastic fan clutch (the fascinator may or may not have played a significant part in this verdict).

I'm currently pulling together a bit of a video of the show for you all, but in the mean time, check out some of the pieces that have already landed at the FOREVER NEW online store HERE.

I wanted to say a huge thank you to AMPR and FOREVER NEW for having me down for the launch - it was so lovely to finally meet you all and it couldn't have been a more beautiful put-together show!

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xx

Lipsy London x MYER x Shine By Three.

I'm fairly excited to share the news that Lipsy London is landing in 67 MYER stores and on the MYER Miss Shop site this weekend. In celebration of this (yes, I'm celebrating), I was asked to self-shot three of my favourite Lipsy pieces to share with you all, so here they are.

I absolutely adore the cuts of these three pieces - the lace dress is really quite something (may have to get myself to a MYER on Sunday and bar anyone else from touching it).

Some styling references for you:

1. Lipsy Lace Dress - Yves Saint Laurent Vibrant Brown Lipstick from YesStyle.com
2. Lipsy Trench - Polli Pendant
3. Lipsy Shorts - Vintage Shirt - Vintage Cuff

So hop to a MYER if you happen to be in Australia and let me know what you think of the collection!

P.S. I cannot even begin to express how much I appreciate that it's Friday

P.P.S. Thank you so much for all your love and emails regarding my guest-blogging for The Galeries! Be sure to check out my last post for them right HERE.

*love*

xx

Party and yeah.

Seriously enjoying this little happy-styling-story that Market HQ has whipped up for your enjoyment (and mine clearly). Having spent most of my weekend so far indoors with a textbook, I have to say I'm very much wishing that my everyday looked every bit like this - Fruitloops included (I haven't had them since I was 5).

I'm hereby convinced that giant sheer polkadots are the norm, and that angry burgundy lips and decently sized floral print are happily married and shall grow old together.

Mission complete.

Check out the rest of the little collection HERE!

*love*

xx

Dotti.

A week ago, I had the absolute pleasure of running down to the beautiful Establishment (I can never get enough of the view from that building) to happily walk through the chunky knits, leather panels, and incredibly draped chiffon of a very refined Dotti FW11 collection - Aussie ladies, get excited for these babies to hit stores. They are going to wreak havoc I tell you! I'm definitely liking the attention to detail (in the way of tastefully subtle embellishments) and mish mash of texture in this collection. Particularly suede and wool. Yum... shorts.

Aside from the incredible prints and that cape, the pieces had me dying for cable knit. Is it wrong of me to cross my fingers for a colder winter so I can go nuts with layers? These are some of the favourites I have in mind.

Thanks to Sweaty Betty PR for having me!

*love*

xx

Back in the Swing.

Cotton On Striped Tee - Penny Anne Floral Maxi - Tony Bianco Dodge Boots - Vintage Bag - Does Not Equal Cross Ring - YDELTUYT Chunky Stone Bracelet - Market Red Stone Ring

As much as my brother despises high-waisted, I think the only way to pull off this floral-printed Penny Anne glory is to wasp-waist it with my happy stripes and this morning's beautiful weather that deteriorated into wind and rain towards the end of the day. I've always thought that mixing amazing floral prints with other distractions (i.e. perfectly spaced stripes) is a bit too much visual assault, but this combination was decent enough in the way of Summery relaxation. For some strange reason, this skirt lends itself really well to something of an American Desert mix of jewellery - thoughts?

Finally back on track to my usual ways! 2011 has started in a big way and it feels like it's been months already. Weird. Stylestalker starts back tomorrow so I'll have some things to share, I'm sure, as well as some big projects that involve you guys (wooo) but I can't say anything just yet! What have you been up to in the new year so far?

And thank you to all you beautiful people who came up and said hi at various university open days yesterday - it was so lovely meeting you!






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xx