STACK

My Sister got me the most awesome birthday present - a subscription to Stack. If you haven't heard of it, it's a service whereby you subscribe and they send you each month a different independent magazine from around the world, completely at random.

The November magazine is the gorgeous publication Wrap which comes complete with pull out wrapping paper. It arrived while my Sister was in Bali, a mere 6 hours flight away from me (compared to the normal 22 hrs+), so pretty timely. The best thing about a gift like this is it's a gift that keeps on giving. A little reminder of the person who gave it to you every time you get a new delivery.









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OUTFIT: ROMPER

A quick outfit post! I love this romper (playsuit, yeah) I bought from Puff n Stuff one of my favourite vintage stores in Sydney.
Excuse the phone/mirror selfie, but a year on I still need to read the manual for my camera. Low light situations are not working out for me.




Romper/Playsuit - Puff n Stuff vintage
T-shirt - American Apparel
Trainers - Superga


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PAY DAY: MOST WANTED

It's pay day and this is all I want. No, really. This is it.
(Lies).


1. Bandana Dress by General Pants
2. Snapback Cap by Boy London via ASOS
3. Ear Cuffs by ??? PLEASE HELP ME LOCATE THESE!
4. Sunglasses by Oakley via General Pants

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SS13: DRIES

Trawling my way back through the SS13 shows and can't believe I didn't get around to posting about the Dries Van Noten show. If you missed it here are my favourite looks...which are, you know, the vast majority of the collection. It's like a sophisticated take on grunge or an unbuttoned take on glamour, which ever way round you want to look at it. I'm really loving the high waisted pencil silhouette right now.











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LATE NIGHTS NEON LIGHTS

I'm back from my work trip around the world - Sydney to Los Angeles, LA to London, London to Hong Kong, HK to China, China to HK, HK to Sydney. 4 flights, 2 buses, 4 countries, 3 time zones. I am surprised I'm still standing and not jetlagged at all. I am now a pro at the long haul flight.

I will definitely share some pictures from my trip (once I have trawled through them all!), but in the meantime an outfit. This dress is my favourite favourite at the moment. No method of taking pictures does it justice because it's so so bright. A woman stopped me in the street last time I wore it to tell me the colour looked amazing - that bright! As soon as I get a chance I'm going to buy it in black and neon yellow.



Dress by Glassons, Necklace by LF Stores, Shoes by Carvela

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SUNRISE ON BONDI

Last weekend I did the unthinkable (for me), I stayed in on Saturday night, in order to get up at 4.30am on Sunday morning to watch the sunrise on Bondi Beach. As part of the Sydney Food Festival there were loads of amazing breakfast food stalls, a full orchestra and a soprano. Not a bad way to start the day.

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J.W. ANDERSON x TOPPERS

This tortoise print tee is just half of my J.W.Anderson x Topshop order which took 20 days to get here from London. By the time it arrived Topshop had opened in Sydney, but neither of my choices were stocked, thank goodness, the wait was worthwhile.

I probably couldn't look less like my age and more like my shoe size in these pictures but sometimes it's fun to channel your inner 7 year old. 


Wearing: J.W. Anderson x Topshop T-shirt, Peter Jensen Dungarees and trainers by Superga


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ASOS IN YOUR WORLD

Unless you've been living under a rock you'll already know that ASOS has just launched an exclusive range for Australia, pretty awesome idea if you ask me. Case in point - these are currently in my 'Save for Later' list which ought to be renamed, 'Saved for MUCH Later' because there is no way I'll be wearing anything like this for another 6 months here...



Cue Australia exclusive collection launch - and these bad boys will be in my shopping basket tomorrow (and here by the weekend for 10 bucks. What are you doing to me ASOS?). Much more suited to the circa 30 degrees we're enjoying in Sydney right now.



Last week I went to one of the three Sydney parties to celebrate the launch of the collection, where it was great to catch up with some familiar ASOS faces!



It might look like an ordinary wristband, but it was linked to my Facebook so whenever I had my photo taken, one scan and it went straight to my Facebook wall. Pretty staggering (and slightly scary in the wrong hands) technology!


Note to people launching anything ever, the best way to do it, is to take over an entire building with a video projection:


I wore ASOS obviously.

With DMs. The weather was being British that morning.

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INSTA-ROUND UP

I'm struggling to get my head around the fact that it's October. Usually at this time of year I'm starting to plan my Winter wardrobe, getting excited about layers again and choosing a coat, but here I'm obessively checking the weather to see whether this weekend we'll have a beach day or not. It's confusing, but in a good way.
Perhaps as a result of the sudden hike in temperatures I haven't been around here much, but here's some of what I've been up to...



1. First festival of the season - Parklife
2. Festival outfit - ASOS Africa jacket, Glassons dress, House of Holland x Superga trainers
3. Summer manicure
4. Topshop x J.W. Anderson - worth the 20 days shipping time
5. Gelato from Messina i.e. the best Gelato outside of Italy
6. Typical ad for a Surry Hills garage sale
7. Maroubra Beach
8. Palm Beach outfit - ASOS shirt, Glassons dress, Havaianas
9. My favourite kind of Sundays = Bloody Mary Sundays at The Norfolk
10. Package from home!
11. Sydney breakfasts #1 Hyde Park
12. Sydney breakfasts #2 Bondi Beach at 6.36am
13. Rubiks cube on Maroubra Beach
14. Afternoon sun pre daylight savings
15. Dream homes on Bourke Street


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ROOM PORTRAITS

Can't stop looking at these images by Menno Aden. They're the kind of images that every time you look you see something you didn't see before. Sometimes it's good to get another perspective on things.









Room Portraits by Menno Aden

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