Weekend Dreaming

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Weekend Dreaming by en206 featuring Betsey Johnson bags

Speechless. Utterly.

Whilst browsing Go Fug Yourself on a quiet Saturday night in, I stumbled across this corker of a shamozzle, incorporating those scary Alexander McQueen shoes.

As described by Heather on her blog, "This is totally Lady Gaga plus Annie Lennox plus Elvira with a touch of Nefertiti and a splash of Anna Wintour -- just a splash -- multiplied by a head injury and then divided by a vat of absinthe."

I have to agree.

Spring Wrap

* Is this the greatest lingerie ever? How can you say no to glow?

* Perfect autumn getaway for next year. Those luxury boutique spa suites look divine!

* This blazer... Go Portmans for finally getting fun!

* Tavi, a 13-year-old fashion blogger, is taking the world by storm. Describing herself as a "dork that sits inside all day wearing awkward jackets and pretty hats", Tavi is certainly making friends fast with the right people - she sat catwalk-side at New York Fashion Week. Jealous? Who me? Maybe a little. 

* Yvan Rodic, the man behind the very awesome Face Hunter, has started another photo blog about his adventures. It still has fashiony bits, but it allows for photos of the sky, ice creams and graffiti.  

* The New Media Workout Plan by Patrick Moberg. Fairly hilarious!

Body Beautiful

Did you know that, in the fashion industry, if you are bigger than a US size 6 (so an Aussie size 10) you are considered to be "plus-size"? Even being a US size 6 can see you left out of designer gear. 

Since I blogged about British Vogue's Alexandra Shulman way back in June, the UK has been awash with real-woman hype.

Glamour magazine published this picture of 20-year-old model Lizzie Miller in its September 09 issue and were flooded with encouraging responses from excited readers.

  (Image from The Age)

Since this, Glamour have committed to showing more diversity across their pages. Four plus-size models, and the magazine's editor in chief Cindy Leive spoke to Ellen a few days ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2I8dSHURSk

It's not all been roses though. Obviously many fashion alumni don't appreciate their domain being overrun by women who are built bigger than an Olsen. But as the screen grab above from Ellen shows, these models aren't exactly flying the flag for obesity with their Aussie size 12-14 frames. The fashion industry has always supported rail-thin models, and this has provided a great opportunity for the love of fashion and beauty to be shared across all healthy women.

Designer Mark Fast followed suit at London Fashion Week during September by throwing a few size 12-14 girls in his model mix, which certainly ruffled a few feathers. After watching The September Issue though, I'm pretty sure we won't see Anna the Great doing such a ghastly thing in US Vogue. The horror!

It's not about being skinny, it's not about being huge. It's about healthy bodies - not just healthy body image, but healthy, strong, fit bodies. It's about sharing the opportunity to love fashion and clothes and beauty with more than just a tiny tiny percentage of people.

 

Rule #268

Just because you've got a rockin' bod...

...doesn't mean you should wear transparent clothing. I do however dig what's going on above the shoulders: Lily, the electric-blue eyes and the hairdo are smokin'.

Buonanno's a fool, Burqini's rule

It is, perhaps, not surprising that French president Nicholas Sarkozy has slammed the head-to-toe burqa in his country: there seem to be more naked photographs of his wife on the internet than their are clothed ones. But given France is home to the biggest Muslim minority in Europe, one would think the nation's leader would be supportive of the various cultures and traditions held by those within its borders.

Sinking to a new low, a swimming pool in downtown Paris has banned the "burqini": a Muslim-approved women's swimsuit. Pictured here in Australia where they were designed, the outfits are hardly going to "disturb small children, not to mention the problems of hygiene," as was commented by Gianluca Buonanno, the mayor of Varallo Sesia; an Italian town who have followed suit with the burqini bannings.

It gets worse though, he goes on to justify himself by saying

"Imagine a Western woman bathing in a bikini in a Muslim country. The consequences could be decapitation, prison or deportation. We are merely prohibiting the use of the burqini."

How is wearing a glorified wetsuit worrying anyone? And the funny thing is, the outift looks strangely familiar...

To the Muslim women of the world, please feel free to wear your burqinis on beaches and pool decks across Australia: stuff those intolerant European politicians.

90's world...yes!

I just ordered this from We Love Colors...

...And I'm rather excited! Also got a sleeveless one in a slightly different print.

Hmmm...

Y'all know I dig my harem pants but... This is going a little too far for my liking.

That said, I do think that if someone puts thought into their outfit and decides to do something a little crazy, all the more power to them.

I don't know if I could date a man that wears espadrilles though...

Love you Sart.

Nice... Ahhhh... Shoe?

Get on the train with this fashionable slideshow. Just don't start working shoes into your do... I'm thinking it's one of those things best kept to the catwalk.

And now I think I'm addicted...

Black & Gold by en206 featuring Givenchy jewelry

Wednesday Wear... If only.

Wednesday Night by en206 featuring Dolce & Gabbana boots


And by the way, the owl is a handbag; a US $3800 handbag.

Mid-June Madness

After two crazy weeks of too much work, too much booze and too much sickness (strangely the last too were found to be unrelated) my time spent whining about the ways of the world has been limited. Thus, here is a round-up of the best of the rest:


Utes vs. Prostitutes - While Australian politicians from both sides of the table have been embrolied in the called "Utegate" affair, Italy's old seedy Silvio has been at it at again. And I totally agree with Leo Shanahan's article Our scandals suck, just ask Silvio Berlusconi. Somehow seedy Silvio's ability to run the country is not questioned, even though his moral standards are decidedly lapse.

Stars and Strife - I don't have a tattoo (I think I'd get bored of it too quickly) but from what the cool kids tell me, they sting a tiny bit too much to ever fall asleep during their application. Was anyone really surprised when she admitted she was lying?



Make and Model - British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman sent a letter to some of the world's biggest fashion designers, blasting their creation of teeny tiny doll clothes that are somehow supposed to be purchased and worn by fully-grown adults. She argues that the women required to model the clothes are now so incredibly skinny, Vogue regularly retouch images to make their models seem less creepy-thin. Good on her I say. There's skinny models and then there's just gross and unwell.

Baby in da House - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young decided to take her toddler to work for the day. To Parliment House. During a vote, two-year-old Kora had to be removed from the house, obviously distressing both mother and child. Of course it sounds a bit mean by the powers that be to do such a thing but, when you think about it, could you take your kids to work? Check-out chick? No. Lawyer? Probably not. As Tory Maguire wrote, the senator had a multitude of other options available to her, apparently including a child care centre complete with marble sand pit.

N-n-n-natural face, natural face

The make is gone, as is the glittering spandex, and here we can finally see, GaGa au naturale.






































I've wondered this before but now I think we can all see why photos of the dressed-down Ms GaGa are few and far between.

You know how there's some people that look completely different without make-up? That's definitely GaGa's situation...

And alas, even in her down-time, she still doesn't wear pants.

You can leave your pants on...

Stating the obvious, this spread from i-D magazine, as published by Haute Macabre shows that pirates do not need suits. Indeed it seems that pirates do not even need pants.









































Now I'm as fashionably open-minded as the next person, maybe even more so, but this photo is just a little creepy. For some reason, I see men's thighs as just one of those body parts that don't really need to be even thought of, let alone put to print. To me, they're just that bit of body that keeps the pant-legs filled - they aren't high fashion.

That said though, I rather like the below picture... I think I'm distracted from the thighs by the chiselled abs and the roll-around-in-tandoori-sauce tans.



















(and yep, that's Jamie Durie third from the left!)

But, back to our pirates. I really do like this shot. Maybe because he's wearing cool Balenciaga pants...

Ruby's Opposition

I came across this set of images on high fashion website Haute Macabre when I was searching photos of Catherine McNeil's ex-love Freja Beha Erichsen. Sure, she works a leather cut-out corset better than most but, given the chance, I'm sure Ruby would too.

Maybe it's time for a walk-off - Zoolander style!

Procrastination #471

Although I wish I was important enough to hire someone else to do my laundry, I'm not. The washing machine in my building requires $1 coins, and as I didn't get to have a slap (on the pokies) this week, I have no gold coins. Why can't they be some kind of swipe card business?

So instead of going to a pub or begging on the street or pestering shop assistants, I have decided to do a round up of online good times until I feel inspired enough to tackle the aforementioned situations in the pursuit of clean clothes.


* Visible toes under stockings still kinda freaks me out. I know it's fashionably ok at the moment but...
* Cute dress that is so so so cheap!

* I wish I was this cool.

* Freaking hell! Here's something not to wear to dinner with the in-laws!

* Why so serious? - Givency's bringin' bowl cuts back...Yeah!

* I love Overheard in New York:

"Childrearing, in a Nutshell"

Four-year-old: I don't like you.
Angry mother: Well, that's fine, I don't like you very much either.
Four-year-old: That's mean.
Angry mother: That's life.

* Awkward Family Photos is seriously the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

* Marry Me Jo?

Gagalicious?

Although bloggers have been criticising Gaga's boots, I think they're the least of her worries in this shemozzle of an outfit.

Does she just go out for dinner in this stuff? What on earth does she sleep in?

You might hate tall people sitting in front of you at the movies, but imagine if that hat was blocking your view of brawny Hugh's latest effort.

And yes, black lipstick is creeping into winter beauty, but this is giving it a terrible reputation.

Wouldn't it be nice to see her in some kind of normal stuff for a change? Just once?

Not gaga over GaGa

Sorry to kill the current mood of pop culture but...

I really don't like Lady GaGa.

Ever since she was allegedly lip-synching on Channel 7's Sunrise (I saw it live and thought she was...) I thought she was just a little bit too much.

And quite honestly, I think I prefer it when people wear pants in public. Regardless of your hotness factor, just wearing your undies to events is just not cricket.

And no, flesh-coloured stockings don't count.

Then she comes out with quotes like this:

“My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair,” the “Just Dance” star says. “She says, ‘I can see you, because you have no pants on.’ So I’ll continue to wear no pants so that my grandma can see me.”

Now that makes me think she's a bloody idiot.

Sure, she may be creative with her video clips and with her upper body costume design but seriously girl, put some pants on and stop talkin' crap.

Canapes + Cocktails = Chivalrous Chic

To launch their new marketing campaign, global liquor giant Chivas Regal hosted a week of glamourous parties in Sydney's The Rocks.

The strictly non-transferable invite stated that the evening would hold "exuberant luxury, gastronomy, mixology and entertainment". It also stated that the dress code was cocktail.

I donned glamourpuss outfit with giant heels and chic beaded headband, only to be greeted by a fellow guest wearing:

• Black footless tights: Don't get me wrong, I own heaps of them but hey, so not cocktail!
• Jungle print oversized t-shirt: Um. No. Hell no.
• Black masseur sandals: Yes, suspiciously similar to these ones: "Hello! My name's Sven!"
• Black (fake) Chanel bag: Lady, we ain't falling for that when you're wearing that outfit.

The cocktails were incredible.

The canapes superb (especially when compared to the party pies and sausage rolls served up at another Sydney party last month).

Everyone else looked smokin' hot so why was this woman allowed in when she was clearly mocking the dress code?

Maybe the bouncers were feeling chivalrous.

Too Cool For School (just yet anyway...)

You know kids clothes are awesome when, as a free-wheelin early-twenty-something, you want a fashionable four-year-old to dress-up as your own.

Even Best&Less has kick-ass kids gear these days. It's not like back in my day where old-school Supre sold Granny and seven-year-old me matching patterned leggings and pullovers.