the thing i love about winter

Sadie Harris


Owl vs. dove


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My bow tights, which I wore on my birthday :)

One of the things I get excited about in winter, is tights. Lots of pretty patterned lovelies for my legs.

Pandora

I love this girls style. Pandora, a young french girl, has a strong sense of style, which I find quite inspiring. Oh and I adore the glasses, if you didn't guess. The french just have a magical way with fashion.

Twin Set

If the thought of eco-conscious, affordable, off beat vintage clothing and quirky retro fashion gets you scrambling for your wallet, you are going to fall in love with the newly opened {twin set}. Founded by the very lovely ladies Renee Baker and Angela D'Alton.

Military Jacket

I wanna be a majorette, Lenaah

Lookbook.nu

inspire please

lookbook.nu

Stockholm street style

Skye Parrott

Its warming up here in Sydney, so I guess I shouldn't be dreaming about jackets, but I just love military jackets, with all their detailing. And with the wild winds we have been having, who knows a jacket may come in handy.

spectacle dreaming

Recipe

Do it for the Fame

If I were a librarian

GQ Outtakes

Le Fashion

I am trying to find some nice glasses, not that I need glasses, my eyes are fine, but they just look so cool. Big round clear glasses, with black frames. If you know where to find some in Sydney let me know.

Chain scarf

The weather is getting colder here in Sydney and I've started pulling out the gloves, socks and scarves.
These awesome chain scarves have been around a while, but I'm yet to see any here in Sydney, maybe I'm not looking in the right places.
If only I was better at knitting... maybe I could try the fabric one.

1.Crochet Gold chain, STITCHED in MPLS
2.The Cambridge chain, Yoko
3.Dookie Chain in Denim, NaKIMuli
4.Fabrik Chains, Take off your clothes

Look Book

I just discovered this sited called LOOKBOOK.nu
Its a really cool style website, where people can share there style, not only is the fashion awesome, but there is also some amazing photography. So if your looking for style inspiration or want to share your own style, this is a great site, because really trends start on the streets. I rather prefer this site to Style Mob, it seems more stylish.






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EDIT: How coincidental is this? After stumbling upon this site last night, this morning I get an email from etsy saying
'Tonight's Shop Live host is the über-fashionable creator of Lookbook.nu, Yuri.[...] To chat with Yuri about Lookbook.nu and the Etsy fashion that inspires her, come by the Virtual Labs tonight, Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 7pm EST!'

ADVENT CALENDAR BLOG- DAY 12

Todays featured item is this stunning, whimsical dress from Barbara PM
be sure to take a look at here other beautiful pieces.

Couture coat comp

Hello fans, friends, family, stumblers and stalkers.
I recently entered a competition to design a winter coat. The company running the competition is called 'Vaute Couture' They intend to create the winning entries into vegan and eco-conscientious coats, for the fashionably conscience vegan.

Its a great comp, and I am one of the finalists, so I would love it if you could vote for my entry :)
(It is the last one on the page)
THANK YOU!!

Shoes

It seems there are some crazy trends going on in shoes right now, designers seem to be pushing the limits, becoming more daring, innovative and playful.


Wire frames from YSL S/S 09
super high heels from Burberry


Marc Jacob's backward heel.


Alexandre Herchcovitch's, half wedge half stiletto heel
Oscar de la Renta, chain and diamonds

Ultra high heels from Basso & Brooke


Flower vase shoes from Scherer Gonzalez


Aminaka Wilmont's Toeless Kicks, probably the most crazy, and uncomfortable.

Books

Books are beautiful things, I should really try to read more, I have been rather lazy about reading. I love the way they have piled books in the fire place in this photo. It makes me to put piles of book in random places. And look there is a typewriter on the right :) I love my typewriter.
This photo comes from a fashion week photoshoot, you can see more here . There is also an interesting photo with a pile of old tvs and a chandelier fallen over.

Spring is coming

This post is only really relevant to those of us in the southern hemisphere.
I'm absolutely freezing, and still wearing many layers, but I have noticed the shops are already gearing up for spring. And the look for spring is frilly skirts, light floral dresses and blouses, belted volume and denim.

I made a little collage on polyvore, to give you a sense of the up coming spring trends. if you are keen to know more about spring fashion trends visit fashion-era, they go through the trends in more detail.



And a few etsy finds to get you in the mood for spring things.



(1) Pip the pony, lino pendant- Betty Jo Designs
(2)Birds paper negative- Beard and Howell
(3)Droplets- Clever nettle
(4)Blue bird wedding cake topper - Middleburg

High socks

Right now im loving... knee/ thigh high socks. I bought two pairs recently, black and grey.
When some people think of knee/ thigh high socks they think of the Asian school girl look with the high white socks. But not me...

This is my black pair worn over red stockings (and yes the typewriter is relevant, haha, ok maybe not)

untitled by lenaah


Sock dreams by long sock addict
'Knee socks' by Bnittoli
Plum Jam on style mob

Knee Highs Volume II by Reldom

Ohlately by yyellowbird

Red stockings

Yay! I found red tights :) I really wanted some, but they arnt easy to find, lucky for me they are coloured tights are coming into fashion for winter, and I found some at Sportsgirl. Arn't they just wonderful, cherry red. When my mum when to pick me up from the train station this afternoon she said she could see my tights in the distance, like a beckon. he,he.

Paulette Edition- Artist

This wonderful artist is from Switzerland. Her work looks vintage, a bit like something from a 1900s fashion ad but yet also has a modern look to it by the composition and layout.

A blurb from her profile:
My name is Iris Schwarz. Paulette Edition is my label. I’m an illustrator and graphic designer, working and living with my husband in Zurich, close to the lake in an old house, I must say it’s quite romantic... Old things are my passion (sometimes I think I’m born in the wrong century...), the charisma of old illustrated books, antique furniture (i love to restore them, if I just had some more time...), paper, fabric always inspires me... but of course for all that I couldn’t be without my (very modern) iMac, printer and scanner!