Love being back

Hey there ladies and gentleman!

Yes, It's been a while, I've been on a blogging hiatus for a few months. The reasons are varied and include juggling working 30 hours a week in retail with full time uni (honours year), living out of home and being constantly distracted by beguiling housemates and in general life getting well and truly in the way, as often happens. But new exciting things have also happened, the first of which was me quitting my job in surf/street retail for a new job at Sportsgirl. The most exciting thing about this new position is thatSportsgirl is pretty much the Australian equivalent of Topshop and we all know how obsessed I am with Topshop! So a new passion for retail is great and has really lifted my spirits.

Well because it's been so long, I feel like I have everything to blog about and nothing to blog about, so I'm just going to start small and show you something amazing I found today at hoiming, this brand says that they try to create bags with reasons and surprises, they aim to challege the notion of useage (how it is carried). These bags amaze me, to me, this is true creative design, it is high-end design, but because of its humour or 'frank-ness' it remains accessible.




So next post, something for the men, I'm going to assemble some of my favourite looks for men, and dissect them for you, until then, farewell fair readers!

love irene

love erlend

I have been a fan of Kings of Convenience for some time now, in fact the above is one of my favorite songs of all time, however I had never seen the film clip, until now, and I can happily say the man in the red tracksuit (erlend) is my future husband/muse, not that he knows it. Oh my i'm a sucker for a good pair of frames and some dulcet tones.

love poverty take 2

what is sitting in my american apparel shopping cart, and probably will sit there for some time to come...

love boys

HOLY SHIT!

I promise to loan my american apparel gold lame' leggings to whichever brave male friend of mine will wear them out a-la this gentleman above. Many, many photos will be taken. Long-lasting fame and respect will be your reward. The condition, you must wear them as if you are utterly serious about their fashion merit.

love poverty

So turns out i'm moving out of home in less than a month and am madly trying to save the required dosh for rent and bond and other things like desks and chairs and a wardrobe, so of course I am lusting after luxurious, expensive things in my state of absolute poverty. Things like wundervoll luxury underwear




Oh my, I have many years of un-fashionable poverty ahead of me, gone are the days of my hedonistic youth! I'll have to console myself with independence and a roof over my head instead.

love 2008

It's crazy how excited I am about fashion for 2008, CRAZY! I'm expecting a lot of designs to be dealing with the delicate balance between masculinity and femininity, with lots of uni-sex styles a-la american apparel. (Although I hate the whole skinny jeans on guys thing, not because I think it's ugly. but because I get jealous of them and their willowy legs and find myself checking them out far too much). I'm expecting a bit of old-english style tweedy affairs with waist-coats making a big comeback. (I own 6... so they'd better). I think the silhouette will be slender and lithe up the top with an emphasis on ballooned hips and pear-shapes.


Australian Fashion Trend Quarterly is fast becoming my favourite fashion bible, my go-to book for each season. It's quite pricey, coming in at $35 per issue, but it's well worth it for its pictorial wealth. This picture is from Valentino's Fall/Winter 2007/08 collection shown at paris. The length of the straps on the white dress particularly drew my attention as well as their take on the classic winter english tweedy look.



Fashion Trend Quarterly: Paris Givenchy Winter 2007/08 This is what I was talking about with the whole, balancing masculine and feminine thing. The pink collared shirt ensemble is my favourite,



This is my favourite look for the coming season, with a huge emphasis on tailoring and amazing silhouettes. The trousers are Kenzo by Antonio Marras, and the waistcoat is by Anna Rachele



I've lost my reference for this image, but check out the incredibly feminine silhouette and my god I would kill for that coat.




I'm just putting it out there, I collect as much imagery of mens fashion as I do womens, I just don't usually blog about it, should I more often? It often intrigues me even more than the womens fashion. This particular piece is by Zambesi. Have a closer look at his neck, is that leather? Or maybe even PVC? I'm intrigued. And his face, wow, what a charming individual (irene speak for "what a hottie!")



This one was stolen from facehunter This young lady has it just right! The insane amount of floral and lace is balance by her cheeky and quirky facial features, and check the scarf! A girl after my own heart.



This one was stolen from the sartorialist. Another mens ensemble. A perfect one, might I add. Check the amazing, striking and balanced combination of colours, the glasses, the perfect sleeve length, hold me back!



This was taken from the latest issue of RUSSH Australia, My goal for this year is to invest in a perfectly tailored suit. The length of this blazer against her short, high waisted skirt is stunning and the shoes are making me drool.



Taken from VOGUE AUS FEB 2008, Again with the tailored blazer, shirt and pants. Also this model is stunning, I would turn for her in a second, check out that facial structure, she could wear a potato sack and i'd probably blog about it.




HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! Well this thursday anyway. And to celebrate here's my horoscope as presented by RUSSH.

love veganism

Hey all!
Happy new year and all the rest, I hope yours was a blinder. Mine certainly was, spent dancing like an idiot to kings of leon at the fabulous falls festival in lorne in victoria. It was not just a festival of music, but also a festival of people watching, with many amazing, if slightly unsuitable outfits on display. I tried to stick to mainly comfy plain tee's and shorts (41 degrees people! They were hosing us down!!!) but I did of course have a few outrageous outfits. My favourite of the lot was a cropped pale pink natalie wood design from her something range that left my belly exposed along with high waisted electric blue short-shorts which left my arse exposed (I'm classy that way) and were soon changed to high waisted floral shorts that were slightly more demure, here it is in pictorial form,

During Vodka


After Vodka, with added glow-stick advantage


Day 2 Gold mesh bag, highwaisted shorts, (I had to partially untuck my shirt to disguise the buckling buttons, the shorts are an australian size 6, so I squeeze into them and peel myself out of them, they did fit, a month ago, pre-christmas festivities) dutiful pout, what an ensemble!


Day 1, so freaken tired, comfy scarf, cardi and plain american apparel tee, comfort was the key here, also so freaken cold, the weather was bizarro


Post falls on the roof-top bar being battered by wind in my mid-waist cheap mondays, showing off my new scarf obsession


So this new year is a time for resolutions and one of mine was to have a go at being a vegan, that's right folks! No more wool or leather!! Fashion will have to bend to my needs, thank god this whole save-the-planet global-warming thingo is trendy and there's actually heaps of sustainable stuff on the market, it just means I will be paying a little bit more (less for shoes! Thank you pleather!) So I've been a vegan for 9 days so far, I've been a vegetarian since I was 13, then had to reintroduce fish into my diet at the age of 17 because I weighed 43kg, not so good for a girl who's 175cm tall, but I got my diet sorted, learnt that the skinny thing was partially genetics (thank you mum and dad) and thought about giving up fish, for about two years, and then kind of thought, fuck it, lets go the whole hog! (or not as the case may be hee hee, soy hog anyone?)
To be honest it hasn't been much of a change. I hate milk, butter and ice-cream and yoghurt anyway so that was okay, I enjoyed the occasional egg, but my main vices are chocolate and cheese. No luck with the cheese, I will have to suffer that (even most vegan 'cheese's' have milk products in them???) but thank god there are about 50billion chocolate substitutes, green and black organics are my saviour and most dark choccy is fine.

I've been eating heaps of fruit, veggies and nuts and I feel amazing. And anyone who thinks vegans don't eat well, think again, here's my meals for today:

Breakfast: A mango, fruit muesli with a grated apple, blueberries and soy-milk
Snack: Green and Blacks maya gold choccy bar, blueberry fruit cookies (x4, damn they're good) Soy Chai
Lunch: Avocado, hummus, tomato and spinach on rye-vita crisps
Snack: Soy hot chocolate (green blacks again!) Dried fruit and nuts, A whole punnet of blueberries
Dinner: Soy sausages sauteed with button mushrooms, onions, garlic and chilli, served with organic byron-bay salsa and leafy green salad
Desert: Soy hot chocolate, Haighs panetone

Yum Yum!

Next post my predictions for the coming year in fashion and what i'm excited about. Please comment and leave love!

Love Irene